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Post by cabby on Oct 1, 2024 10:50:32 GMT -5
Sounds like this is more or less the last of the rocks, except for small pieces scattered here and there. Have a few display pieces and some containers of tumbles.  I see a label of labradorite, a chunk of larvikite countertop, and off cuts that are probably Brazilian. Some shells, some obsidian…  |
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Post by cabby on Oct 1, 2024 11:26:11 GMT -5
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Post by cabby on Oct 1, 2024 11:31:31 GMT -5
Looks like the only crack is near the edge, shouldn’t be hard to stabilize and won’t reduce the specimen value much. Kinda shocked this was just an off cut bin piece rather than one of his display pieces!  |
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Post by cabby on Oct 1, 2024 11:50:22 GMT -5
Anyone able to explain why I keep finding slabs with packing tape and/or tape residue on them? None of the slabs with tape have been fractured…  |
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Post by cabby on Oct 1, 2024 12:14:16 GMT -5
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Post by realrockhound on Oct 1, 2024 12:23:25 GMT -5
The “not” is priday moss. From the priday thunderegg bed
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Post by cabby on Oct 1, 2024 12:34:04 GMT -5
The “not” is priday moss. From the priday thunderegg bed That one I knew! Not sure why I didn’t say so lol. That’s why it’s a nice find, it’s big and a double! It’s larger than my others and none of my uncut ones are doubles… is that common for that bed? |
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Post by cabby on Oct 1, 2024 12:36:32 GMT -5
The bucket of black things turned out to be onyx, not obsidian. Makes me realize that I probably mixed onyx in with my obsidian bin… and a small piece of India moss agate in that bucket  plastic bag was display stands, which I have need of!  that’s two bins done… didn’t get much today. |
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Post by realrockhound on Oct 1, 2024 12:49:09 GMT -5
The “not” is priday moss. From the priday thunderegg bed That one I knew! Not sure why I didn’t say so lol. That’s why it’s a nice find, it’s big and a double! It’s larger than my others and none of my uncut ones are doubles… is that common for that bed? I would argue it is. Others might not |
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Post by chris1956 on Oct 1, 2024 13:01:24 GMT -5
That one I knew! Not sure why I didn’t say so lol. That’s why it’s a nice find, it’s big and a double! It’s larger than my others and none of my uncut ones are doubles… is that common for that bed? I would argue it is. Others might not Is there a particular name for all the squiggly lines in the agate or are they all that way? |
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Post by cabby on Oct 1, 2024 13:03:23 GMT -5
Not sure how to describe that first “labradorite” thing… the dark mineral is planar with a directional grey shine, while the purple veins have a druzy like sparkle. Can’t seem to catch the effects on camera!  |
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Post by realrockhound on Oct 1, 2024 13:17:10 GMT -5
I would argue it is. Others might not Is there a particular name for all the squiggly lines in the agate or are they all that way? Thats called moss. Some are moss, some are tubes, some are lubes and some are goobs. But the best are plumes. Those lil yellow blotches in the corner are so close to plumes, but they just couldn’t form correctly. |
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Post by cabby on Oct 1, 2024 13:40:29 GMT -5
This one is the “tubular” type. Not as colorful as the more mossy one I found somewhere… realrockhound Ty for mentioning the deformed plumes! I couldn’t decide if they are weird opaque plumes or some type of mineral inclusion. Haven’t found many cut moss eggs so am not familiar with the variations yet. |
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Post by realrockhound on Oct 1, 2024 13:55:43 GMT -5
This one is the “tubular” type. Not as colorful as the more mossy one I found somewhere… realrockhound Ty for mentioning the deformed plumes! I couldn’t decide if they are weird opaque plumes or some type of mineral inclusion. Haven’t found many cut moss eggs so am not familiar with the variations yet. Nope. That one’s the moss type. You can tell be the way it looks like moss 🤣 |
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Post by cabby on Oct 1, 2024 15:29:47 GMT -5
realrockhound will get a pic later but it’s definitely small tubes! Guessing you were referring to tubes that go through straight, like most tube agates? This mossy one is like a couple agates I’ve found in the past and haven’t identified yet, looks like moss at a glance but is actually a bundle of thin twisty tubes.
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Post by realrockhound on Oct 1, 2024 16:38:54 GMT -5
realrockhound will get a pic later but it’s definitely small tubes! Guessing you were referring to tubes that go through straight, like most tube agates? This mossy one is like a couple agates I’ve found in the past and haven’t identified yet, looks like moss at a glance but is actually a bundle of thin twisty tubes. I see what you’re getting at. But if we’re splitting hairs. I’d still call that moss |
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Post by chris1956 on Oct 1, 2024 19:14:28 GMT -5
realrockhound will get a pic later but it’s definitely small tubes! Guessing you were referring to tubes that go through straight, like most tube agates? This mossy one is like a couple agates I’ve found in the past and haven’t identified yet, looks like moss at a glance but is actually a bundle of thin twisty tubes. I see what you’re getting at. But if we’re splitting hairs. I’d still call that moss That was kind of why I asked. Because it didn't look like "typical" moss if there is such a thing. How about "tuby moss"?  |
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Post by realrockhound on Oct 1, 2024 19:33:53 GMT -5
I see what you’re getting at. But if we’re splitting hairs. I’d still call that moss That was kind of why I asked. Because it didn't look like "typical" moss if there is such a thing. How about "tuby moss"? You could call it whatever you want, really. That pattern is more of the typical moss pattern I've seen in the eggs. As opposed to the well defined tubes. |
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Post by cabby on Oct 2, 2024 6:07:02 GMT -5
Someday I am gonna figure out what causes that kind of moss! I haven’t run across any specific “types” of agates with moss like that, but have found a few here and there where the moss forms as tubes. Pretty sure the ones that are larger straighter tubes are moss around a previous sagenitic inclusion, but no clue what causes the thin wiry tubes. So far I’ve only seen this in things I know or suspect are Oregon material.
Btw, I think the large piece in the labradorite bin actually is labradorite, just a weak grey one. I haven’t tested the minerals yet but seems there’s some old material from unknown source that gets sold as chatoyant sodalite that is actually labradorite with sodalite veins. Might be what I have.
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Post by cabby on Oct 2, 2024 7:38:26 GMT -5
realrockhound MY jingle balls hang lower and have nicely colored wood 🤣 
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