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Sabre52
Cave Dweller 
Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 22, 2014 16:13:33 GMT -5
Looks like South African blue swirlstone but it's not agate hard as it's a mix of feldspar, sodalite and some other stuff....Mel
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Post by mohs on Sept 22, 2014 17:08:18 GMT -5
blue swirlstone ?
nice score!
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Post by parfive on Sept 22, 2014 17:31:25 GMT -5
African blue swirlstone, eh? : )
The quicker fouler upper – don’t cut it while the oil in the saw is still pretty clean. Wait till you’re ready for an oil change.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 22, 2014 18:22:47 GMT -5
Beautiful piece of rock!!
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Post by broseph82 on Sept 22, 2014 18:42:34 GMT -5
nice find. im so jealous.
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Post by orrum on Sept 22, 2014 19:52:56 GMT -5
African blue swirlstone?  Hmmmm.... sorta wonder if Mel would take a man snipe huntin??? LOL |
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Post by parfive on Sept 22, 2014 20:34:35 GMT -5
Blue swirlstone’s a legit material from southern Africa, imported by RTH’s Rockyraccoon (and also several others) back in 2005. Still have the remainder of a thirteen-pound chunk downstairs.
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Post by broseph82 on Sept 22, 2014 20:40:03 GMT -5
Whats some of that red rock in the 2nd pic? You selling any?
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Post by snowmom on Sept 23, 2014 7:00:44 GMT -5
wow- sure is purple and crystally! don't forget to post what you do with this baby!
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deserthound
spending too much on rocks
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Post by deserthound on Sept 24, 2014 16:20:50 GMT -5
we think we have located and id'd the rock as amethyst sage agate from Denio, NV : ), which makes more since..the collector was never in africa...lol.. but was all over the western states..
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azgnoinc
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Post by azgnoinc on Sept 25, 2014 13:24:41 GMT -5
Nice specimen, love to see what you do with it.
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Post by orrum on Sept 25, 2014 15:14:55 GMT -5
I like African Swirlstone.... has a ring to it÷
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 27, 2014 17:35:02 GMT -5
*L* Yeah, it's not like rock collectors ever buy rocks from foreign countries at shows or rock shops. Very unlike any ammy sage I've ever had in my saw, as ammy sage is very translucent and often dendritic, but almost identical to blue swirlstone. Frankly, I would not even classify your specimen as agate. Might be Bertrandite though. it sometimes has that look to it. Henderson Purple from Nevada is also a possibility and it is vein material but I've never seen the orangey color in it. My specimens of that material are pretty much all shades of purple..Mel
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rockingthenorth
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by rockingthenorth on Oct 12, 2014 22:35:13 GMT -5
nice find, around here people don't sell rocks at yard sales not that I have seen anyway
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Hmmmm.... sorta wonder if Mel would take a man snipe huntin??? LOL
