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Post by deb193redux on Feb 26, 2013 21:51:52 GMT -5
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keystonecops
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Post by keystonecops on Feb 26, 2013 23:03:07 GMT -5
gonna be some sweet cabs. Later Clyde
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Post by Pat on Feb 27, 2013 9:49:58 GMT -5
Good looking stuff!
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Post by jamesp on Feb 27, 2013 10:42:27 GMT -5
These are not near as nice as that breccia.I got some that are look very similar to that piece you have.They were found in south Texas on the Rio Grande.So it must have rolled down stream from who knows where! That one is spectacular. Attachments:
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Post by deb193redux on Feb 27, 2013 12:26:00 GMT -5
yes red, white, and blue in pink is more interesting.
still, I find most breccias interesting, and you don't see agate as often as jasper for some reason.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 27, 2013 19:32:55 GMT -5
There is a ranch in Texas that is covered in Breccias that was a fee collect site.May still be.It was either on the Rio Grande,or a major feeder to the Rio.Some of the material i found was so fused together it was smooth as glass at the breaks.Is that what you mean by agate instead of jasper?
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Post by Minnesota Daniel on Feb 27, 2013 23:07:04 GMT -5
The one on the left is just plain gorgeous, whatever you want to call it. The one on the right I think is a brecciated banded iron formation. Keep posting pics as they are cut and worked.
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 1, 2013 9:02:23 GMT -5
Man, both those are really awesome. As James has mentioned, a breccia/puddingstone like conglomerate very similar to that left hand example is found in the Rio grande gravels. I've found pieces with both red and golden agate or jasper sealing the pebbles together....Mel
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Post by deb193redux on Mar 1, 2013 11:08:16 GMT -5
Mel, this could be one with red cement. It came from an estate of a guy not too far south of Kansas City. SO that would have been somewhat "regional" material for him.
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Post by jamesp on Mar 1, 2013 11:54:57 GMT -5
I pursued those conglomerates at the Rio.They were deceptive due to the weathered coating.Some will knock your socks off.I tumbled a good bit.Some were so sealed they were great material,others were not filled in and 'grouted' well.Looking under magnification there were all kinds of agates and jaspers glued in there.Some had crystalized cavities like dino bone.That piece is as pretty as it gets Daniel.I hope you will post slabs/cabs or tumbles of it.
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Post by frane on Mar 2, 2013 8:30:14 GMT -5
Sweet! Gonna make some great slabs! I really like the one on the left! Fran
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Post by Tom on Mar 4, 2013 18:02:10 GMT -5
Super nice rough, gonna look great, keep them pictures coming.
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