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septicdeath having dreams about rocks Member since November 2024 Posts: 56	Ruby red procrastinating Nov 18, 2024 21:36:52 GMT -5 via Tapatalk victor1941, amygdule, and 9 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by septicdeath on Nov 18, 2024 21:36:52 GMT -5 One of my to-do someday things is to start cutting up some of this beautiful, highly agatized Utah Red Horn Coral.

chris1956 driving up their electric bill Member since July 2022 Posts: 2,440	Ruby red procrastinating Nov 18, 2024 21:58:19 GMT -5 septicdeath likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by chris1956 on Nov 18, 2024 21:58:19 GMT -5 Don't wait, do it now! Always like the red horn coral photos that people post on the forum.
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Ruby red procrastinating Nov 18, 2024 22:01:07 GMT -5 via Tapatalk chris1956 likes this

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Nov 18, 2024 21:58:19 GMT -5 chris1956 said:

Don't wait, do it now! Always like the red horn coral photos that people post on the forum.

I will but have been on a jasper kick for a while now.

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Post by gemfeller on Nov 19, 2024 15:59:02 GMT -5

I dug a lot of that fine material years ago when I lived in Salt Lake City. I don't know what happened to it after an ugly divorce. I have just a few pieces left to remind me of the beauty of the mining area. It cuts nice rounds of fine color that preserve excellent cell structure. I never experimented with other cab shapes but I suppose they're possible.

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Nov 18, 2024 21:58:19 GMT -5 chris1956 said:

Don't wait, do it now! Always like the red horn coral photos that people post on the forum.

I cut a couple just for you. The small one on the right is highly agatized it takes a great polish. Center one is not as agatized but took a decent polish. The other has quite a bit calcite but polished okay.

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Nice! Thanks for sharing. I have found horn coral in Michigan but the color is not spectacular. Most is calcite (similar to Petoskey stone color) but it seems to polish well unless the coral has a lot of voids or is overly soft. Once in a while you find one that is silicified and vary hard and you can tumble them.

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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 21, 2024 16:13:35 GMT -5

Gorgeous!

We find "plain jane" colored Horn Coral over in our neck of the woods...pretty much like Chris's. My wife did on one occasion, find a purple hued one! I don't know where she's got that thing hidden though!

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