Post by elementary on May 28, 2011 13:17:02 GMT -5
The American Agate/Jasper Index: California is done!
As always - FREE!!!!
A million thank- you's for all those who gave permission for us to use their images.
And thank you all for being patient for this thing to be done.
(A big thank you to Tom Wolfe for access to his photos : If you ever meet him or his son, you will be in great company. Steven is among the best Pet Wood species ID people around and gives talks and seminars on the subject (next one in Orange County in June). Even on their website, he provides closeups of the grain patterns of the wood he sells.)
Due to the length and file size of the Index, it has been split into two parts - first one covers agates and the second covers jaspers and fossil material.
Volume A: California Agates
73 pages of material - 24 MB (Large File)
www.4shared.com/document/WNYHkbHj/Agate_Index_Vol_10A_California.html
(Note - there is a glitch that prevents the cover of Volume A from showing up on the download screen. You can still download the volume by hitting the BLUE BUTTON, then waiting a few seconds for the system to load, then hit the download link.)
Volume B: California Jaspers and Fossil Material
59 pages of material - 15 MB
www.4shared.com/document/WoKMEnIo/Agate_Index_Vol_10B_California.html
To download a file, click on the desired link and then click on the BLUE download box. Wait about 10 seconds and a prompt will then appear to download the file. Click on it and it will load.
{{Regarding the quality of some of the photos, I apologize. I will be working on getting some better photos of my material when I redo these files.
Also, Bob Rush provided some great photos of jade material, but I set them aside and will add them when I do a 2nd edition in the future.
Others also submitted material for the index that I didn't use. I still have the images and hopefully will include some later.}}
What does the future hold?
I want an overall index of the material covered by this project so people can quickly match names and locations for material with volume numbers. Also, Bob Rush suggested a while back if we could put together a visual glossary of agate/jasper terms, and that will be included with the overall index. Call this Volume 0.
I have also talked with Mel about what I want to do next - which is now create several supplemental volumes that take the previously posted material and gather it together not by location but by type.
This will ease hunting identifications when you know the type of material but not the location.
Volume 11: Agate Nodules and Thundereggs will include all previously posted material, with new photographs, along with a peripheral section that provides images of international material - such as Mexican, Australian, and S. American material. If you want to provide permission for us to use your photos, just PM myself of goto the thread in the Material ID section title Agate/Jasper Index: Nodules and add your image there.
Later volumes will focus on various subsets such as plume/moss material, fossil material, scenic jasper, etc.
I also plan to redo the organization of several indexes covering the material from the middle of the United States. From Texas to the Great Lakes, the arrangement of indexes will change with states shifting from one volume to another. (I also realized that somehow, horror of horrors, I completely left out Lake Superior Agates from the Index completely.)
Finally - I want to restate that this project is ongoing and continuous. Both Mel and I envisioned a project that hopefully will live as long as us and hopefully longer. As we receive more material, and people allow us to use their photos, the index can only improve and grow.
________________
Here are the Previous Volumes along with a link to the main page. Here you can also find the Artists of Agates Portfolios:
Volume 1: Utah and Colorado {2nd ed} (warning - 16 MB)
www.4shared.com/document/mNXTQALM/Agate_Index_Vol_1__2nd_ed_.html
Vol 2:Wyoming and Montana
www.4shared.com/file/224404408/51585e57/Agate_Index_Vol_2.html
Vol 3:Idaho and Washington
www.4shared.com/file/229956030/cc07189f/Agate_Index_Vol_3.html
Vol 4:South Dakota, Nebraska, and Oklahoma
www.4shared.com/file/242786005/91b2476f/Agate_Index_Vol_4.html
Vol 5: Texas
www.4shared.com/document/oCLei3tU/Agate_Index_Vol_5.html
Vol 6: The South - Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri
(Link repaired 1/28/11)
www.4shared.com/document/HMT_XBh1/Agate_Index_Vol_6.html
Vol 7: Arizona (Warning 16 MB)
www.4shared.com/document/XplaNpW1/Agate_Index_Vol_7.html
Volume 8 - New Mexico & Nevada
(link repaired 1/27/11)
www.4shared.com/document/dHMLvcjE/Agate_Index_Vol_8.html
Vol 9: Oregon (Warning 20 MB)
www.4shared.com/document/-CARc_SR/Agate_Index_Vol_9.html
Read more: forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/index.cgi?board=ccabs&action=display&thread=39253#ixzz1NfbizdIf
Thank you all for your interest, your feedback, and your support,
Lowell and Mel
As always - FREE!!!!
