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Post by Tommy on Dec 29, 2013 23:24:07 GMT -5
I've been cutting rock like a mad-man for the last week trying to clear out too many milk-crates full of small/medium cutters out of my garage in anticipation of Quartzite in January. Taking a whack off the end on our new Covington 10" push-thru saw (given to Eva and I for a wedding present in September :-) ) and if it looks really good I slab it, if not it goes in the garden or the sell-it bucket. So I got through Lavic, through the N.Cadys seam agate, through the Field Road agate, through the Nevada chrysocolla (mostly junk), and today started working on a small amount of Lahontanite we collected in Nevada. We followed a 1967 rockhound's map to a place that isn't mentioned in any of the books which is the same location we found @shotgunner 's hunk of Sunset Rhyolite. This little piece didn't look like much and almost got tossed in the garden junk pile - after cutting it, holy crap it's beautiful haha. I've got Lahontanite that shows the classic pastel color patterns but this was the first brecciated piece. Cabs to follow I'm sure... Pardon the saw marks - I tweaked my blade about halfway through the day. Got it straightened and cutting again but its leaving some nasty marks behind.  |
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Post by 150FromFundy on Dec 30, 2013 7:00:37 GMT -5
If that is what you almost tossed, I would gladly sift through your 'garden junk pile' to see what you may have already tossed on a less stellar day. Nice find.
Darryl.
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 30, 2013 9:57:17 GMT -5
Wowser! Awesome find. Never ever seen much of that material around at shows much less a brecciated form....Mel
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2013 11:43:11 GMT -5
Tommy the pattern is all broken up. You'd better get rid of it. lol
that is sweet. Do you think maybe that is what the sunset rhyolite is? Seems similar??
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Post by Tommy on Dec 30, 2013 12:31:49 GMT -5
Tommy the pattern is all broken up. You'd better get rid of it. lol that is sweet. Do you think maybe that is what the sunset rhyolite is? Seems similar?? I don't think so - all of the lahontanite we found has characteristic sudden and distinct color change typically at a healed fracture and has a presence of whitesh green material. It's also very hard like a porcelain jasper. The colors of the SSR blend together and it feels and finishes like well-silicified rhyolite to a medium high shine. We also found the SSR about a half a mile from the LH location. |
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Dec 31, 2013 16:55:27 GMT -5
That's beatiful, I love Lahontonite. I have some slabs (more green/pink), but haven't cabbed it yet. Does it stay together at the seams?
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Post by Tommy on Dec 31, 2013 17:25:08 GMT -5
That's beatiful, I love Lahontonite. I have some slabs (more green/pink), but haven't cabbed it yet. Does it stay together at the seams? So far so good. I made two cabs previously and they worked beautifully. I'm not quite as confident with this brecciated variety. |
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Dec 31, 2013 17:27:50 GMT -5
Cool!
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 31, 2013 20:46:39 GMT -5
Awesome!
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Post by frane on Jan 1, 2014 16:21:15 GMT -5
That is a really pretty one!
Fran
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Post by herchenx on Jan 2, 2014 16:44:22 GMT -5
Pardon the saw marks - I tweaked my blade about halfway through the day. Got it straightened and cutting again but its leaving some nasty marks behind. how did you straighten it out? I tweaked mine last summer and it still cuts but leaves really bad marks. No cracks in the blade just a wobble. Nice slab too! |
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Post by Tommy on Jan 2, 2014 17:29:43 GMT -5
Pardon the saw marks - I tweaked my blade about halfway through the day. Got it straightened and cutting again but its leaving some nasty marks behind. how did you straighten it out? I tweaked mine last summer and it still cuts but leaves really bad marks. No cracks in the blade just a wobble. Hi John, mine got crunched in one spot when a rock I was holding up above the deck got bound up and slammed down against deck. I took a pair of heavy pliers and squished the area as flat as I could get it but it’s cutting bad now – making a lot of noise and leaving cut marks. It was a nice blade that came new with the Covington saw last summer so I hate to lose it but I’m going to replace it as soon as I can afford it. |
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Post by herchenx on Jan 2, 2014 18:25:35 GMT -5
I'm with you I'm trying to make mine last but the saw marks are really bad. I've read other threads about straightening Blades I was going to try laying mine flat on plywood putting a two by four on top of it and beating the snot out of it but I haven't wanted to get my hands that dirty yet  |
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Post by pghram on Jan 3, 2014 18:24:54 GMT -5
Beautiful material, I have never heard of it before.
Rich
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Post by holajonathan on Nov 12, 2021 11:49:41 GMT -5
I've been cutting rock like a mad-man for the last week trying to clear out too many milk-crates full of small/medium cutters out of my garage in anticipation of Quartzite in January. Taking a whack off the end on our new Covington 10" push-thru saw (given to Eva and I for a wedding present in September :-) ) and if it looks really good I slab it, if not it goes in the garden or the sell-it bucket. So I got through Lavic, through the N.Cadys seam agate, through the Field Road agate, through the Nevada chrysocolla (mostly junk), and today started working on a small amount of Lahontanite we collected in Nevada. We followed a 1967 rockhound's map to a place that isn't mentioned in any of the books which is the same location we found @shotgunner 's hunk of Sunset Rhyolite. This little piece didn't look like much and almost got tossed in the garden junk pile - after cutting it, holy crap it's beautiful haha. I've got Lahontanite that shows the classic pastel color patterns but this was the first brecciated piece. Cabs to follow I'm sure... Pardon the saw marks - I tweaked my blade about halfway through the day. Got it straightened and cutting again but its leaving some nasty marks behind. I thought I would resurrect an 8 year old thread to point out how much this stuff looks like the flint ridge material from Ohio. Same colors. Same patterns. Did you end up cabbing this stuff, Tommy? |
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Post by Tommy on Nov 12, 2021 16:03:29 GMT -5
I thought I would resurrect an 8 year old thread to point out how much this stuff looks like the flint ridge material from Ohio. Same colors. Same patterns. Did you end up cabbing this stuff, Tommy? Honestly I don't remember Jonathan. The area where I was collecting this and other interesting material got 'discovered' and quite literally invaded by claimer profiteers and there is something like 6 claims in the area now. Dead Camel jasper, Red Falcoln, Dead Ringer, Mescalero, etc. I think the original Lahontanite claim from the 60's got restarted too. |
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Post by holajonathan on Nov 12, 2021 17:01:38 GMT -5
I thought I would resurrect an 8 year old thread to point out how much this stuff looks like the flint ridge material from Ohio. Same colors. Same patterns. Did you end up cabbing this stuff, Tommy? Honestly I don't remember Jonathan. The area where I was collecting this and other interesting material got 'discovered' and quite literally invaded by claimer profiteers and there is something like 6 claims in the area now. Dead Camel jasper, Red Falcoln, Dead Ringer, Mescalero, etc. I think the original Lahontanite claim from the 60's got restarted too. Fair enough. Just curious. Pretty rocks, whatever you did with them.  |
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