jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 9, 2017 13:24:18 GMT -5
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Post by wigglinrocks on Feb 9, 2017 13:38:30 GMT -5
Always like the conglomerates , even more so when they look like that one
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2017 13:52:47 GMT -5
Confetti stone.
The palm almost looks like a cactus pad.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 9, 2017 14:23:04 GMT -5
Always like the conglomerates , even more so when they look like that one That cobble chipped like glass. Smooth. They often have pits or softer rocks in them. This one seems to be mostly jasper particles well glued wigglin. |
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Post by jamesp on Feb 9, 2017 14:28:31 GMT -5
Confetti stone. The palm almost looks like a cactus pad. Note the little sub dots between the tubes. That rock was an Native man's scraper. Did not notice when I field windowed it. duh   |
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 9, 2017 16:21:49 GMT -5
Killer pattern......Liking the Palm too..........Thumbs up
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Post by jamesp on Feb 9, 2017 17:08:43 GMT -5
Killer pattern......Liking the Palm too..........Thumbs up Some of those Rio conglomerates have had all the trash tumbled off of them. They can be solid enough to tumble well. Some how it seems all jaspers bonded. No stones undercut. |
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 9, 2017 17:13:57 GMT -5
Killer pattern......Liking the Palm too..........Thumbs up Some of those Rio conglomerates have had all the trash tumbled off of them. They can be solid enough to tumble well. Some how it seems all jaspers bonded. No stones undercut. The same is true of Jeremy's San Jacinto's. They've made it a little further and are a bit smaller, but tumble well. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 9, 2017 17:14:04 GMT -5
Tumbled. 2" X 2".  
James likes his vomit, lol.
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Post by jamesp on Feb 9, 2017 17:19:50 GMT -5
Some of those Rio conglomerates have had all the trash tumbled off of them. They can be solid enough to tumble well. Some how it seems all jaspers bonded. No stones undercut. The same is true of Jeremy's San Jacinto's. They've made it a little further and are a bit smaller, but tumble well. Jeremy's agates, woods, palms all seem to tumble well. Texas wood will spoil you. It is some of the densest. Texas a good state to get your tumbling material. Palm seems to be solid from other parts of the US. Palm may silicify well. |
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Post by jamesp on Feb 9, 2017 17:23:55 GMT -5
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Post by HankRocks on Feb 9, 2017 18:18:42 GMT -5
I am waiting to see how the border situation develops in the next few months before venturing to the lower Rio Grande valley. Have an acquaintance with 3 friends in the Border Patrol who should be able to provide a status of the area. Looking to schedule a trip out to Big Bend for a week in March for some serious agate picking.
Have acquired a decent stockpile of Texas Wood that is as you describe, very dense. I am also surprised at the color, not quite northern Arizona but a lot less fractures. Anxious to cut more as soon as I deal with a slight wobble in my big saw.
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 9, 2017 18:41:00 GMT -5
Wow, very nice! Hard not to pick those conglomerates up as they are just so darn pretty and interesting. I've got a bunch sitting around the yard just to look at when it rains and they get wet.....Mel
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Post by Pat on Feb 9, 2017 18:56:42 GMT -5
Wow! That conglomerate doesn't look real! Wonder about its history.
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Post by MrMike on Feb 9, 2017 19:42:48 GMT -5
James likes his vomit, lol.
Yeah, my Great Dane laid a pile like this today when she ate too much too fast. It is a way cool rock jamesp. |
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Post by jamesp on Feb 11, 2017 8:34:02 GMT -5
James likes his vomit, lol.
Yeah, my Great Dane laid a pile like this today when she ate too much too fast. It is a way cool rock jamesp. May be a new material for tumbling slurry...man made diarrhea (gag) |
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Post by jamesp on Feb 11, 2017 8:40:47 GMT -5
Some conglomerates have conglomerated conglomerates.(conglomerates within conglomerates).
Maybe there are conglomerates within conglomerates within those conglomerates and so on and so on.
Could blow a geologist's mind to pieces. As I polish these conglomerates I will look for pet wood/pet palm/marine cherts pieces within.
This piece seems to be all jaspers within.
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Post by adrian65 on Feb 11, 2017 14:46:01 GMT -5
Is there a piece of pet wood in that conglomerate (base of 2nd pic), or it just seems to be like it?
Adrian
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Post by beefjello on Feb 11, 2017 15:32:10 GMT -5
Purdy pet palm!
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Post by jamesp on Feb 11, 2017 17:48:00 GMT -5
One of those fine Montana's you posted recently looked as if it had palm tubes in it. Is that possible ? |
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