snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Dec 11, 2012 14:40:46 GMT -5
I am going through some slab buckets and was wondering what these are.I acquired them a while back with unidentified material. A very colorful agate material. Closeup Initially thought this was maybe thulite,but doesnt look like what I have. Thanks for looking and for any help on ID. snuffy
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 11, 2012 18:49:09 GMT -5
Wow very nice! Don't know the first one but it sure is pretty. It the pattern were a bit more plumy, I'd call it St. Johns. I'd say the second is thulite. Thulite is extremely variable stuff and I've seen some that looks very much like your example. Some run to almost solid pink or white and others, like yours have a lot of the green or even black mixed with varying amounts of the lighter colors.....Mel
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Dec 15, 2012 10:56:31 GMT -5
That first one sure looks like the purple stuff from the Rio Grande.Does not ID it but it sure looks like the purple stuff i found out there.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 15, 2012 15:29:11 GMT -5
That first one sure looks like the purple stuff from the Rio Grande.Does not ID it but it sure looks like the purple stuff i found out there.
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Post by Peruano on Dec 16, 2012 18:06:16 GMT -5
Snuffy, I realize I'm a new kid on the block and may be totally in left field, but your first samples have a great deal of similarity to the material that I collected hear Pedernal Peak in New Mexico. The archeologists call it chert (Pedernal Chert), but many of our locals prefer to think of it as an agate. The reds, pinks, and lighter shades are similar - so too is the abundant fracturing. JMHO (or guess). That would place it in the Rio Grande drainage and it was hauled around a great deal by Native Americans as well as river flow. I should have photographed this wet because the similarity is greater. \ Tom
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