A million thank- you's for all those who gave permission for us to use their images.
And thank you all for being patient for this thing to be done.
(A big thank you to Tom Wolfe for access to his photos : If you ever meet him or his son, you will be in great company. Steven is among the best Pet Wood species ID people around and gives talks and seminars on the subject (next one in Orange County in June). Even on their website, he provides closeups of the grain patterns of the wood he sells.)
Due to the length and file size of the Index, it has been split into two parts - first one covers agates and the second covers jaspers and fossil material.
Volume A: California Agates
73 pages of material - 24 MB (Large File)
www.4shared.com/document/WNYHkbHj/Agate_Index_Vol_10A_California.html
(Note - there is a glitch that prevents the cover of Volume A from showing up on the download screen. You can still download the volume by hitting the BLUE BUTTON, then waiting a few seconds for the system to load, then hit the download link.)
Volume B: California Jaspers and Fossil Material
59 pages of material - 15 MB
www.4shared.com/document/WoKMEnIo/Agate_Index_Vol_10B_California.html
To download a file, click on the desired link and then click on the BLUE download box. Wait about 10 seconds and a prompt will then appear to download the file. Click on it and it will load.
{{Regarding the quality of some of the photos, I apologize. I will be working on getting some better photos of my material when I redo these files.
Also, Bob Rush provided some great photos of jade material, but I set them aside and will add them when I do a 2nd edition in the future.
Others also submitted material for the index that I didn't use. I still have the images and hopefully will include some later.}}
What does the future hold?
I want an overall index of the material covered by this project so people can quickly match names and locations for material with volume numbers. Also, Bob Rush suggested a while back if we could put together a visual glossary of agate/jasper terms, and that will be included with the overall index. Call this Volume 0.
I have also talked with Mel about what I want to do next - which is now create several supplemental volumes that take the previously posted material and gather it together not by location but by type.
This will ease hunting identifications when you know the type of material but not the location.
Volume 11: Agate Nodules and Thundereggs will include all previously posted material, with new photographs, along with a peripheral section that provides images of international material - such as Mexican, Australian, and S. American material. If you want to provide permission for us to use your photos, just PM myself of goto the thread in the Material ID section title Agate/Jasper Index: Nodules and add your image there.
Later volumes will focus on various subsets such as plume/moss material, fossil material, scenic jasper, etc.
I also plan to redo the organization of several indexes covering the material from the middle of the United States. From Texas to the Great Lakes, the arrangement of indexes will change with states shifting from one volume to another. (I also realized that somehow, horror of horrors, I completely left out Lake Superior Agates from the Index completely.)
Finally - I want to restate that this project is ongoing and continuous. Both Mel and I envisioned a project that hopefully will live as long as us and hopefully longer. As we receive more material, and people allow us to use their photos, the index can only improve and grow.
________________
Here are the Previous Volumes along with a link to the main page. Here you can also find the Artists of Agates Portfolios:
Volume 1: Utah and Colorado {2nd ed} (warning - 16 MB)
www.4shared.com/document/mNXTQALM/Agate_Index_Vol_1__2nd_ed_.html
Vol 2:Wyoming and Montana
www.4shared.com/file/224404408/51585e57/Agate_Index_Vol_2.html
Vol 3:Idaho and Washington
www.4shared.com/file/229956030/cc07189f/Agate_Index_Vol_3.html
Vol 4:South Dakota, Nebraska, and Oklahoma
www.4shared.com/file/242786005/91b2476f/Agate_Index_Vol_4.html
Vol 5: Texas
www.4shared.com/document/oCLei3tU/Agate_Index_Vol_5.html
Vol 6: The South - Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri
(Link repaired 1/28/11)
www.4shared.com/document/HMT_XBh1/Agate_Index_Vol_6.html
Vol 7: Arizona (Warning 16 MB)
www.4shared.com/document/XplaNpW1/Agate_Index_Vol_7.html
Volume 8 - New Mexico & Nevada
(link repaired 1/27/11)
www.4shared.com/document/dHMLvcjE/Agate_Index_Vol_8.html
Vol 9: Oregon (Warning 20 MB)
www.4shared.com/document/-CARc_SR/Agate_Index_Vol_9.html
Read more: forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/index.cgi?board=ccabs&action=display&thread=39253#ixzz1NfbizdIf
Thank you all for your interest, your feedback, and your support,
Lowell and Mel