stonesnbones
spending too much on rocks
Member since September 2007
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Post by stonesnbones on Oct 2, 2007 15:00:14 GMT -5
Rosebud Agate is a hard agate like montana or parral agate.The bud colors can be red,cobalt blue,yellow and white....and the agate itself can be blue,white and clear.It is found in the western Oklahoma panhandle,Texas panhandle,NE New Mexico and south west Kansas.It appears at first to be moss agate,it is not.The buds can vary in size and give the apperance of being moss.First a slab of the rough..........  This is a good cab to show why its called Rosebud  Red,clear and white  another  RED  Last one  Brad |
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Zoran
freely admits to licking rocks
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Post by Zoran on Oct 2, 2007 15:25:27 GMT -5
Very nice Agate and great photos especially two last ones.
Zoran
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Post by ladyt on Oct 2, 2007 17:56:59 GMT -5
Wow!! I love the first cab!! Looks like gold floating in it. Tonja  |
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Post by parfive on Oct 2, 2007 22:54:03 GMT -5
I see gold dust in that first beauty as well. Red #4 sure does look like plume, gorgeous.
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Thanks for postin' the Rosebud, Brad. Never seen it before.
Rich
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Post by Tony W on Oct 2, 2007 23:33:24 GMT -5
Thanks for the rough pic, Brad! I really like seeing what the material looks like. All really nice, but that first one is very interesting! T
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stefan
Cave Dweller 
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Post by stefan on Oct 3, 2007 10:06:36 GMT -5
WOWZER what a pretty agate!!!
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Post by Tonyterner on Oct 3, 2007 12:27:30 GMT -5
Some really nice looking stuff. Oklahoma, yet another state that has better rocks than here.  |
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stonesnbones
spending too much on rocks
Member since September 2007
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Post by stonesnbones on Oct 3, 2007 13:36:42 GMT -5
Thanks all,yep rosebud is a favorite,so much so I am planning spring break vacation just to go collect some.
Tony,funny you say what you do about rocks in your area.Here in this part of the state I live in there is sand and more sand.Its a good 4 hour or more drive to any decent rock collecting.I would love to be in your area just for the fossil collecting.
brad
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Post by beefjello on Oct 4, 2007 8:24:33 GMT -5
Ooh I like that stuff! Rosebud, eh? Great looking cabs too Brad!
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Post by Tonyterner on Oct 4, 2007 11:13:20 GMT -5
Hi Brad,
Good luck finding any fossils here. Almost every single decent site is now closed or you need to have an "in" with the property owner. I stumbled across a website from a guy in New Jersey who has some incredible fossils collected here in PA. He gets them all from private property. He wasn't willing to share any of his sites. Only one I know that's left is a coal mine spoilage pile about 1 1/2 hour north of here, just ferns there. Haven't been there yet but I expect it to be very picked over at this point.
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Post by Cher on Oct 4, 2007 19:54:37 GMT -5
Cool! An agate named for me. ;D
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