chris1956
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Post by chris1956 on Sept 1, 2023 17:39:42 GMT -5
I found this one at Wilderness State Park at the tip of the lower peninsula of Michigan. Do you think it is a stick agate of some sort? I didn't know what to do with it so I ground it on the cabber to the shape you see. There is a small amount of banding on the lower left portion of the "front" view. Unfortunately, a chip came out of the back towards the end of polishing. Front View Back View Side View
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 1, 2023 21:35:13 GMT -5
I've looked at these pictures several times. I'm not sure "stick agate" is a correct identification. Remember to take what I have to say with a grain of salt! I'm thinking pseudomorph agate...but I could be WAY off!!
*We'll see what others have to say...
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Post by velodromed on Sept 2, 2023 4:53:15 GMT -5
Do you have an unfinished picture? It’s a pretty rock for sure. I’m curious, why do you think it’s stick agate?
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chris1956
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Post by chris1956 on Sept 2, 2023 7:31:36 GMT -5
I've looked at these pictures several times. I'm not sure "stick agate" is a correct identification. Remember to take what I have to say with a grain of salt! I'm thinking pseudomorph agate...but I could be WAY off!! *We'll see what others have to say... Looking at some pics on the internet, many of the pseudomorph agate pics do look very similar. Do you have an unfinished picture? It’s a pretty rock for sure. I’m curious, why do you think it’s stick agate? I knew someone would ask for a before pic. I didn't think about that until after I had started grinding. Will post that shortly but don't think it will help much. I am no expert in agates but the straight lines of material (expecially on the side) reminded me of some of the stick agate pics I have seen. Only thing I could think of.
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chris1956
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Post by chris1956 on Sept 2, 2023 7:32:40 GMT -5
This pic was part way through grinding.
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 2, 2023 9:01:56 GMT -5
Chris, I keep coming back to this thread to look at those pictures. I just searched Google...for quite awhile...and the references for "stick agate" seem to be all pointing to Turkey being the only location they're found.
That being said...I'm super interested in figuring out what this is because I found a rock out here which I thought was a stick agate as well. I remember posting pictures of it...but I did an extensive search this morning of my past posts and I sure as heck can't find it!
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chris1956
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Post by chris1956 on Sept 2, 2023 11:32:15 GMT -5
Chris, I keep coming back to this thread to look at those pictures. I just searched Google...for quite awhile...and the references for "stick agate" seem to be all pointing to Turkey being the only location they're found. That being said...I'm super interested in figuring out what this is because I found a rock out here which I thought was a stick agate as well. I remember posting pictures of it...but I did an extensive search this morning of my past posts and I sure as heck can't find it! I also saw mostly Turkish Stick Agates references but some just said "stick" so wasn't sure if there were others.
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 2, 2023 22:47:40 GMT -5
Chris, I keep coming back to this thread to look at those pictures. I just searched Google...for quite awhile...and the references for "stick agate" seem to be all pointing to Turkey being the only location they're found. That being said...I'm super interested in figuring out what this is because I found a rock out here which I thought was a stick agate as well. I remember posting pictures of it...but I did an extensive search this morning of my past posts and I sure as heck can't find it! I also saw mostly Turkish Stick Agates references but some just said "stick" so wasn't sure if there were others. I'm gonna cut some rocks tomorrow...but I'm going to try and do some searching again to see if I can find that picture of the one I found. I can't remember if I called it a stick agate...but I'm thinking Robin said it looked like one. This was quite some time ago...so there's a good chance I'm not remembering this correctly at all!! LOL
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