bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on Feb 3, 2015 2:27:08 GMT -5
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Post by snowmom on Feb 3, 2015 7:16:28 GMT -5
there does seem to be a very clear difference between the first material and what comes after. The first seems to have agate like eyes and a few "poppy" like areas... complex and beautiful stuff whatever it is. Maybe somebody will recognize it. When I looked at your post and saw "yellow Cat" I was not at all sure what I'd see when I opened the thread.  |
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 3, 2015 11:26:26 GMT -5
Liking the later of the rocks,the cast are really cool!!!! I would cut a few of the upper ones to get a proper ID...
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spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on Feb 3, 2015 15:41:16 GMT -5
That is the prettiest conifer limb cast that I have seen to date. Nice find!
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Post by snowmom on Feb 3, 2015 16:46:14 GMT -5
the #3 photo has a nice heart at the top left, don't tell mrmohs!  |
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Post by gingerkid on Feb 3, 2015 20:35:02 GMT -5
Beautiful pieces, and many thanks for sharing them with us, bhiatt! The unknowns have awesome color, but this ammy conifer limb cast stole the show!  |
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bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on Feb 3, 2015 20:59:25 GMT -5
Good eye on spotting the heart shape.
The purple center one is nice. I was watching the redwood video and the guy says the crystally stuff in the middle starts out as barite.
A friend of mine found it last October, glued it and polished it. Larry Walker polished the comma redwood piece.
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Post by gingerkid on Feb 3, 2015 21:31:59 GMT -5
The purple center one is nice. I was watching the redwood video and the guy says the crystally stuff in the middle starts out as barite. A friend of mine found it last October, glued it and polished it. Very interesting that the center is barite. pseudomorph? The agate/barite pseudomorph specimens are sweet, too. Didn't you post some very large agate/barite specimens on the forum not too long ago? Larry Walker polished the comma redwood piece. It's a beauty! Love that intense red! |
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bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on Feb 3, 2015 22:22:55 GMT -5
I couldn't get a full frontal photo of the comma redwood piece without tons of glare.
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mateoj
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Post by mateoj on Feb 5, 2015 19:27:12 GMT -5
bhiatt I am jel! I've been to Yellow Cat several times. Never anything like this. These are tremendous! Were those three pieces found separately and joined together? That is amazing.
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bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on Feb 5, 2015 19:35:12 GMT -5
the 3 pieces was one limb/twig that was fractured. It is common for the Utah redwood limbs/twigs to be broken into sections. The largest limb cast is right around 6" inches wide. Most found are pretty small.
The 3 sections were glued together. In the Yellow Cat Redwood DVD I showed pics of, Larry Walker is shown doing fine sandblasting to bring out the red and also he matches the glue to the red color of the limb cast. I have around 350-400 tiny little broken pieces around a 1/4 inch long.
I have a few more neat pieces that I need to photograph.
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