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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Mar 6, 2016 15:39:51 GMT -5
Hey look I did not forget how to do a full wire wrap. I don't do too many of those anymore so it was almost fun  Looks like Montana agate but I thought the slab came from some blackskin agates I got from broseph82   This is a really nice cab I made from a slab of mary ellen jasper I got from toiv0   Petoskey stone - most likely from one of Jugglerguy's hounding trips.  Thanks for looking Chuck |
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Post by Jugglerguy on Mar 6, 2016 18:05:34 GMT -5
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Post by toiv0 on Mar 6, 2016 18:10:54 GMT -5
Very nice, you did that Mary Ellen proud.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Mar 6, 2016 18:20:02 GMT -5
Very nice, you did that Mary Ellen proud. Thanks- that was a really nice slab and big enough to get a few nice pendants out of it. Did you find that one yourself? Chuck |
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 6, 2016 18:41:34 GMT -5
Nice wraps-I too think that is Blackskin agate.....They are so closely related.....All looks great,nice work!!
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Post by orrum on Mar 6, 2016 19:54:21 GMT -5
Super nice Petosky Chuck!
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Post by toiv0 on Mar 6, 2016 20:04:20 GMT -5
Very nice, you did that Mary Ellen proud. Thanks- that was a really nice slab and big enough to get a few nice pendants out of it. Did you find that one yourself? Chuck I collected some at one point but that one is from a trade of super nice material. I really like the smaller nodules we find in gravel pits, a bigger variety of color usually. The mines and dumps are closed now to collect. We either have to know someone or sneak on. I am not so sneaky anymore. |
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Post by snowmom on Mar 7, 2016 6:22:02 GMT -5
I have a MEJ addiction... rockjunquie got me hooked- love at first sight. Nice cabs and wraps... really nice piece of MEJ. fossilman Mike MEJ is fossil stromatolite...how cool is that? |
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Mar 7, 2016 7:35:00 GMT -5
I have a MEJ addiction... rockjunquie got me hooked- love at first sight. Nice cabs and wraps... really nice piece of MEJ. fossilman Mike MEJ is fossil stromatolite...how cool is that? Thanks snowmom. Glad to see you back and posting again. Chuck |
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 7, 2016 10:50:35 GMT -5
That ME is super gemmy. I NEED some!!!!  Great work, as always. |
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Post by adrian65 on Mar 7, 2016 14:53:46 GMT -5
All are beauties, but that Mary Ellen jasper... WOW! Does it have anything in common with stromatolites? Oh yes it does, I see while reading your previous answers.
Adrian
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Post by micellular on Mar 7, 2016 18:59:06 GMT -5
Not a lick of rust on those wirewrapping skills, Chuck!
And you can toss in my vote for that stunning MEJ too. Wow.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Mar 7, 2016 19:49:22 GMT -5
Not a lick of rust on those wirewrapping skills, Chuck! And you can toss in my vote for that stunning MEJ too. Wow. They may have been a little rusty but I tumbled them in stainless steel shot to remove it, lol Chuck |
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Post by toiv0 on Mar 8, 2016 14:36:00 GMT -5
When I get home I can slab up some Mary Ellen for those who want some. I have 60 lb piece that should look great.
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Post by meviva on Mar 15, 2016 22:54:50 GMT -5
Very nice. I like the blackskin. I've never heard of Mary Ellen jasper....May have to find me a piece.
Andrea
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Post by Pat on Mar 15, 2016 23:07:53 GMT -5
I have a MEJ addiction... rockjunquie got me hooked- love at first sight. Nice cabs and wraps... really nice piece of MEJ. fossilman Mike MEJ is fossil stromatolite...how cool is that? I didn't know that!!! Is all jasper stromatolites? I have some fossil algae that I understand to be a stromatolites. |
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Post by snowmom on Mar 18, 2016 6:50:57 GMT -5
no, most jasper is jasper... this just happens to have turned to jasper as it fossilized. stromatolite fossils may be the one of the most common on earth in one form or another. Kona dolomite is also fossil stromatolite. There are many other forms as well.
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Post by snowmom on Mar 18, 2016 8:41:15 GMT -5
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Post by drocknut on Mar 22, 2016 12:37:01 GMT -5
Nice job on all three of those.
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Great work, as always.
