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Post by broseph82 on Jul 11, 2015 18:34:37 GMT -5
adam don't need a cellphone to view Ig
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Post by broseph82 on Jul 12, 2015 8:25:12 GMT -5
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grayfingers
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Post by grayfingers on Jul 12, 2015 9:25:28 GMT -5
Wow, a kaleidoscopic panoply of color!! Thanks for posting your beauties. Kentucky Rocks!
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Post by adam on Jul 12, 2015 17:51:39 GMT -5
Those polished agates are magnificent. The colors are true, but everything you find is random. Most of the agates come in geodes, and also many are found already broken and rough.
Some old videos. lol
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Post by gingerkid on Jul 15, 2015 6:36:17 GMT -5
adam, are those your vids that you posted? I love the red one! Off topic, but wanted to ask you if your area is flooded?
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Post by adam on Jul 15, 2015 7:47:41 GMT -5
Yes, both are mine. The red jasper you seen, I have 2 pictures of it on the front.
My area can flood, only in the low valleys, though. But anywhere can be saturated with rain. When it does rain, there are massive puddles everywhere you look. On a scorching summer day a creek may be dry as bone, but the next day the creeks and rivers will be gushing if it rained like 2 inches in 24 hours. Easier to hunt when the creeks are dry.
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Post by gingerkid on Jul 15, 2015 9:14:19 GMT -5
Thanks, adam! I remember seeing that red beauty! I'm glad you are not in the flooded area. We saw on World News Tonight a house in Kentucky that floated underneath a bridge, which ripped the roof off of the house. A while back, @rocks2dust mentioned Mammoth Cave to me. I think it's the longest known cave system in the world. Have you been in it? |
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Post by adam on Jul 15, 2015 9:22:06 GMT -5
I never been to Mammoth Cave, I haven't been far west at all. Just a few counties west. Mammoth Cave is quite the drive from here. Kentucky is the 3rd state with the most counties, numbering at 120. It's a job figuring out all the community names and town names and city names and county names, makes you wanna flip your lid. Too many rednecks to count. Rebel flags displayed on cars, trucks, hung outside of houses. So much white power going. I don't care, I like the flag. Southern pride. Kentucky pride.
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Post by adam on Jul 17, 2015 15:31:54 GMT -5
Some more.
I suppose this be coral.
Lepidodendron root cast from Carboniferous period. It's not the bark of the lepidodendron since the bark usually form in molds. I was generously gifted this piece from a friend that received the cast from Rockcastle County. I learnt that the ancient tree reproduced from spores at the end of their lifetime and sometimes grew 100-130 feet, residing in wettest region of coal swamps.
Green and red banded jasper, with facets of grey and black bands, and thick iron red band with variations of thinner bands surrounding interior of matrix. Wild. 
Photobucket doesn't always work the way you want. White botryoidal chalcedony with bands of iron orange. 
The blue shine is from webcam. My favorite, my only true carnelian. The skin is red and the inner layers are orange. A few fractures on the front.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 17, 2015 21:40:05 GMT -5
Wow! Thanks for the show.  The most I've seen of the famous Kentucky agates is pretty much what I've seen on ebay. You presented quite the variety there. |
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Post by adam on Aug 8, 2015 10:26:42 GMT -5
Didn't want to start on a new thread, so I'll post updates and stuff on this one. Saves clutter and disorganization.
A tumble. Brown gold chalcedony(only in sun) indoors. Can't spot the dark impurities in the chalcedony. A fracture through the bottom half. I can't complain for an amateur.
The rough after some hammering. Been sitting in the yard, decided to clean it up and see if anyone takes a liking. It has some light skin left. Pretty solid. Nice tumbling material. Some spots have richer browns apart from the smoky. 4 to 5+ pounds.
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Post by gingerkid on Aug 10, 2015 14:16:59 GMT -5
Enjoyed seeing more additions of your Kentucky beauties, adam. Very nice specimen of carnelian, tumble, and rough you selected for tumbling. Is the rough carnelian (your last pic) also? The root cast is cool! Reminds me of pie (crust). Lepidodendron root cast from Carboniferous period. It's not the bark of the lepidodendron since the bark usually form in molds. I was generously gifted this piece from a friend that received the cast from Rockcastle County. I learnt that the ancient tree reproduced from spores at the end of their lifetime;and sometimes grew 100-130 feet, residing in wettest region of coal swamps. |
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Post by adam on Aug 10, 2015 21:16:16 GMT -5
Yes, gingerkid, the carnelian fits the description and is the only one I have discovered truly, has a fine glow in the sun. There are a few fractures, but that is almost always guaranteed with tumbles and natural rough. It's become sentimental now. Thank you very much, really.
I have plenty around the house and yard, never got to them, busy and erratic. Truth is, there might be more around worth to be cut, but you never know what the worth of agate or chalcedony can be. I sold to capt bob last month, but he has yet to work on them, I believe. I would like to see cuts of my self-collected agate on someone's shelf and make a buck too. I guess we all do.
Maybe you're not interested in buying, and that's fine. I always try. Anyhow, I will post some more, as soon I got the time.
Edit: My last pic is chalcedony since it is smoky brown, no hint of red or orange is in it. Brown all the way through.
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Post by adam on Aug 13, 2015 8:46:25 GMT -5
Photobucket won't cooperate so this is all I can do for now.
 
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delo
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Post by delo on Aug 13, 2015 11:05:03 GMT -5
Those are some sweet agates! I hadn't heard of Kentucky agates until this thread, thanks for sharing!
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Post by adam on Aug 13, 2015 15:46:16 GMT -5
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Post by broseph82 on Aug 17, 2015 17:59:47 GMT -5
adam I have to say you have some awesome stuff but such crappy pics. Ha ha
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Post by adam on Aug 18, 2015 20:21:37 GMT -5
lol. I'll have to go in hiding here shortly due to getting acquainted to college life. Gonna be busy.
I don't have all that fancy equipment yet.
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gemfeller
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Post by gemfeller on Aug 18, 2015 20:27:41 GMT -5
Love those Kentucky agates! Keep 'em coming.
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Post by adam on Aug 19, 2015 10:20:44 GMT -5
Your wishes have been granted, for now. Behold.
Chalcedony, the edge of a bigger whole. I love this one beyond comprehension. 
This tumble came from the same whole as pictured above.  
Chalcedony and quartz. Notice in the second picture the fine orange color below the quartz to the left. I'm sorta happy with it.
 
I got more coming, just you wait.
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The most I've seen of the famous Kentucky agates is pretty much what I've seen on ebay. You presented quite the variety there. 
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