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bsky4463
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Post by bsky4463 on Feb 1, 2015 15:11:43 GMT -5
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 1, 2015 15:42:36 GMT -5
They are so vulgar looking that they a beautiful. My favorite tumble is still that Big Sky heated rhyolite. Got a test piece running with obsidian in sugar and nailed the polish. Heat made it soft, it would have polished much easier if not heated. It is a spectacular rhyolite. Damn Andy, I sent you some hotties. ya never know what hides within those suckas. The 2nd one is referred to as an 'evil eye'. Good calculations on the cuts.
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Post by kap on Feb 1, 2015 17:35:51 GMT -5
NICE! Looks like James sent you some from his private stash! Cant wait to go back and collect some more!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2015 17:55:41 GMT -5
Holy crap... Coral cancer petrified for eternity....
Wow just wow
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 1, 2015 20:07:41 GMT -5
Really nice ones Andy....
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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 1, 2015 20:52:38 GMT -5
I believe jamesp calls those "venerial warts," lol.
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Post by Pat on Feb 1, 2015 21:37:58 GMT -5
Beautiful coral pieces! Love the insides.
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spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on Feb 1, 2015 21:50:43 GMT -5
Very cool!
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tothesummit
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Post by tothesummit on Feb 1, 2015 22:07:11 GMT -5
Holy cow, those looks so organic its almost creepy! Awesome stones!
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Post by gingerkid on Feb 2, 2015 7:27:12 GMT -5
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Post by snowmom on Feb 2, 2015 7:31:09 GMT -5
just gorgeous, no matter what disease caused it!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 2, 2015 9:28:48 GMT -5
Some threads go viral, never heard mention of which virus.
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bsky4463
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Post by bsky4463 on Feb 5, 2015 18:27:31 GMT -5
jamesp so have you had these corral heads change color once they are cracked open? First one (same as above) is fresh out of the slab bucket "oil-free".... second one is after 90s in the sonic cleaner.... what a trip. still grotesque maybe a little less venereal.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 5, 2015 20:26:25 GMT -5
bsky4463, yes, they sure can change when they are dry. you can leave it in water over night and see if it changes back. But yes, that white coating is visible on the saw cut, and is a thin layer. It is about a 64th of an inch thick. thin white layer partially tumbled off: sometimes there is a white layer and brown layers, again tumbled off:
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Post by Pat on Feb 5, 2015 20:37:30 GMT -5
jamesp. So pretty! Reminds me of fire agate.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 5, 2015 20:50:00 GMT -5
jamesp. So pretty! Reminds me of fire agate. Scott said that too Pat. Believe me, it's not that pretty, but not bad. I wish I had a real precision fine diamond saw to cut those botryoidals clean. The tile saw chips at the cut. Funny, the rusty ugly ones are the ones that do the concentric circles as you buff thru the layers to the whiskey colored layer.
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Post by Pat on Feb 5, 2015 20:54:23 GMT -5
I've got to get "coral cancer" and "venereal warts" out of my head! Much prefer mulling over "fire agate".
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bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on Feb 5, 2015 21:18:43 GMT -5
them are killer. That tongue!
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bcrockhound
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Post by bcrockhound on Feb 5, 2015 23:31:10 GMT -5
Those are really beautiful. I hope I get agatized after I die.
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