gemfeller
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Post by gemfeller on Jul 12, 2024 1:26:55 GMT -5
It's great fun rummaging through my old slab boxes. This must be a survivor from the 1980s when I cut my last few. Wish I knew where to find more!  |
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Post by liveoak on Jul 12, 2024 6:01:13 GMT -5
Sweet cab - what a find ! A lot going on in there- a druzy, a cool pattern, a fabulous polish, even an interesting shape.  Sounds like you're having fun rediscovering your rocks  Thanks for sharing,
Patty
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 12, 2024 7:57:32 GMT -5
That's a really sweet cab, Rick. Great example of the material. Keep going through those treasure bins! |
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Post by cabby on Jul 12, 2024 8:49:03 GMT -5
Sorry for the noob question, since everyone else seems to know… is that a teepee canyon agate?
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Post by jasperfanatic on Jul 12, 2024 9:11:04 GMT -5
Great cab! "I wish I had more of that!" is my usual response to rummaging through all the boxes of slabs I haven't touched in a long while |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 12, 2024 10:35:08 GMT -5
Great cab! "I wish I had more of that!" is my usual response to rummaging through all the boxes of slabs I haven't touched in a long while  |
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 12, 2024 10:43:15 GMT -5
Sorry for the noob question, since everyone else seems to know… is that a teepee canyon agate? Yeah. I’m thinking teepee. |
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Post by gemfeller on Jul 12, 2024 11:08:28 GMT -5
Sorry for the noob question, since everyone else seems to know… is that a teepee canyon agate? Nope, not Tepee. It's Dryhead from Montana. |
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 12, 2024 12:29:39 GMT -5
Sorry for the noob question, since everyone else seems to know… is that a teepee canyon agate? Nope, not Tepee. It's Dryhead from Montana. That was my other guess. The host just didn’t look dark enough. That milk chocolate color. Must just be the lighting. |
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Post by dreamrocks on Jul 12, 2024 12:32:43 GMT -5
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Post by gemfeller on Jul 12, 2024 12:50:10 GMT -5
Nope, not Tepee. It's Dryhead from Montana. That was my other guess. The host just didn’t look dark enough. That milk chocolate color. Must just be the lighting. Color is accurate but I couldn't drop the contrast enough to avoid a drab and dark image. The stone is very pleasing in hand but not as vividly-colored as the image. |
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Post by cabby on Jul 12, 2024 13:16:41 GMT -5
Nope, not Tepee. It's Dryhead from Montana. That was my other guess. The host just didn’t look dark enough. That milk chocolate color. Must just be the lighting. I thought the same, which is why I asked. My Dryheads look MUCH darker than that, but could be that I just haven’t seen them in the right kind of lighting yet. |
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Post by cabby on Jul 12, 2024 13:36:34 GMT -5
Went digging through the Dryhead boxes to try to figure out how to get it to look like that. Out of 15# I found a single piece that I could cut to look like that, so wouldn’t have guessed that it was Dryhead! fussy cutting this to avoid the matrix would leave me with some tan and no dark brown.  Everything else would show a much deeper brown.  |
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Post by rocknrob on Jul 12, 2024 15:44:33 GMT -5
I'm glad you folks know your rocks, I thought that was some of the Turkish Stick Agate that I've seen recently. Still, lots to look at in that small stone. Nice job!
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Post by adrian65 on Jul 12, 2024 15:47:33 GMT -5
Oldiest but goldiest! |
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Post by gemfeller on Jul 12, 2024 19:20:15 GMT -5
cabby It's definitely Dryhead. I cut a good deal of it years back. You're lucky to have poundage of the rough. I still have some large drusy specimens stored somewhere. I'll have to dig them out soon.
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Post by cabby on Jul 12, 2024 20:38:09 GMT -5
cabby It's definitely Dryhead. I cut a good deal of it years back. You're lucky to have poundage of the rough. I still have some large drusy specimens stored somewhere. I'll have to dig them out soon. Didn’t doubt you! I just needed to dig around to figure out HOW it can look like that. I have yet to see a teepee or Fairburn in person, and all of my dryheads are pretty dark, so had to work my brain a bit 😅 I had never taken a good look at the dryheads until today so I was quite confused at first. My next project with those is trying to figure out how to evaluate them, but not noticing any distinct themes with listing prices other than more matrix=lower price. Specific colors, patterns, and amount of quartz prices seem to be all over the board which isn’t terribly useful… need to find me some resources or expert types. |
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Post by gemfeller on Jul 13, 2024 0:12:46 GMT -5
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Post by dshanpnw on Jul 13, 2024 9:47:45 GMT -5
cabby It's definitely Dryhead. I cut a good deal of it years back. You're lucky to have poundage of the rough. I still have some large drusy specimens stored somewhere. I'll have to dig them out soon. Didn’t doubt you! I just needed to dig around to figure out HOW it can look like that. I have yet to see a teepee or Fairburn in person, and all of my dryheads are pretty dark, so had to work my brain a bit 😅 I had never taken a good look at the dryheads until today so I was quite confused at first. My next project with those is trying to figure out how to evaluate them, but not noticing any distinct themes with listing prices other than more matrix=lower price. Specific colors, patterns, and amount of quartz prices seem to be all over the board which isn’t terribly useful… need to find me some resources or expert types. Hey there cabby. You might have seen this book already, Dryhead agate by John T. Hurst. I bought a copy and the photos are great. He list the specimens in order of quality from low grade to high high grade. |
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Post by cabby on Jul 13, 2024 10:15:40 GMT -5
Didn’t doubt you! I just needed to dig around to figure out HOW it can look like that. I have yet to see a teepee or Fairburn in person, and all of my dryheads are pretty dark, so had to work my brain a bit 😅 I had never taken a good look at the dryheads until today so I was quite confused at first. My next project with those is trying to figure out how to evaluate them, but not noticing any distinct themes with listing prices other than more matrix=lower price. Specific colors, patterns, and amount of quartz prices seem to be all over the board which isn’t terribly useful… need to find me some resources or expert types. Hey there cabby. You might have seen this book already, Dryhead agate by John T. Hurst. I bought a copy and the photos are great. He list the specimens in order of quality from low grade to high high grade. Thank you! I was planning to planning to ask if anyone has that book and if it has the info I am looking for, but you already answered that! Was reluctant to pay $30 for a book that might not be very useful. |
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