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Post by tandl on Nov 13, 2016 12:25:09 GMT -5
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Post by MrMike on Nov 13, 2016 14:07:10 GMT -5
Now that is cool. Wonder if you could somehow polish it without damaging it?
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Nov 13, 2016 14:28:58 GMT -5
That's quite a find!
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Post by adam on Nov 13, 2016 18:27:53 GMT -5
What location is it from? Southeast, for sure...
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Post by tandl on Nov 14, 2016 20:01:55 GMT -5
Now that is cool. Wonder if you could somehow polish it without damaging it? Yeah that would be impossible to polish it and it have the same effect . im going to keep it as is. Not everyday day that one can find a specimen like this . Found in central Illinois. |
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Post by Thunder69 on Nov 15, 2016 21:12:42 GMT -5
That is pretty dang cool....John
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Post by Mark K on Nov 16, 2016 9:20:20 GMT -5
I know a location where there are possibly hundreds of thousands of tons of the same thing, only red agate and better quality.
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Post by metalsmith on Nov 16, 2016 13:40:46 GMT -5
I know a location where there are possibly hundreds of thousands of tons of the same thing, only red agate and better quality. I've got to ask ... pictures??! |
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Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Nov 16, 2016 20:58:07 GMT -5
I might. I will look.
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Post by Mark K on Nov 16, 2016 21:04:29 GMT -5
For some re4ason I can't find a pic of the agate sides  |
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Post by tandl on Nov 16, 2016 21:50:55 GMT -5
I can find crinoid stems in just about anyway they exist . The specimen i posted is a exceptional piece showing a plate in the process of being agatized . I did`nt post it for having a competition with anybody, but Yours is not agatized . your "red"! color is not that important to me either, but mine is blue.
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Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Nov 16, 2016 22:08:55 GMT -5
I did not mean it that way.
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Post by tandl on Nov 17, 2016 7:51:57 GMT -5
Thats cool . i did`nt take the better quality wordage well. I would like to see a cut or broken piece of yours. it is a great fossil specimen , i suspect the red color is from iron and the interior may be different colors . appears to be a limestone base. this from arizona?
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Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Nov 17, 2016 9:54:05 GMT -5
It is from AZ. I despise the stuff. It comes from what I call the broken truck spot. It is agatized all of the way through and polishes well, but most of the fossils under the surface are hard to see. Everyone else loves it. I may have given it all away and maybe that is why I can't find any of it. That was the only pic I could find too. But, liike I said, it is there by the ton.
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Post by Fossilman on Nov 17, 2016 10:36:25 GMT -5
That is an awesome piece of material tandl, two thumbs up!!!
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Post by tandl on Nov 18, 2016 23:01:27 GMT -5
That is an awesome piece of material tandl, two thumbs up!!! thankye mate |
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