jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Nov 22, 2015 14:09:03 GMT -5
Probably washed down from Appalachians to S Alabama.--WRONG, geologist claim it was formed close to where it was found. Much has no fracture, and hard tough rock. colors galore. Most broken out of bleached pebbles and plates. Artifacts of this material highly prized.    |
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Post by jamesp on Nov 22, 2015 14:13:50 GMT -5
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Post by Fossilman on Nov 22, 2015 17:04:33 GMT -5
Thumbs up.............
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Post by adam on Nov 23, 2015 13:29:16 GMT -5
Quite the shine and even more stunning is the amount you have. Were they collected or bought? If you collected all that, props.
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Post by indiana on Nov 23, 2015 21:54:09 GMT -5
Nice stuff. I'm jealous!
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Post by jamesp on Nov 23, 2015 23:20:58 GMT -5
Quite the shine and even more stunning is the amount you have. Were they collected or bought? If you collected all that, props. collected in a creek Adam |
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Post by jamesp on Nov 24, 2015 6:54:00 GMT -5
Native mine location, Talhatta Creek in central Mississippi. Quartzite here is grey and hard homogenous material. In horizontal layers, basically silica sand that has been fused together by compression and heat. Color is usually grey, but iron and other salts have given fine colors to this Alabama material. Many slab like plates that are 1/4 to 3/8 inch thick have fine color are in the Alabama gravel. Pretty much like cab preforms. Returning to collect at this location this weekend. If anyone is interested in cabbing some of this material let me know and I will send you some. I would only ask to see photos of a finished cab or two. Hard and dense material.  Was searching images of richly colored quartzite and came up with little that compares. Coral color was common, kind of a rare rock color. Similar to the colors in this chip. Carnelian too.  |
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Post by adam on Nov 24, 2015 8:11:32 GMT -5
I sure do like the salmon pink variety. I'll look around to find some, since it tumbles great. I might even have some laying around. Doubt it. Next time I go hunting I should stay longer.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 24, 2015 9:17:54 GMT -5
I sure do like the salmon pink variety. I'll look around to find some, since it tumbles great. I might even have some laying around. Doubt it. Next time I go hunting I should stay longer. Salmon, that's the color I was looking for. Do you hunt this area Adam ? This is the farm I was hunting at, creek high in this photo. White bars along creek about all gravel. I cleaned all the good stuff off of only one bar, got about 6 more bars to go. But this creek has many miles of bars like this, bars getting bigger as you go the next 30 miles downstream. at low water ATV's are driven down it, not sure if that is legal, usually not.  |
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Post by cobbledstones on Nov 24, 2015 10:30:50 GMT -5
Returning to collect at this location this weekend. If anyone is interested in cabbing some of this material let me know and I will send you some. I would only ask to see photos of a finished cab or two. Hard and dense material. Would a strand of beads count? I suspect that those would make fine beads that the ladies would like. |
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Post by jamesp on Nov 24, 2015 10:40:36 GMT -5
Returning to collect at this location this weekend. If anyone is interested in cabbing some of this material let me know and I will send you some. I would only ask to see photos of a finished cab or two. Hard and dense material. Would a strand of beads count? I suspect that those would make fine beads that the ladies would like. Game on, PM address cobbled and I will send you some. It works faster than hard agate but still takes a wicked shine. Feminine colors, should make fine beads. |
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Post by broseph82 on Nov 24, 2015 11:09:08 GMT -5
Native mine location, Talhatta Creek in central Mississippi. Quartzite here is grey and hard homogenous material. In horizontal layers, basically silica sand that has been fused together by compression and heat. Color is usually grey, but iron and other salts have given fine colors to this Alabama material. Many slab like plates that are 1/4 to 3/8 inch thick have fine color are in the Alabama gravel. Pretty much like cab preforms. Returning to collect at this location this weekend. If anyone is interested in cabbing some of this material let me know and I will send you some. I would only ask to see photos of a finished cab or two. Hard and dense material. Was searching images of richly colored quartzite and came up with little that compares. Coral color was common, kind of a rare rock color. Similar to the colors in this chip. Carnelian too.  |
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Post by jamesp on Nov 24, 2015 11:10:24 GMT -5
Far out Jimi. Looks like a shiner. Lots of the red stuff down there. Lots of it lets a lot of light thru.
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Post by broseph82 on Nov 24, 2015 11:14:54 GMT -5
Far out Jimi. Looks like a shiner. Lots of the red stuff down there. Lots of it lets a lot of light thru. It will let it completely through if its thin enough. Just wait until your tumbles are done. I guess the red and yellow I've been calling pet wood is what you call quartzite. There IS pet wood there too though. Ill show you. It looks like wood. |
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Post by jamesp on Nov 24, 2015 11:36:07 GMT -5
What I found looks like ole quartzite. May take a geo man to figure it out.
Yes, the books have that area pasted w/pet wood. No matter, stuff is fine. No sleep lost on my end.
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Post by adam on Nov 24, 2015 15:29:07 GMT -5
Sorry for confusion. No, I never been to Alabama, or Mississippi. Pretty much been confined to Kentucky most of my life. Was able to take a trip to California couple months ago on Greyhound bus. Brought back a few small agates and much banded jasper. Gonna tumble them as soon as I can buy some more grit.
Got to hunt today, thankfully. The best thing I brought back was a quartz geode a bit bigger than a basketball, some crystals are bigger than thumbtacks. The points are mostly intact, unlike most I find that usually have been weathered away. I'll take pictures soon.
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Post by adam on Nov 24, 2015 15:51:15 GMT -5
Can't see inside, but it's mostly clear quartz, with a tinge of yellow when in direct sunlight.
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Post by broseph82 on Nov 24, 2015 15:59:59 GMT -5
adamFound this in KY a year or two ago. Was in water and appeared to be a geode. Cut it open and this was inside.  jamespDid a clean out minutes ago and pulled some rocks to show:  This was from Miss. But it's in the batch   Looks almost like a hot dog now  Someone said they liked pink  The botty coral you gave me  And the other side is undercutting and appears to be capturing grit  Some imperial Jasper in the mix  And lastly some of kap 's pudding stone to see how it goes (before pic) 
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Post by broseph82 on Nov 24, 2015 16:11:52 GMT -5
jamesp when you say plates is this what you're talking about? 
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Post by adam on Nov 24, 2015 16:35:42 GMT -5
Epic cabs, broseph82. Especially the ones from MS and KY. The colors are stunning, with a gorgeous shine. The botryoidal coral's pretty awesome, too. And the jasper... that's neat as hell.
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