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Post by tims on Mar 1, 2017 7:17:19 GMT -5
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Post by Garage Rocker on Mar 1, 2017 9:19:24 GMT -5
Drop offs are always welcome. You must be doing something right. Cool agates and nice pics.
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 1, 2017 9:27:35 GMT -5
NICE! Wish I had random people dropping rocks on me. It might hurt initially, but I'd get over it real quick.
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Post by beefjello on Mar 1, 2017 21:32:09 GMT -5
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 1, 2017 21:35:12 GMT -5
WOW! Scored some nice material!!
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fireforged
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Post by fireforged on Mar 2, 2017 12:51:09 GMT -5
would like to see the teepee canyon nodules too.
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Post by tims on Mar 2, 2017 21:09:21 GMT -5
would like to see the teepee canyon nodules too. If it thaws out this weekend i'll get some pics; right now they're frozen into a big snowy lump in their bucket. The friend that dropped off the first tub of all teepees stopped over again last night with a few Brazil and Madagascar end pieces and a couple more small teepee pieces. The teepee nodules usually aren't very pretty but occasionally there are exposed faces. I'm very curious to get a good look at them myself. |
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Post by tims on Mar 5, 2017 17:58:49 GMT -5
would like to see the teepee canyon nodules too. Got sidetracked with bikes and didn't have time to clean things up, but here are some quick pics that give an idea:
Teepee, Brazil and Madagascar leftovers 
The first tub of teepees 
the old water cooler full of nodules:
The first tub is missing about 11 pounds of small pieces I threw in the tumbler. It might turn into a big waste of time as they don't tumble very well; usually the matrix likes to crater and fracture but hopefully a couple will shape up. Hard to tell if the big nodules are winners or not until you cut them. If anything turns out pretty i'll get better pics.
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fireforged
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Post by fireforged on Mar 6, 2017 8:29:53 GMT -5
Hey thanks for posting those pictures. Looks like a lot of rough to sort through and cut. How often do the nodules turn out to have the fortification agate in them? I wish I knew more about the Teepee canyon agate. Glenn I will have to just get out there and start looking and learning.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 6, 2017 10:16:54 GMT -5
Going to be some nice cutters and cabs in that bunch....
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Post by tims on Mar 6, 2017 21:12:44 GMT -5
Hey thanks for posting those pictures. Looks like a lot of rough to sort through and cut. How often do the nodules turn out to have the fortification agate in them? I wish I knew more about the Teepee canyon agate. Glenn I will have to just get out there and start looking and learning. The nodules are really hit and miss. If you see that deep red showing through there's a good chance of a solid agate center, but even then sometimes they aren't distinctly banded. If the nod is broken or chipped and you see bright orange that's often a good indicator. I know lots of people that take a sledge with them, hammer nodules out of the main quarry, and break everything they find. I avoid the quarry and just hunt the surrounding hills looking for exposed faces (usually very small) and exposed signer nodules. The "normal" teepee agate has the banded center surrounded by a thick layer of chert. I have found a few there that were nearly all agate but those seem uncommon. This is a good representation of a good, "normal" nodule, with the oddity being that it has a naturally exposed face:   Here's an uncommon signer i found that turned out to be mostly agate:   The natural fracturing of the exposed pieces and tendency to fracture when breaking the mined nodules can make teepees hard to work with, but you're almost guaranteed to find something there even if only a specimen piece. |
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Post by fireforged on Mar 7, 2017 20:10:45 GMT -5
Thanks for the photos. Those are just too cool. I am going to make a trip there to find my own. Now officially on the bucket list.
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