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Post by stephan on Mar 11, 2015 14:15:42 GMT -5
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 11, 2015 16:52:20 GMT -5
Those are nice,liking that last green one,it is totally awesome!
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Post by snowmom on Mar 11, 2015 18:13:18 GMT -5
sitting here with my mouth open. speechless! keep 'em coming!
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 11, 2015 19:17:16 GMT -5
All righty now were talkin! My favorite subset of jasper, orbs and poppies. Beautiful set of pics. Makes me miss the hounding at our Hunters valley ranch. I really like the mystery poppy. Mystery to me too but very nice indeed. Got to remember to take some pics next week of some Rio poppies I got recently...Mel
PS: Your unknown knobby looking pastel poppy example is a Bubblegum agate from South Dakota. Those often have eyes and orbs. There are also some real orbicular agate types from that area.
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Post by stephan on Mar 12, 2015 1:14:56 GMT -5
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 12, 2015 22:18:00 GMT -5
Stephan, Yep, I owned a ranch in Hunters Valley for about 15 years or so Poppy deposits right on the ranch an many more throughout the valley. Used to hunt the poppies all the time......Mel
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Post by stephan on Mar 13, 2015 13:23:00 GMT -5
You must have quite a stash of the stuff, I would imagine.
Rio poppy? As in Rio Grande?
I'm pretty sure my knobby isn't bubble-gum agate, unless the stuff is migratory (or a swallow carried it). I've never been to South Dakota, and I quite certain I didn't buy it.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 13, 2015 14:57:24 GMT -5
There are agates just like Bubblegums in California Utah and and Arizona for sure. Since they are essentially a type of chert nodule, suspect they occur many other regions too. I think I've tumbled all my supply by now so I don't have a rough pic to show you. Here are some tumbled.....Mel  |
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Post by stephan on Mar 15, 2015 0:42:34 GMT -5
Nice material, and nicely tumbled. I like it, and I see the similarities.
I have some (not fully developed) theories about orbiculars. It does seem that they are most common where Continental plates meet, though.
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