bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on Mar 9, 2015 15:25:32 GMT -5
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Post by stephan on Mar 9, 2015 15:27:12 GMT -5
Wow! Those are beautiful.
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Post by gingerkid on Mar 9, 2015 15:27:43 GMT -5
Wow!  Those are outstanding, bhiatt! The one on the right kinda looks like an alien.  |
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bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on Mar 9, 2015 15:32:10 GMT -5
nice addition to these guys/gals  |
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Post by gingerkid on Mar 9, 2015 15:35:54 GMT -5
Those are sweet, too, and look polished? Have you received your specimens that went on tour with the Agate Expos, bhiatt? |
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Post by snowmom on Mar 9, 2015 15:44:52 GMT -5
ohmygoodness. So blue and so beautiful. Nice batch in the box too. are those as found or have they had a little surface enhancement? I don't know if I would recognize something like that in the field, it must take an experienced eye to spot bone out in the dust and dirt. Keep posting! Thanks for showing these to us.
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 9, 2015 15:53:31 GMT -5
You get the best gem bone!!! Those top 2 are absolutely incredible!
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mateoj
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Post by mateoj on Mar 9, 2015 16:06:40 GMT -5
Amazing! This is why I love this forum. It is so cool to see stuff like this.
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bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on Mar 9, 2015 16:40:51 GMT -5
Those are sweet, too, and look polished? Have you received your specimens that went on tour with the Agate Expos, bhiatt? The Agate Expo is next year. It is every four years. |
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bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on Mar 9, 2015 16:43:29 GMT -5
ohmygoodness. So blue and so beautiful. Nice batch in the box too. are those as found or have they had a little surface enhancement? I don't know if I would recognize something like that in the field, it must take an experienced eye to spot bone out in the dust and dirt. Keep posting! Thanks for showing these to us. The bones in the blue container are from an older gentleman I got last year. I don't know where they were found. The blue pair by themselves were purchased from Ernie Shirleys rock shop in Utah when he was still alive. |
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Post by gingerkid on Mar 9, 2015 16:57:05 GMT -5
Oh, my apologies, bhiatt, I thought it was this year, too. |
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Post by Pat on Mar 9, 2015 17:13:38 GMT -5
Beautiful blues! Thanks! Do you know why they are blue?
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Mar 9, 2015 17:33:33 GMT -5
Smithsonian
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Post by Pat on Mar 9, 2015 17:59:06 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Mar 9, 2015 18:05:56 GMT -5
bhiatt 's dino bones are museum quality Pat. Smithsonian museum sounds prestigious enough for his treasures. Used as an adjective I suppose.
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bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on Mar 9, 2015 18:09:04 GMT -5
Beautiful blues! Thanks! Do you know why they are blue? silica rich ground with certain minerals is how they get their color. Blue is about the rarest along with canary yellow. |
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Post by stephan on Mar 10, 2015 9:35:54 GMT -5
If it's from Utah, copper is a likely impurity to impart blue color. Chromium and iron can also color agates blue (iron can yield a wide palette of colors).
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 10, 2015 9:51:37 GMT -5
Totally crazy cool!!! Droolin' droolin' drollin'....Thumbs up
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Those are outstanding, 
