carloscinco
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Post by carloscinco on Sept 5, 2009 13:40:00 GMT -5
I unsealed a Lortone 33B barrel this morning. It's a smorg of agates and jaspers. Some I bartered for and some I picked up at the rail road tracks. Here's the pix and commentary Wide view:  Moss?:  Railroad track jaspers and quartz:   I wish I knew what this is. I've got a tater size piece of it:  Wood:  Slice of jasper:  This looks like agate. It is transclucent for a few millimeters.  A nest of bots:  The closer you look the more you see:   A couple of plum size pieces of Owyhee:  An agate or chalcedony nodule, about 4-5 lbs.  I apologize for my ignorance of the pedigree of some of these rocks. I guess I'm like a crow that picks up whatever is shiny without knowing what it is. Enjoy the weekend! |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 5, 2009 13:51:22 GMT -5
Nice batch! The brown unknown with the swirls is stromatolite, agatized algae, probably from the Wamsutter, Wyoming area.....Mel
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Post by Bikerrandy on Sept 5, 2009 13:56:35 GMT -5
Very cool stuff, and great job on the tumble!  |
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Post by NatureNut on Sept 5, 2009 15:19:42 GMT -5
Lovely Carlo.
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carloscinco
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Post by carloscinco on Sept 5, 2009 16:03:08 GMT -5
Thanks for the ID on the stromatolite. I picked that and that nodule in the last picture out of a friend of mines flower beds. The rocks were left behind by a previous tenant of his. Also the last two items aren't tumbled yet, as if you couldn't tell.
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Post by Toad on Sept 5, 2009 20:16:17 GMT -5
Beautiful shine. Love the bots... who am I kidding, they're all great.
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Post by frane on Sept 5, 2009 20:25:21 GMT -5
That is a fantastic batch to pull out! I love them all!
Looks like your next tumble will be sweet too by the look of that rough!
Fran
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Post by Toad on Sept 8, 2009 18:51:21 GMT -5
I also wish they threw nice stuff like that on our RR tracks. All I get is limestone - b!tch to polish.
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carloscinco
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Post by carloscinco on Sept 9, 2009 18:29:29 GMT -5
These tracks are the last 2 mile stretch of gravel bedded side tracks I know of down here. I dread the day they re-bed this section with that boring mono-chromic material that passes for rock.
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silverviper
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Post by silverviper on Sept 9, 2009 18:37:13 GMT -5
Great job, they look fantastic
Chris
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Post by Noosh9057 on Sept 10, 2009 6:45:03 GMT -5
Very nice tumble and great shine.
Roger
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Terry664
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Post by Terry664 on Sept 10, 2009 11:43:21 GMT -5
NIce looking rocks and great shine.
Terry
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NorthShore-Rocks
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Post by NorthShore-Rocks on Sept 10, 2009 18:22:42 GMT -5
Nice looking batch! The fifth one is definately Stramatolite. Sweet!
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