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Post by jamesp on Nov 26, 2016 18:41:16 GMT -5
Looks like the fortification on the left changed tilt or started to puddle ?
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Post by orrum on Nov 26, 2016 18:45:58 GMT -5
Way cool Jim! Like that fortications!
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 26, 2016 19:17:52 GMT -5
Sweet agate. Looks like the left side was the last to fill in, & filled as a waterline agate.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 26, 2016 19:31:40 GMT -5
Thanks orrum. Thanks jakesrocks. Waterline, guess that is influenced by gravity. Lot of the Rio's with fortifications have crunched quartz crystal mass against them. Not much strong banding colors like this one.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 26, 2016 23:01:45 GMT -5
Cool Rock. Looks like it's upside down fragment of a nodule. Figured there was more to it. Made a rough trip.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Nov 27, 2016 2:10:30 GMT -5
Interesting, I like those 'one off' pieces.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 28, 2016 7:03:37 GMT -5
Interesting, I like those 'one off' pieces. A million 'one off's' at the Rio Grande. Like hunting rocks on another planet.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Nov 28, 2016 8:21:35 GMT -5
That's a great one. You are gonna have a blast with all of that material you hounded. Excellent tumbling and cabbing potential.
Chuck
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Post by txrockhunter on Nov 28, 2016 12:13:34 GMT -5
Awesome Stuff......Keep'em coming! Love'n the variety!
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Post by jamesp on Nov 28, 2016 15:34:54 GMT -5
That's a great one. You are gonna have a blast with all of that material you hounded. Excellent tumbling and cabbing potential. Chuck Thanks Chuck. I think I had more fun finding than the whole process.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 28, 2016 15:35:25 GMT -5
Awesome Stuff......Keep'em coming! Love'n the variety! Imagine living in Texas.
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Post by txrockhunter on Nov 28, 2016 16:17:59 GMT -5
Awesome Stuff......Keep'em coming! Love'n the variety! Imagine living in Texas. If you lived in Texas, you could experiment with caliche for grit suspension!
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Post by jamesp on Nov 28, 2016 17:06:02 GMT -5
If you lived in Texas, you could experiment with caliche for grit suspension! Darn, had a spare 5 gallon bucket. The thought passed Jeremy. Consider this theory Could it be that caliche is dried slurry ? The rocks moved in along the Rio from the great west are the ones encased in caliche. Rocks that have seen a lot of grinding action. Probably 80% smaller than they were in a hillside. Where did all that slurry go ? Caliche may the giant dried long lost slurry. I know one thing, those hard rocks will break if you hit them with a hammer if only half encased in that caliche. You better chisel that stuff to get your jewel out of it. Once those agates are laid down in the road embedded in caliche the motor grader comes thru there and shears the top off of round agates and cherts. How do you people drive a fence post ? Oh, diamond bit auger. Or oil drilling rig...dynamite ? I saw the tip of the iceberg of killer agates and left them in the caliche. Need a portable jack hammer. Thinking about a coquina concrete wall in Fernandina Beach Florida from Spanish era full of $$$ 300 year old bottles. No way to remove with out breaking them.
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Post by 1dave on Dec 1, 2016 18:55:00 GMT -5
Cool Rock. Looks like it's upside down fragment of a nodule. Yep, upside down. Moss formed in bottom, Then came fortification agate, then gravity controlled waterline.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2016 19:42:25 GMT -5
If you lived in Texas, you could experiment with caliche for grit suspension! Darn, had a spare 5 gallon bucket. The thought passed Jeremy. Consider this theory Could it be that caliche is dried slurry ? The rocks moved in along the Rio from the great west are the ones encased in caliche. Rocks that have seen a lot of grinding action. Probably 80% smaller than they were in a hillside. Where did all that slurry go ? Caliche may(be) the giant dried long lost slurry. Lavic stones are encased in caliche too. None of those are tumbled.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 1, 2016 19:50:13 GMT -5
Darn, had a spare 5 gallon bucket. The thought passed Jeremy. Consider this theory Could it be that caliche is dried slurry ? The rocks moved in along the Rio from the great west are the ones encased in caliche. Rocks that have seen a lot of grinding action. Probably 80% smaller than they were in a hillside. Where did all that slurry go ? Caliche may(be) the giant dried long lost slurry. Lavic stones are encased in caliche too. None of those are tumbled. Common in arid locations. High in calcium carb
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2016 19:53:26 GMT -5
Lavic stones are encased in caliche too. None of those are tumbled. Common in arid locations. High in calcium carb And brightly fluorescent! Bright orange most if the time.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 1, 2016 21:11:30 GMT -5
Common in arid locations. High in calcium carb And brightly fluorescent! Bright orange most if the time. The agate the washed down is in the very caliche they mine. The gravel in it gets spread all over the place. Ha, mostly under asphalt. Bad place for all that fine agate. They wash or scrub the caliche off the gravel used for ornamental use like landscape bed rocks. The pressure washer has a hard time removing a lot of it. Perhaps it needs to soak, probably acid water would help remove it. Falcon Lake wave action did a number on breaking down the walls of caliche.
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Post by 1dave on Dec 1, 2016 23:17:42 GMT -5
Darn, had a spare 5 gallon bucket. The thought passed Jeremy. Consider this theory Could it be that caliche is dried slurry ? The rocks moved in along the Rio from the great west are the ones encased in caliche. Rocks that have seen a lot of grinding action. Probably 80% smaller than they were in a hillside. Where did all that slurry go ? Caliche may(be) the giant dried long lost slurry. Lavic stones are encased in caliche too. None of those are tumbled. But tumbled slurry from above could have poured down on them.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2016 23:17:53 GMT -5
And brightly fluorescent! Bright orange most if the time. The agate the washed down is in the very caliche they mine. The gravel in it gets spread all over the place. Ha, mostly under asphalt. Bad place for all that fine agate. They wash or scrub the caliche off the gravel used for ornamental use like landscape bed rocks. The pressure washer has a hard time removing a lot of it. Perhaps it needs to soak, probably acid water would help remove it. Falcon Lake wave action did a number on breaking down the walls of caliche. Please rotate that image. It's driving me crazy! Lol 👍👍
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