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Post by broseph82 on Sept 14, 2014 13:19:32 GMT -5
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Post by broseph82 on Sept 14, 2014 13:34:49 GMT -5
I have a few more pics but uploading via mobile is being a hassle. I'll post the others in a few hours when I get home.
Feel free to guess what this particular rock is.
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Post by snowmom on Sept 14, 2014 15:07:04 GMT -5
do you know what it is already? Looks like a little feldspar in there... other than that, not a clue... I take you found this close to home in
A*L*A*B*A*M*A ?
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 14, 2014 15:22:46 GMT -5
Looks like a nice moss agate,a cutter for sure!!!!
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Post by broseph82 on Sept 14, 2014 16:09:23 GMT -5
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Post by broseph82 on Sept 14, 2014 16:13:50 GMT -5
Here's the second rock I found (the colors really came out after a scrub):  And this is what it looks like with a light behind it:  This rock has not been cut by me at all. Found it like this in the stream. |
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Post by broseph82 on Sept 14, 2014 16:15:14 GMT -5
do you know what it is already? Looks like a little feldspar in there... other than that, not a clue... I take you found this close to home in
A*L*A*B*A*M*A ?
I'll have to wait until Tuesday to cut it open and yes I found it close to home. |
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Post by snowmom on Sept 14, 2014 18:00:25 GMT -5
watching this post with interest.  |
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Post by snowmom on Sept 14, 2014 18:01:14 GMT -5
that second one is awesome!!!!!!!
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Post by 150FromFundy on Sept 14, 2014 18:20:51 GMT -5
The first two appear to be a jasper/agate mix. A little trace iron will produce the yellows and reds. There appears to be some glassy sections that are agate, or chalcedony. You'll have to polish the crust of them, or cut them open.
The last one looks like a smoky quartz or a grey agate. The white filled in the fractures after the original rock formed.
Darryl.
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Post by broseph82 on Sept 22, 2014 18:28:38 GMT -5
Update: Cut the red/yellow/orange rock into three slabs (2 plus the butt)   |
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Post by snowmom on Sept 23, 2014 6:02:32 GMT -5
wow, is the color true, is it really that golden? very interesting matrix, looks like a lot like the pudding stone matrix we find here... looks crystal-y but takes a polish and stays solid (mostly). Don't forget to show us what you do with it!
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Post by broseph82 on Sept 23, 2014 10:01:02 GMT -5
wow, is the color true, is it really that golden? very interesting matrix, looks like a lot like the pudding stone matrix we find here... looks crystal-y but takes a polish and stays solid (mostly). Don't forget to show us what you do with it! Yes, the colors are true. I did wet the pieces, but these pictures do it no justice. Much more orange and yellow in person. Not sure what I can do with it. Should I get my glue and try and seal up all the holes and such? |
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Post by spiritstone on Sept 23, 2014 10:09:02 GMT -5
Your second find looks to me as if it has the turtle back in it. When you get to slice a slab off, hold it up to the light again and post a pic.
I find common opal sometimes attached to the agate itself that has the turtle back look in it, and i just snap it off.
Thanks for sharing these pics.
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Post by broseph82 on Sept 23, 2014 10:51:42 GMT -5
Your second find looks to me as if it has the turtle back in it. When you get to slice a slab off, hold it up to the light again and post a pic. I find common opal sometimes attached to the agate itself that has the turtle back look in it, and i just snap it off. Thanks for sharing these pics. Im usually one to want to slab everything, but I was advised to leave this one as it is. Should I slab it long ways or down the middle or...? And what does it mean to have "turtle back in it"? |
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Post by spiritstone on Sept 23, 2014 11:03:43 GMT -5
Your second find looks to me as if it has the turtle back in it. When you get to slice a slab off, hold it up to the light again and post a pic. I find common opal sometimes attached to the agate itself that has the turtle back look in it, and i just snap it off. Thanks for sharing these pics. Im usually one to want to slab everything, but I was advised to leave this one as it is. Should I slab it long ways or down the middle or...? And what does it mean to have "turtle back in it"? Better to do as you were advised. I'm certain it isnt what I am seeing, first its not bubble top. Some bubble top gives off this effect after cutting from layered chalcedony. www.glypticconcepts.com/turtleback.html |
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Post by leadbelly713 on Sept 23, 2014 11:45:38 GMT -5
I really like the colors in your first rock, the second rock looks like chalcedony with common opal. nice finds.
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Post by broseph82 on Sept 23, 2014 12:40:50 GMT -5
Im usually one to want to slab everything, but I was advised to leave this one as it is. Should I slab it long ways or down the middle or...? And what does it mean to have "turtle back in it"? Better to do as you were advised. I'm certain it isnt what I am seeing, first its not bubble top. Some bubble top gives off this effect after cutting from layered chalcedony. www.glypticconcepts.com/turtleback.htmlI like to break rules though. If something like opal may be inside, will it show when the light is behind it? |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 23, 2014 16:28:04 GMT -5
The red and yellow looks like Paint Rock agate
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 23, 2014 16:36:57 GMT -5
NICE slabs!!!
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