jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jun 11, 2013 18:39:53 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2013 18:50:38 GMT -5
wow!
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Jun 11, 2013 20:06:04 GMT -5
Yeah I like the new format too! and those are some pretty stunning collections of work you've got there. Beautiful!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jun 11, 2013 20:27:15 GMT -5
Thanks Tommy.Very much.
I miss the thumbnails.Slapping them up on the page real quick to see what a set looks like.Makes it so quick to go thru 10 sets/500 photos to find that special photo.The bigger photos takes forever, lest i am missing something.A lot of complaints filed. I remember those oil agates.I cracked up at how Georgia dumb i was-why are those crazy Californians calling them oil agates.Duhh-oil looking spots in agate-genius!Your collection is great.Those beach colors are awesome
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2013 21:51:25 GMT -5
Jim, these are a grand slam. Totally unlike anything else. No mixing your coral up with anything else. Bases loaded home run!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jun 12, 2013 5:28:35 GMT -5
Are you behaving Scott?
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rockpickerforever
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 12, 2013 9:53:23 GMT -5
Nice pics of some GORGEOUS tumbles! And I see why you like flickr - they speak Southern! It said "Fetching more photos" while loading. Jean
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jun 12, 2013 11:41:31 GMT -5
Don't you and husband need to move back here.Ask your husband if i can rent you for 'love the southern atmosphere' person for parties and get togethers. You would be a great representative for this cause.
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rockpickerforever
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 12, 2013 14:05:44 GMT -5
Husband has never been there (it was an old boyfriend I went to Alabama with eons ago), don't think he'd much care for it. Hubby's family was from Missouri and Iowa, and he didn't care much for that area of the country either, lol!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jun 12, 2013 14:19:19 GMT -5
I am glad you appreciated us
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bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on Jun 13, 2013 14:40:22 GMT -5
Those are calender worthy. Every one of them. You really know how to slick em up. I still cant believe I am the rightful owner of the first one. Cool color combination. My favorite one out of all the coral you have shown off.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jun 13, 2013 23:16:58 GMT -5
Dang it man it was hot out there this week Brad.All week.Drank 276 gallons of water(not really)but a lot.
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 14, 2013 8:14:21 GMT -5
Those are awesome James! I especially like the last set as more of those show the polyp patterns. Question for you. Do you ever find coral heads like the Indonesian material, where the star shaped polyp patterns are fully agatized clear through the head or are the polyp patterns in your local material confined only to the exterior portions of the head?......Mel
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Post by jamesp on Jun 14, 2013 9:42:06 GMT -5
Thanks Mel.I know you like those polyps.This flicker set shows sawn and tumbled specimens.Those have continuos polyp patterns ,maybe to say,the whole tube is silicified. Note that the outer layer on most is 'bleached' white making the polyps more visible.But Florida coral the polyps have many microscopic capillaries that allow absorption. Capillaries that are like fingerprints in almost every piece but difficult to see unless you are looking closely at glare angle www.flickr.com/photos/67205364@N06/sets/72157632995139296/See how discreet the tubes are compared to Indonesian coral.I think the silicification is a lot different in Florida material.Any theories?I can not find such defined polyps. ![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8365/8566791874_8d0990f34a_b.jpg)
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