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Post by coloradocliff on Jun 17, 2017 16:27:31 GMT -5
Spectacular detail. How big 6-8"? 17 Inches tall! Wowser.. That's a nice chunk. Big and pretty.Great specimen. Bet that was a load to get to the truck !! |
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Post by coloradocliff on Jun 18, 2017 12:07:53 GMT -5
You have some of the best wood I have seen around by a bunch. Also seems you have large quantities of that quality.
Glad to see this thread brought to the fore again.
C
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Post by woodman on Jun 18, 2017 20:54:25 GMT -5
12 pound Stinking Water Oak Standup off the polisher yesterday.  |
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Post by Peruano on Jun 22, 2017 8:28:34 GMT -5
I and a friend with more cab talents than I, have been playing with some small bits of opalized wood which I locally collected here in New Mexico. Here are two examples. Realize that the degree of opalization varies with some parts almost like raw wood, some highly opalized and even with some shimmer, and extreme color contrasts as you go below the surface.  Here's the interior surface of a small piece. The dark rays appear to be tiny cracks that allowed the opalization to proceed further than in the tighter bound material.  The light material is what we left of the bark surface and a scale to show the size we are working with.  I'm anxious to go further with this material. An example of a specimen as extracted from the ground.  |
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 22, 2017 8:54:04 GMT -5
Beautiful cabs...Thumbs up.....I haven't hounded or cut any petwood for a very long time now,I better get after it...LOL
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Post by woodman on Jul 13, 2017 17:13:17 GMT -5
A nice small slab from LAst CHance Canyon. My eyes say Elm but I am no expert. 6 inches wides.  |
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Post by beefjello on Jul 15, 2017 17:45:36 GMT -5
Did a trade with Roger a little while back and got a couple slabs of Turkish 'Cola Wood'. Pet wood with copper oxide inclusions. Neat stuff!   Thanks Roger  |
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Jul 15, 2017 22:42:19 GMT -5
Did a trade with Roger a little while back and got a couple slabs of Turkish 'Cola Wood'. Pet wood with copper oxide inclusions. Neat stuff! Thanks Roger Wow! That turk is awsome! That blue is really neat. |
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 16, 2017 8:29:00 GMT -5
Yes,those last two pieces of petwood are killer cool! WOW!
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Ami
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by Ami on Jul 16, 2017 22:17:09 GMT -5
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Post by coloradocliff on Jul 16, 2017 23:47:25 GMT -5
This pet wood we found near my husband's job site! Was a lucky find!    Lucky find for sure, happy dance for sure, dark for sure, little drusy, and free.. Pennies from heaven.. Didn't see anything for scale to tell the size. |
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Roger
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by Roger on Jul 18, 2017 10:25:20 GMT -5
Did a trade with Roger a little while back and got a couple slabs of Turkish 'Cola Wood'. Pet wood with copper oxide inclusions. Neat stuff! Thanks Roger I am glad you like it beefjello. I am looking forward to seeing your cabs from it! |
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Ami
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by Ami on Jul 18, 2017 21:20:28 GMT -5
This pet wood we found near my husband's job site! Was a lucky find! Lucky find for sure, happy dance for sure, dark for sure, little drusy, and free.. Pennies from heaven.. Didn't see anything for scale to tell the size. The stone is 6" diameter, 6" tall. |
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Post by coloradocliff on Jul 18, 2017 22:57:03 GMT -5
Lucky find for sure, happy dance for sure, dark for sure, little drusy, and free.. Pennies from heaven.. Didn't see anything for scale to tell the size. The stone is 6" diameter, 6" tall. Then heavy pennies from heaven. Really great find. Sounds like the hubby deserves a juicy lasagna?? |
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Ami
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by Ami on Jul 19, 2017 17:41:37 GMT -5
The stone is 6" diameter, 6" tall. Then heavy pennies from heaven. Really great find. Sounds like the hubby deserves a juicy lasagna?? ...and a glass of wine!  |
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Post by coloradocliff on Jul 19, 2017 19:19:19 GMT -5
Then heavy pennies from heaven. Really great find. Sounds like the hubby deserves a juicy lasagna?? ...and a glass of wine! Just A glass    
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fossilman1
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Post by fossilman1 on Aug 11, 2017 19:02:16 GMT -5
A few years ago we found a root ball, highly opalized but the color and detail is hard to beat.  Did this come from Stinkingwater? |
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Post by woodman on Aug 11, 2017 20:19:03 GMT -5
A few years ago we found a root ball, highly opalized but the color and detail is hard to beat. Did this come from Stinkingwater? Yes indeed! |
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Aug 11, 2017 22:07:28 GMT -5
...and a glass of wine! Just A glass
No one can have just 1, |
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Post by fvpty on Aug 12, 2017 0:25:23 GMT -5
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