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Post by orrum on May 25, 2015 13:06:59 GMT -5
Great rocks Roy!!! You get to have all the fun!
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Post by Fossilman on May 25, 2015 18:22:26 GMT -5
HOLY MOLLY Roy-that is crazy cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by gingerkid on May 26, 2015 6:47:20 GMT -5
Congrats on the new find of Thunder Ridge, roy!  Very pretty! It kinda looks like Morrisonite, especially the one in your 2nd photo. |
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Post by panamark on May 26, 2015 6:54:26 GMT -5
just go back from spending a couple of days with my best buddys Tony and Andy at the claim we found some new stuff out there that is just off the charts cool i will be figuring out how to bring this to market in 2016 here are a few samples before i send this in to the saws THUNDER RIDGE ! That is some gorgeous stuff Roy. So many rich, saturated colors. Is is fractured or pretty solid? Congrats to you guys. I think you got a winner. |
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Post by captbob on May 27, 2015 0:46:29 GMT -5
Anyone have any word on the release of the new edition of Hans Gamma's Picture Jaspers book?
"Early 2015" has come and gone.
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mirage
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Post by mirage on May 29, 2015 0:33:23 GMT -5
just go back from spending a couple of days with my best buddys Tony and Andy at the claim we found some new stuff out there that is just off the charts cool i will be figuring out how to bring this to market in 2016 here are a few samples before i send this in to the saws THUNDER RIDGE ! Special thanks to my friends !!! Hey Roy, here are two samples I cut tonight from what I came home with... Thanks again for letting me tag along last weekend!
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Post by roy on May 30, 2015 11:04:01 GMT -5
anytime buddy
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on May 30, 2015 15:17:28 GMT -5
Nice cut Shane...................
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Post by bsky4463 on Jun 7, 2015 21:37:31 GMT -5
just go back from spending a couple of days with my best buddys Tony and Andy at the claim we found some new stuff out there that is just off the charts cool i will be figuring out how to bring this to market in 2016 here are a few samples before i send this in to the saws THUNDER RIDGE ! Special thanks to my friends !!! Some more Thunder Ridge fresh off the saw.....cannot wait to go back. Cheers   |
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Post by orrum on Jun 8, 2015 2:06:31 GMT -5
It gets better n better!
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bsky4463
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Post by bsky4463 on Jun 8, 2015 9:42:36 GMT -5
Owyhee jasper - Craig Gulch....on the saw. Cheers  |
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 8, 2015 9:52:19 GMT -5
Andy,those are beautiful cuts-Two thumbs up...............Might have to be buying some from Roy on my next visit!! HOLY MOLLY!!
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 14, 2015 17:27:27 GMT -5
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Post by woodman on Jun 16, 2015 18:26:07 GMT -5
Found a piece of Jasper in my rock pile and made a few cuts. It is 3" tall and 2 1/2" wide. Don't have a clue where it came from but maybe somebody may.
 
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Post by orrum on Jun 16, 2015 20:42:39 GMT -5
NicE contrast and picture!
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 17, 2015 10:51:04 GMT -5
Woodman,that is a great slab!!!
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Post by orrum on Jun 17, 2015 15:11:58 GMT -5
Hello folks. Just sent Don/Jakesrocks a selection of slabs from my adventures in the Owhyee Mountains. I sent a non typical Monarch Jasper, it has scenery but is very light pinkish peachy tan colors with the hills barely visible until you cab it. Another one was a Haystack Butte slab that has a sunrise scene, the area is layers or hills of blackish purple getting lighter as it approaches the rising sun. Really cool. The third one is a slab of the pastel blue, pink, yellow and or white. I don't know wether the stuff is agate or opal. Anyway the claim is gone and reclaimed so you only find small specimens now. This one has blue on one side and yellow on the other. To finish it up I sent him a slab of Bennet Mountain Agate that I hounded at Tony/catmandew Idaho. Gooding Idaho.
Don is a grouchy tough ole far on here but that's a bluff! He is a great guy and I owe him for helping me with my Gem drill. It's a old one and I bought it without a handle used to pulse the drill. I contacted Don to get pics of his handle. He PMED some pics and specs to me and that was a life saver. Then he sent a pm saying I could just have the handle he had because it was off a parts only drill!!! He is a cool dude! So as I find Owhyee rough in unpacking two seasons of hounding I send him some.
Check your messages Don for the tracking number.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 17, 2015 19:00:04 GMT -5
Bah humbug. Dang Bill, ya make me sound like an angel or something.
Just came in from about 4 hours of mowing, and saw your message. Please don't send any more stuff. You've more than paid for that little handle.
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Post by orrum on Jun 17, 2015 20:18:38 GMT -5
Not paying for the handle Don. You gave that as a gift. I am contributing to the Owhyee collection!
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 17, 2015 20:24:28 GMT -5
I know Bill. Maybe one of these days I'll find time to start polishing some of the specimen slabs. Got probably 400 lbs of Owyhee material to slab too.
I'm still a grouchy old fart though.
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Very pretty! It kinda looks like Morrisonite, especially the one in your 2nd photo. 
