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Post by radio on Mar 16, 2016 18:18:57 GMT -5
This bad boy is about a 3 pound chunk of some of the finest mo lace I've ever seen. cellphone pics don't do it justice! I would absolutely love to have a slab or two off the rough side, but can't bring myself to cut it! it's about a foot or so long and about 6 inches from front to back   |
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Post by captbob on Mar 16, 2016 18:25:16 GMT -5
That is an outstanding specimen! Maybe you should send it to me because I would have absolutely no desire to ever cut it!
Where did you find it? Pretty sure it wasn't eBay because I check for Missouri lace frequently.
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Post by radio on Mar 16, 2016 18:35:08 GMT -5
That is an outstanding specimen! Maybe you should send it to me because I would have absolutely no desire to ever cut it! Where did you find it? Pretty sure it wasn't eBay because I check for Missouri lace frequently. Thanks. I'll think about it....NOT  Believe it or not, I bought it in California in part of an old collection I purchased. Knowing the old Gentleman who had it, Quartzite was likely where he picked it up sometime in the 60's. I've never seen one this nice and often feel it should be in a museum for folks to enjoy. At least it has returned to Missouri, so it isn't homesick anymore  Any idea of what a piece like that is worth? |
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Post by beefjello on Mar 16, 2016 20:00:31 GMT -5
Wow that's a beautiful piece!!
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 16, 2016 20:47:43 GMT -5
Yes,that is totally cool!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2016 21:11:46 GMT -5
It has to be worth at least a dollar three eighty five. Maybe more.
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Post by Toad on Mar 17, 2016 5:30:01 GMT -5
Beautiful. Hope I find something half as nice when I'm in MO this summer.
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Post by radio on Mar 17, 2016 18:26:56 GMT -5
Beautiful. Hope I find something half as nice when I'm in MO this summer. I hope you find some, but it's pretty hard to come by, or at least the nicer stuff is. Ugly greys and tans are the most common. The only decent area I have heard of is near Potosi |
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Post by radio on Mar 17, 2016 18:28:13 GMT -5
It has to be worth at least a dollar three eighty five. Maybe more. Well, that exceeds my estimate of a dollar two ninty five |
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Post by Garage Rocker on Mar 17, 2016 20:56:41 GMT -5
That's a keeper!
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Post by scottyh on Mar 17, 2016 23:16:02 GMT -5
give you fifty cents.... It's a great specimen piece please don't slab it |
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Post by radio on Mar 18, 2016 6:34:36 GMT -5
give you fifty cents.... It's a great specimen piece please don't slab it Thanks, and rest assured I never will slab it. I would love to have a couple of slabs of this quality, but good stuff is almost impossible to find. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2016 11:41:51 GMT -5
I can't guess how bug it is, but see zero reason not to take a couple slabs, then face polish the mother piece and make cabs of the slabs with VERY HIGH prices. Marketed as local material to visitors as a small hunk of missouri...
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Post by radio on Mar 18, 2016 12:34:10 GMT -5
I can't guess how bug it is, but see zero reason not to take a couple slabs, then face polish the mother piece and make cabs of the slabs with VERY HIGH prices. Marketed as local material to visitors as a small hunk of missouri... It already is face polished and I have no way to polish a chunk that large. I could slab off the back, but I like the raw edge. It will most likely find its way to a museum, or get sold to a collector before I leave this old world. I would hate to see it end up in a bucket of rocks for $5 at a yard sale and get busted up for tumbling |
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Post by Toad on Mar 18, 2016 18:57:05 GMT -5
Beautiful. Hope I find something half as nice when I'm in MO this summer. I hope you find some, but it's pretty hard to come by, or at least the nicer stuff is. Ugly greys and tans are the most common. The only decent area I have heard of is near Potosi That's where I'm headed. |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 19, 2016 17:00:38 GMT -5
Would have to go in the display cab. Too nice. Scott said it, Missouri history and the tourist would get all over it.
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Post by radio on Mar 19, 2016 17:38:54 GMT -5
Would have to go in the display cab. Too nice. Scott said it, Missouri history and the tourist would get all over it. It is on display at the shop. I have made several jewelry pieces from Mozarkite for folks wanting something from Missouri. That reminds me. I need to dig through the bucket and slab up some more of the good stuff |
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Post by Tommy on Mar 22, 2016 9:40:26 GMT -5
Beautiful piece! nice score. What's the difference between this and the MO red line lace? Are they found near the same location?
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Post by radio on Mar 22, 2016 13:23:03 GMT -5
Beautiful piece! nice score. What's the difference between this and the MO red line lace? Are they found near the same location? Same thing. All the better Mo lace I have seen has the red line. Much of it is pretty plain with lots of greys and tans and just plain unattractive. I'll try to remember to dig some out and post a pic. The pic above doesn't do this piece justice at all! |
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Post by radio on Mar 22, 2016 17:35:30 GMT -5
This is what a lot of the Mo Lace looks like. Not attractive at all and rarely has the red line the better stuff has. I bought a 5 gallon bucket of material a couple years ago hoping to get a decent piece or two, but found nothing worth the time and effort of cutting  |
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Believe it or not, I bought it in California in part of an old collection I purchased. Knowing the old Gentleman who had it, Quartzite was likely where he picked it up sometime in the 60's.
