Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 13, 2015 9:50:04 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Here are the rest of Yesterdays cuts....Mel An ehh mossy one: Colorful but too pitted: Interesting mini flower garden but fractured: And, best of the lot, nice solid golden plume and moss:
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cardiobill
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Post by cardiobill on Jul 13, 2015 12:47:20 GMT -5
The golden plume and moss are great looking They really show depth even in a 2D picture
Bill
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Post by captbob on Jul 13, 2015 13:30:58 GMT -5
More nice 'uns! Is "flower garden" a location or type name?
I'm with Bill on my appreciation for the golden plume (where's the moss?). Fantastic looking slabs and so much the better when the picture is full sized.
Thanks for posting them!
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Post by orrum on Jul 13, 2015 13:43:13 GMT -5
Ain't neve liked anything as much as gold $!!!!
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 13, 2015 15:48:23 GMT -5
Bob, " Flower Garden Agate or Flower Garden Plume Agate" is a type name, not a place name. First I heard the name used was on a Woodward Rch trip where there used to be large boulders of a jasper agate that contained bands of tiny red, yellow and gold plumes. Most plume structure was not really all that discernible except under magnification. We didn't even collect it usually, as we were all looking for actual red and back plume agate biscuits with big plumes. Fifty cents a pound was a lot of money back then and them boulders were like fifty pounds and up in some areas. Plus, they were usually half buried and required a lot of work to dig the out and carry them back to the car. Recently, after looking at Darwin Dillon's site, I came to realize the Rio Grande gravels contained really nice flower garden plume ranging from the usual tiny forms to really nice sized fluffy fancy types but still in brilliant colors. Guess the origin must still be west Texas or adjacent Mexico but it's much nicer than what we ever found at Woodward....Mel
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Post by captbob on Jul 13, 2015 16:19:25 GMT -5
Thanks Mel. Always learning something new here!
Had you known then...
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Post by cobbledstones on Jul 13, 2015 17:24:58 GMT -5
Nice material Mel, I have really enjoyed working through the box I bought
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Post by stephan on Jul 14, 2015 15:43:25 GMT -5
Bob, " Flower Garden Agate or Flower Garden Plume Agate" is a type name, not a place name. First I heard the name used was on a Woodward Rch trip where there used to be large boulders of a jasper agate that contained bands of tiny red, yellow and gold plumes. Most plume structure was not really all that discernible except under magnification. We didn't even collect it usually, as we were all looking for actual red and back plume agate biscuits with big plumes. Fifty cents a pound was a lot of money back then and them boulders were like fifty pounds and up in some areas. Plus, they were usually half buried and required a lot of work to dig the out and carry them back to the car. Recently, after looking at Darwin Dillon's site, I came to realize the Rio Grande gravels contained really nice flower garden plume ranging from the usual tiny forms to really nice sized fluffy fancy types but still in brilliant colors. Guess the origin must still be west Texas or adjacent Mexico but it's much nicer than what we ever found at Woodward....Mel Darwin (Matt), seems to get a lot of his really nice Rio Grande material at Falcon Lake.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 14, 2015 16:32:55 GMT -5
"Matt" is the man on Texas agate, especially from the wood regions and along the Rio grande. I frequent his flickr site with my drool rag almost daily and have been fortunate enough to speak briefly with him and buy some specimens from him at the San Antonio show. What is super cool is he's a heck of a photographer too so his images at his site are incredible. His extensive posts of pics from the Rio Grande gravels and the George West wood sites will flat out make yore eyes bug outa yore head. Now that the pebblepups are bringing in several hundred pounds a month to my yard, Rios are almost all I cut and I never get tired of them. Only thing is, most the darn things are too big for my saw and I want to see what's inside of every one...Mel
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Post by jamesp on Jul 14, 2015 22:16:38 GMT -5
Mrs. Woodward put me on a big hole that had great Flower Garden. It was a recent find, and a man dug a bunch of it. I was just picking up the spoils that the rain washed off. She said that man carried a big load of it home.
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 15, 2015 7:53:43 GMT -5
Liking the "plume" in those..................
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