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Post by velodromed on May 14, 2023 14:25:59 GMT -5
A few days ago, I had never heard of Prairie Agate. Now, thanks to jasoninsd and a USPS worker with Star Trek teleportation technology…4 days later I’m sitting here looking into a Medium Weight Freight box full of beautiful prairie agates, some unlike any rock I’ve seen before! There are a few that look similar to the banded chert we find here in San Antonio, but others look like a combination of white and lite blue chalcedony, some with agate banding, and are just beautiful!! My wife is particularly happy as these are her favorite style of rock. I put a dozen in the rebel 17 Tumbler with a bunch of other rocks and can’t wait to see how they come out! Again, jasoninsd , thank you so much! I really appreciate you sending these to us. You have made an entire household smile this beautiful weekend!  |
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Post by hoolligan1938 on May 14, 2023 16:57:22 GMT -5
That is some very nice looking rough. Nice color and banding. When you cut it, I presume you are going to cut, please show us some more photo's. Same for, as you progress to the finish.
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Post by velodromed on May 14, 2023 20:37:59 GMT -5
That is some very nice looking rough. Nice color and banding. When you cut it, I presume you are going to cut, please show us some more photo's. Same for, as you progress to the finish. Jim I will definitely cut out some of them, just not sure which ones yet. For right now I threw a dozen of them in the big tumbler. Yup, I will keep the pictures coming as things progress. Thank you! |
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Post by jasoninsd on May 16, 2023 0:36:49 GMT -5
Velo, It warms my heart these have made it to a good forever home!  |
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Post by rocknewb101 on May 16, 2023 6:54:14 GMT -5
I love prairie agates!! I just got some for tumbling and they come out really nice! Enjoy them! I think they are easy to tumble too - the rough I got wasn't too pitted or anything like you'll see with other agates (I'm looking at you crazy lace!!)
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Post by jimmie on May 16, 2023 8:48:01 GMT -5
I tumbled prairie agates and bubble gum agates, two cool agates for tumbling, good luck!
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Post by velodromed on May 16, 2023 8:56:34 GMT -5
Velo, It warms my heart these have made it to a good forever home! Yes they have! Thank you so much Jason, we really appreciate such an amazing gesture! |
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Post by velodromed on May 16, 2023 8:57:33 GMT -5
I tumbled prairie agates and bubble gum agates, two cool agates for tumbling, good luck! Thanks! Got any pictures before and after? Bubble gum agates I’ve only recently learned about… |
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Post by velodromed on May 16, 2023 8:59:44 GMT -5
I love prairie agates!! I just got some for tumbling and they come out really nice! Enjoy them! I think they are easy to tumble too - the rough I got wasn't too pitted or anything like you'll see with other agates (I'm looking at you crazy lace!!) That’s great! I like hearing this. Do you have any pictures? Maybe before and after? Yes, crazy laze can be a pain, as many agates can be) but is so worth it at the same time. |
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Post by rocknewb101 on May 16, 2023 9:33:59 GMT -5
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Post by jimmie on May 16, 2023 10:21:48 GMT -5
I tumbled prairie agates and bubble gum agates, two cool agates for tumbling, good luck! Thanks! Got any pictures before and after? Bubble gum agates I’ve only recently learned about… |
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Post by jimmie on May 16, 2023 10:24:23 GMT -5
I never figured out how to post pictures on here, gumbo_agate_tumbler on Instagram. I’ll repost some prairies and bubble gums this afternoon, won’t have to look through the hundreds of pics to see em.
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Post by velodromed on May 16, 2023 15:04:44 GMT -5
rocknewb101 Wow those are great! Good job tumbling them. I can’t wait until patterns begin to emerge and so forth.
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Post by rocknewb101 on May 16, 2023 15:23:57 GMT -5
rocknewb101 Wow those are great! Good job tumbling them. I can’t wait until patterns begin to emerge and so forth. Thank you! They are always fun to see how the different rocks turn out - like opening a Christmas gift  |
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Post by velodromed on May 16, 2023 21:29:56 GMT -5
rocknewb101 Wow those are great! Good job tumbling them. I can’t wait until patterns begin to emerge and so forth. Thank you! They are always fun to see how the different rocks turn out - like opening a Christmas gift It really does, it also adds some special moments to our days. It’s now become habit, whenever a set of rocks have finished a particular tumbling course, the wife and I sit down and look carefully through them all. Sometimes we will take pictures so that we can remember them from one course to the next. Mostly, we just enjoy looking at them and calling to mind where we found that one or what we were doing when we found this one. It’s a nice feeling when so many finds and creations become part of our story. |
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Post by jasoninsd on May 17, 2023 0:05:07 GMT -5
I love prairie agates!! I just got some for tumbling and they come out really nice! Enjoy them! I think they are easy to tumble too - the rough I got wasn't too pitted or anything like you'll see with other agates (I'm looking at you crazy lace!!) That’s great! I like hearing this. Do you have any pictures? Maybe before and after? Yes, crazy laze can be a pain, as many agates can be) but is so worth it at the same time. Here's a shot of some Bubble Gum Agates I tumbled:  |
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Post by velodromed on May 17, 2023 5:45:16 GMT -5
That’s great! I like hearing this. Do you have any pictures? Maybe before and after? Yes, crazy laze can be a pain, as many agates can be) but is so worth it at the same time. Here's a shot of some Bubble Gum Agates I tumbled: Those are really pretty! Now I have to keep my eye out for some lol |
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Post by rocknewb101 on May 17, 2023 7:05:35 GMT -5
I'd never heard of bubble gum agate prior to this post - very cool jasoninsd!! Do they come rounded like that or was that all accomplished in the tumbler? |
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Post by jasoninsd on May 17, 2023 7:19:58 GMT -5
I'd never heard of bubble gum agate prior to this post - very cool jasoninsd!! Do they come rounded like that or was that all accomplished in the tumbler? This is what they look like when they're found "in the wild"! LOL  |
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Post by rocknewb101 on May 17, 2023 7:41:31 GMT -5
I'd never heard of bubble gum agate prior to this post - very cool jasoninsd !! Do they come rounded like that or was that all accomplished in the tumbler? This is what they look like when they're found "in the wild"! LOL Oh nice! I like when they start out somewhat rounded |
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