Don
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Post by Don on Feb 18, 2011 15:54:06 GMT -5
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Post by Toad on Feb 18, 2011 16:07:25 GMT -5
Interesting crust on that last agate. Any idea how it was formed?
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Don
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Post by Don on Feb 18, 2011 16:14:49 GMT -5
yeah, the agate in the last pic appears to have formed between two plates of calcite crystals, and then the crystals dissolved. The crust on both sides is like hundreds of crystal shaped voids. I actually see this pretty frequently in this area.
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Feb 18, 2011 16:36:25 GMT -5
Dang, those are cool! You need a spray in bedliner with some 60/90 thrown in it before it dries to clean the crust off them while they roll around lol.
Nate
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Post by tandl on Feb 18, 2011 18:20:13 GMT -5
Those are colorful mosses . Awesome crust on the last one , would be volcanically developed , yeah Nate ,
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stoneviews
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Post by stoneviews on Feb 18, 2011 19:34:59 GMT -5
Killer moss, those should make some nice cabs!!
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mossyrockhound
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Post by mossyrockhound on Feb 18, 2011 20:09:05 GMT -5
I like the moss with all the colors. Nice find.
Garry
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ibexian
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Post by ibexian on Feb 18, 2011 21:32:17 GMT -5
The second specimen is a real goyle of an agate; like a honey combed boxwork or reminiscent to the dead skel of a leaf. It has all the character of a boxwork flat-topped upon an agate. NICE! On a quixotic and funny farm note though, that would make me wonder (at the present time): what if that particular agate were placed somewhere in Central America as a controlled experiment, would the local ants use it as an anti-anteater fortress and jump ship from their big alpine rhubarb shaped hives? Would nature really turn them into unobtainium strong ants, with their mandibles whirring like tiny pneumatic drills - cutting through the agate void spaces like EG bunnies. That would go to say that the ant eater would have to pull "one better" from the Mother Nature DEV's: his tongue would have to become a fleshy, foot long pip cutter! Either that or the ants would depants from out of their exoskeletons and show him their real asses...lol!
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dewaynecarter
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Post by dewaynecarter on Feb 19, 2011 9:09:27 GMT -5
great agates:) most of the agate found in my area have a similar outer crust, volcanic.
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Feb 19, 2011 11:49:43 GMT -5
Cool Rough! Utah does have some great Agates. I need to make more time to get out this year/. Steve
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Post by tntmom on Feb 19, 2011 13:22:20 GMT -5
I like that last picture. If I would have seen that pic anywhere but RTH I would have sworn it was the mantle of a clam, similar to ones I've seen in coral reef tanks. ~Krystee
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