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Post by tandl on Nov 19, 2014 15:39:42 GMT -5
Bought this and some other rough rock at a local auction. im sure it is old stock but dont know where it is from, anybody think they know ?  
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2014 16:07:17 GMT -5
I'll defer to the real pro's.
Let me stick my neck out and offer "it looks like Rio Grande to me."
Again, it's a guess. It is really gorgeous by the way! Would have made a killer sphere!
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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 19, 2014 16:16:27 GMT -5
Wow, so many places that yield good moss. Colors do look a lot like a Rio grande but most those are rounded cobbles. Could be from northern Mexico or west Texas. From the source so not tumbled into a cobble by ancient stream action. Could also be Maury Mountain......Mel
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Post by Fossilman on Nov 19, 2014 16:20:21 GMT -5
I have some Maury Mountain like that....Nice!
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Post by tandl on Nov 19, 2014 18:02:26 GMT -5
Thanks guys ! my first inkling was maury . does maury produce moss agate these days ? just wondering.
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Post by quartz on Nov 19, 2014 23:36:15 GMT -5
There's moss agate in the hole near the parking lot at Maury Mtn., hard rock mining, and not the safest place to work. Better bet is to walk, the stuff is all over that place, not as in laying everywhere, but pieces are there to find over a large area. Obviously, where it is on the surface, it's under too.
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Post by riverbendlapidary on Nov 21, 2014 15:02:59 GMT -5
sure looks like west texas or chihuahua/durango to me...
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Post by rykk on Nov 28, 2014 0:32:46 GMT -5
That's some agate from the San Raphael Swell, in Utah... assuming the colors are really that bright.
C-ya,
Rick
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Post by pghram on Nov 28, 2014 22:53:17 GMT -5
Can't help w/ the id, but it's a beautiful slab.
Rich
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Post by tandl on Dec 7, 2014 20:30:36 GMT -5
That's some agate from the San Raphael Swell, in Utah... assuming the colors are really that bright. C-ya, Rick Very interesting . ive id most of the rocks i bought at this auction and they have been from arizona and utah, so it is very likely. the color is the same as the pic . i have never seen this moss from utah . i would think it would have a name as awesome as it is . |
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Post by rykk on Dec 7, 2014 22:56:06 GMT -5
Yeah, I've only seen it called Raphael Swell Agate or, sometimes, Grape Agate.
Rick
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Post by roy on Dec 8, 2014 10:01:50 GMT -5
would agree thats not maury ! could be a mexican moss
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