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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 15, 2017 8:38:58 GMT -5
I'm moving this now. Hopefully, it will help people while shopping around for rocks.
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Post by coloradocliff on Sept 15, 2017 8:41:41 GMT -5
When I get agates that have a heavy crust instead of tumbling them to get it off, I just drop them into HCl (muriatic acid) for a few days and cleans them up a lot. Makes rolling them alot faster.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Sept 15, 2017 8:49:36 GMT -5
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Post by kk on Sept 15, 2017 19:11:33 GMT -5
All are very nice; but, I simply adore the one on top left and second from bottom right. |
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Post by wigglinrocks on Sept 15, 2017 19:20:50 GMT -5
Beautiful future pendants , perfect job of tumbling them .
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Post by jamesp on Sept 16, 2017 6:49:21 GMT -5
It is like tumbling 2 for 1. The cross section and the skin. Miniature macro agate world. Clever target to tumble Randy. What to do with an soccer ball sized Brazilian agate ? Why not shrink the proportions into a jewel sized package. Clever This one is way bizarre. Curious to see who you expose the entrails. Saw across the  fault line ? Never seen such.  |
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Post by Garage Rocker on Sept 16, 2017 8:50:12 GMT -5
This one is way bizarre. Curious to see how you expose the entrails. Saw across the fault line ? Never seen such. I'm still studying that one. Weird, for sure. Maybe I'll crack it open today. |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 16, 2017 9:44:46 GMT -5
This one is way bizarre. Curious to see how you expose the entrails. Saw across the fault line ? Never seen such. I'm still studying that one. Weird, for sure. Maybe I'll crack it open today. Might consider sawing. That's a rare agate. |
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Post by Garage Rocker on Sept 16, 2017 9:54:30 GMT -5
I'm still studying that one. Weird, for sure. Maybe I'll crack it open today. Might consider sawing. That's a rare agate. Yes, sawing. Was speaking figuratively. I'll get a photo up later. |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 16, 2017 10:10:43 GMT -5
Might consider sawing. That's a rare agate. Yes, sawing. Was speaking figuratively. I'll get a photo up later. That one is a study in itself. Very cool treasure there Randy. |
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Post by peachfront on Oct 28, 2017 20:56:35 GMT -5
I have many in the one pound range but is anybody selling them in a walnut sized or egg sized range or do they occur that small?
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Post by 1dave on Oct 29, 2017 0:22:01 GMT -5
I like "reading" rocks.  These started as gas bubbles in basalt with a lot of froth around them. A lot of calcite in first fills. A fracture through one of them later sealed. Most interesting!
And this one!  What an entertaining novel with hours of pleasurable reading! Starts with an empty gas bubble followed by a HOT fortification outer shell followed by millennia of quiet waterline fills, then the story heats up as fortification agate builds up again. Some bubble blebs, hot and cool repeats, Shifts in color minerals, crystallization and a cavern ending. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2017 14:27:00 GMT -5
This one is way bizarre. Curious to see how you expose the entrails. Saw across the fault line ? Never seen such. I'm still studying that one. Weird, for sure. Maybe I'll crack it open today. Earthquake rock. Ill bet the airbubble that nodule form in was cracked like that before the agate formed. Then the agate formed in the void. Personally (and you should not take my advice) i would tumble that one wole to see if I can get a glimpse of the interior before deciding how to cut. |
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Post by whyofquartz on Feb 20, 2020 13:44:42 GMT -5
This one is way bizarre. Curious to see how you expose the entrails. Saw across the  fault line ? Never seen such. I'm still studying that one. Weird, for sure. Maybe I'll crack it open today. alright @garage Rocker, don be a rock-tease. i has been 3 years of anticip... |
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Post by whyofquartz on Feb 20, 2020 13:45:24 GMT -5
I'm still studying that one. Weird, for sure. Maybe I'll crack it open today. alright @garage Rocker, don be a rock-tease. i has been 3 years of anticip... ...ation |
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 20, 2020 15:19:02 GMT -5
alright @garage Rocker, don be a rock-tease. i has been 3 years of anticip... ...ation Wow, these old threads just pop up every now and then. Fun to look back on them. I wish I had some spectacular story or specimen to present after all this time, but the truth is the thing split into three, not two  , pieces as soon as the saw hit it. It ended up going through the regular grind like any ordinary brazilian agate. Probably should have left that one alone, but a tumbler's gotta tumble. Right? |
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 20, 2020 16:56:05 GMT -5
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Post by HankRocks on Feb 20, 2020 19:37:06 GMT -5
Two thumbs up, as much for the quality of the pictures as for the quality of the tumbles. Both are outstanding. When I grow up I want to be able to take pictures like that.
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Post by woodman on Feb 20, 2020 22:36:07 GMT -5
Nice. So, wonder what happened to the strange one? Looks like someone cut it and glued it back together off center. Must have been drinking too much of that craft beer. If it was a thunderegg, we would all it a slip egg. fractured slipped then rehealed. |
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Post by toiv0 on Feb 21, 2020 7:26:56 GMT -5
I like these and passed when he was selling them. Wish I hadn't. Kingsley north has baby Brazilians one pound and under. Anyone cut any of them yet?
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fault line ? Never seen such.
fault line ? Never seen such.
, pieces as soon as the saw hit it. It ended up going through the regular grind like any ordinary brazilian agate. Probably should have left that one alone, but a tumbler's gotta tumble. Right?
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