Agua Nueva and Crazy Lace Agate Slabs

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Agua Nueva and Crazy Lace Agate Slabs Jun 19, 2016 16:50:23 GMT -5 unclesoska, Pat, and 2 more like this

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Here's photos of a few slabs from a large Agua Nueva Agate and a large Crazy Lace Agate that I slabbed up this past week. Each slab is between 8"-9" long and took over an hour each to saw through. Photos were taken dry.

Larry C.

adam freely admits to licking rocks Back in the hobby. Member since December 2014 Posts: 902	Agua Nueva and Crazy Lace Agate Slabs Jun 19, 2016 17:02:31 GMT -5 QuailRiver likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by adam on Jun 19, 2016 17:02:31 GMT -5 Premium quality, I say.
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Sabre52 Cave Dweller Me and my gal, Rosie Member since August 2005 Posts: 20,504	Agua Nueva and Crazy Lace Agate Slabs Jun 19, 2016 18:18:29 GMT -5 QuailRiver likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Sabre52 on Jun 19, 2016 18:18:29 GMT -5 Wow,very nice indeed!.....Mel

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fernwood misunderstood rock expert Member since May 2016 Posts: 11,965	Agua Nueva and Crazy Lace Agate Slabs Jun 20, 2016 16:12:04 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fernwood on Jun 20, 2016 16:12:04 GMT -5 Beautiful
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Drummond Island Rocks no longer being taken for granite Member since October 2011 Posts: 8,913	Agua Nueva and Crazy Lace Agate Slabs Jun 20, 2016 19:49:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Jun 20, 2016 19:49:31 GMT -5 Great looking slabs. I really like the Mexican lace. Chuck
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drocknut no longer being taken for granite I'd rather be rockhounding Member since December 2008 Posts: 8,193	Agua Nueva and Crazy Lace Agate Slabs Jun 20, 2016 20:53:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by drocknut on Jun 20, 2016 20:53:38 GMT -5 Wow, those are nice looking slabs.
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Pat misunderstood rock expert Member since February 2012 Posts: 11,835	Agua Nueva and Crazy Lace Agate Slabs Jun 20, 2016 21:06:52 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Pat on Jun 20, 2016 21:06:52 GMT -5 Yep! Agree with all. Thanks for the show.
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tims freely admits to licking rocks Member since May 2015 Posts: 838	Agua Nueva and Crazy Lace Agate Slabs Jun 21, 2016 0:52:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tims on Jun 21, 2016 0:52:40 GMT -5 Those are gorgeous cuts and beautiful agate. Do you have some kind of mechanical feed on your saw? How thick are the slabs to get such nice translucence?

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Agua Nueva and Crazy Lace Agate Slabs Jun 21, 2016 11:55:47 GMT -5 Fritz likes this

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Jun 21, 2016 0:52:40 GMT -5 tims said:

Those are gorgeous cuts and beautiful agate. Do you have some kind of mechanical feed on your saw? How thick are the slabs to get such nice translucence?

Yes the saw used is an old Covington 20" saw with the standard factory belt/pulley/worm gear powerfeed. The slab being held up to the sky is about 3.5mm thick and the rest are about 8mm thick.

Larry C.