RockNerds
noticing nice landscape pebbles
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Post by RockNerds on Sept 20, 2024 10:34:46 GMT -5
not sure if its something on my end but I cant even see victors pictures? every other pic loads fine. Weird  |
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Post by Rockoonz on Sept 20, 2024 12:57:59 GMT -5
It’s neither here nor there, and it’s not up to me to say what’s allowed and what’s not. But for sake of discussion and knowing, unfortunately materials that used to be $0.25 a lb 50years ago have drastically increased in price. Woodward material ain’t cheap 😂. It’s also getting extremely difficult to come by as I’m not even sure collecting on the ranch is a reality anymore, but I may be wrong in that. Ranches are almost all closed to collecting now, all owned by the same person who doesn't want people and especially rockhounds on his property. Law of supply and demand was on steroids with what has happened to those materials. I think I shared some videos in July on some polished slabs, many from those ranches, for sale in an estate. I came home with 5 shoe boxes of those and other materials and it cost me over $700 of my $500 budget, and that price is basically wholesale. At the retail level at shows and on the internet I will more than double it. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 20, 2024 15:02:51 GMT -5
Rockbrain, I find it hard to believe that material I paid a quarter a pound 50 years ago now sells by the gram. I don't shop on Ebay or any other sites so I have no clue as to the value of most material. I just select from blanks that might fit the monthly contest. & Rockoonz are actually correct. I did some searching as well, and just one of the listings I found does have it at about $200 a pound... jasoninsd What say you? Is Victor's submission out of bounds? I would say the material is outside of the bounds of the "limited budget" for any other forum members to acquire the material... Sorry Victor...  |
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Post by rockbrain on Sept 20, 2024 18:36:01 GMT -5
Rockbrain, I find it hard to believe that material I paid a quarter a pound 50 years ago now sells by the gram. I don't shop on Ebay or any other sites so I have no clue as to the value of most material. I just select from blanks that might fit the monthly contest. I certainly wasn't trying to cause issues and figured it was just something you had around for a long time. On Ebay right now, out of the first 25 listings, 21 are in grams. Out of the ones that aren't, one is 4oz for $25 and the other one is 3 rocks that all fit in one hand for $50. Those are some of the cheaper listings. Didn't see any of the purple like you have. If you have any more I'll give you $15 a lb.  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 20, 2024 20:17:09 GMT -5
So...I've almost got my entry for this month finished. I have to work more on the back of it...maybe I'll get it finished this weekend!! Karoit Boulder Opal:  **This is NOT my entry for the contest...I just figured I'd post this and see how many people said, "WHAT THE @#$#@!!", when they saw the pic!  |
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Post by cabby on Sept 20, 2024 20:34:48 GMT -5
jasoninsd glad you posted that disclaimer! Was about to rip you a new one that I even *i* know better than that! 🤣
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 20, 2024 20:40:21 GMT -5
jasoninsd glad you posted that disclaimer! Was about to rip you a new one that I even *i* know better than that! 🤣 ...been wanting to post that for days now!! LOL |
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Post by agatewhisperer on Sept 20, 2024 20:57:18 GMT -5
jasoninsd glad you posted that disclaimer! Was about to rip you a new one that I even *i* know better than that! 🤣 ...been wanting to post that for days now!! LOL Lolol good one!! |
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Post by pebblesky on Sept 20, 2024 22:26:36 GMT -5
What a relief after I saw the disclaimer. I started to think this contest was anti limited budget contest...
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 20, 2024 22:31:07 GMT -5
...been wanting to post that for days now!! LOL Lolol good one!! What a relief after I saw the disclaimer. I started to think this contest was anti limited budget contest...  |
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Post by victor1941 on Sept 21, 2024 10:31:12 GMT -5
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 21, 2024 15:40:43 GMT -5
Great cab Victor! Honestly, I actually like this one better than that other one you posted!!  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 21, 2024 15:52:57 GMT -5
Okay...here's the REAL entry for the contest! LOL I wanted to do a cab in the horizontal position, but it always looked offset slightly...so I did a vertical shape instead... MONTANA AGATE    |
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Post by tribeunited on Sept 21, 2024 16:04:07 GMT -5
victor1941 - I also like the new one! (But I loved the old one too) jasoninsd - Very nice cab fine sir. Very pretty, indeed. realrockhound - is that a Montana agate or a Real Montana Agate?
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Post by chris1956 on Sept 21, 2024 16:06:01 GMT -5
Okay...here's the REAL entry for the contest! LOL I wanted to do a cab in the horizontal position, but it always looked offset slightly...so I did a vertical shape instead... MONTANA AGATE I like the way the black inclusions "sprays" outward. I have to get working on my entry. |
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Post by rockbrain on Sept 21, 2024 16:28:06 GMT -5
Great looking cab victor1941. I do have a bit of an issue with it though. I've been working on a brecciated jasper one too and yours looks so good! Beautiful material and I think it fits the theme perfectly. |
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Post by rockbrain on Sept 21, 2024 16:30:59 GMT -5
Nice cab jasoninsd. Great material and nice capture but what really shines for me, and what I think more people should be judging on, is how well the cab is cut. Just a sharp perfect girdle line and I great looking dome. I always get it eventually but I always have an issue with tiny scratches on Montana. |
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Post by rockbrain on Sept 21, 2024 16:35:14 GMT -5
I don't think you're going there, but when I see this I immediately go to Frank Zappa Camarillo Brillo. "Is that a real poncho? I mean is that a Mexican poncho or is that a Sears poncho?" Of course it is on the same album as Montana. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 21, 2024 18:21:56 GMT -5
victor1941 - I also like the new one! (But I loved the old one too) jasoninsd - Very nice cab fine sir. Very pretty, indeed. realrockhound - is that a Montana agate or a Real Montana Agate? Thank you ma'am! Okay...here's the REAL entry for the contest! LOL I wanted to do a cab in the horizontal position, but it always looked offset slightly...so I did a vertical shape instead... MONTANA AGATE I like the way the black inclusions "sprays" outward. I have to get working on my entry. Thanks Chris! I think the shot of the rough shows better how those "curl" the way the do. I knew I had to capture those and the small curve of brown dots on the left side... Nice cab jasoninsd . Great material and nice capture but what really shines for me, and what I think more people should be judging on, is how well the cab is cut. Just a sharp perfect girdle line and I great looking dome. I always get it eventually but I always have an issue with tiny scratches on Montana. Thanks Brother! The thing I like most about working Montanas...is when they're freakin' done! There's been a lot of discussion in the past about sub-surface fracturing caused by slabbing. I never knew what people were talking about for sure until I started working Montana Agates. I think that's what makes getting those dang scratches out so dang hard. I think the answer is spending an inordinate amount of time on the 220 hard in order to get "under" those sub-surface fractures... |
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Post by realrockhound on Sept 21, 2024 22:05:56 GMT -5
victor1941 - I also like the new one! (But I loved the old one too) jasoninsd - Very nice cab fine sir. Very pretty, indeed. realrockhound - is that a Montana agate or a Real Montana Agate? This is that real montana that got me in hot water lol  |
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