spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on Jan 20, 2018 18:29:34 GMT -5
Home. Just a quick funny for right now (YES I scored large) I called home when I was pulling out of their driveway over there to let the wife unit know I was homeward bound and when to expect me. The boy dog was barking when I called and I asked what he was barking about. "The mail lady is here and she is delivering boxes of rocks!" I'm pretty sure my wife was NOT amused. I thought that was funny as heck, but waited until I disconnected the call before I start l@ughing. (can't spell 1aughing here without getting that stoopid smiley face thing) Another banner day. Bigger than last time. I'm beat. Not sure that I'll do pictures before Monday when She Who Must Be Ignored goes to work. Will see. beer thirty .... Cheers!  |
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Post by MsAli on Jan 20, 2018 18:35:16 GMT -5
She who must be ignored😂 you are killing me.
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Post by fantastic5 on Jan 20, 2018 19:02:15 GMT -5
Monday?
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 20, 2018 20:01:18 GMT -5
Monday....Jeez!
My wife is she who must be obeyed. I am me who must be ignored *L*....Mel
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 20, 2018 20:17:46 GMT -5
So, I guess getting her to help unload the truck is out of the question....
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 20, 2018 23:06:04 GMT -5
So, I guess getting her to help unload the truck is out of the question.... ROTFLMAO!  |
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 21, 2018 6:13:48 GMT -5
Bob: Residential freight(pup) truck for residential pick ups. They can drop it in the back yard. Makes a good dog house too.  |
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Post by captbob on Jan 21, 2018 7:41:01 GMT -5
^ I ain't skeered. Could use the storage space tho! So, I guess getting her to help unload the truck is out of the question.... yeah, no ... don't see that happening!  note to self: don't have boxes of rocks showing up on Saturday for awhile. |
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Post by captbob on Jan 21, 2018 13:17:40 GMT -5
This was kinda fun last time, so - what is this? Specifically.  |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 21, 2018 13:51:40 GMT -5
Wow Bob, make the question a little difficult. Must be like a zillion places where you find red jasper and hematite *L*. All over the place in the Franciscan chert deposits including a ton of CA locations Hunters Valley, Parkfield, Coalinga, Creston, Indian Valley. Clear up the interior coast ranges to Washington state etc but I will diverge. Could be Cave Creek Jasper from AZ too.....Mel
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Post by fernwood on Jan 21, 2018 14:31:01 GMT -5
That is a very cool red specimen, combined with other colors, with lots of potential, lol.
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Post by captbob on Jan 21, 2018 16:32:09 GMT -5
Wow Bob, make the question a little difficult. Must be like a zillion places where you find red jasper and hematite *L*. All over the place in the Franciscan chert deposits including a ton of CA locations Hunters Valley, Parkfield, Coalinga, Creston, Indian Valley. Clear up the interior coast ranges to Washington state etc but I will diverge. Could be Cave Creek Jasper from AZ too.....Mel I'm gonna call that a win! Dug near Clear Lake Cali.  I'll show what it is tomorrow and tell the story. |
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Post by Jugglerguy on Jan 21, 2018 16:34:02 GMT -5
I was feeling pretty good about saying “some sort of jaspelite”, but Mel beat me to it. I just know it doesn’t look like the stuff I’ve found in Michigan. The Michigan stuff I’ve found is banded, not mottled. It’s pretty whatever it is.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 21, 2018 18:23:42 GMT -5
Yep, lots of Franciscan Formation jasper near Clear Lake. Pope Valley near there even has nice poppy jasper. I used to hunt arrowheads at a private ranch at Pope Valley and there were lots of jasper cobbles in the creek but being that I was hunting points, I never paid them a lot of attention. Hadn't got back into rocks much at that time but was nuts over artifacts. Lots of quartz crystal up there around Clear Lake too. They called them Lake County Diamonds. Was digging points with the ranch foreman one day when he found a quartz crystal point. Wish it would have been me.....Mel
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Post by captbob on Jan 21, 2018 19:02:54 GMT -5
Mel have you tumbled dino bone? Anyone else?
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 21, 2018 20:50:26 GMT -5
Bob, I have tumbled several lots of bone with very mixed results. The problem seems to be inconsistent agate replacement, with the cell walls often being the problem. Some really agatized pieces seem to do pretty well but in others the cell wall is something softer ( hematite maybe) that really undercuts badly. The good pieces seem to take a smooth finish but the others are all dimply where the cell walls eroded away much faster than the cell surface leaving a really bad looking stone. I wasted a lot of good bone this way before I figured it out as those same undercutting problems seem to be minimal on the Genie wheels and pads. I never tumble bone anymore and don't even final polish cabs in the vibe like I do with a lot of cabs.....Mel
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Post by captbob on Jan 22, 2018 12:18:00 GMT -5
pffft... I give up - over it - WAY past caring! Spent almost 45 minutes trying to get a decent picture. Failed. Reflections were killing me! Will try again when I don't have To Do List to tackle. The above is a close up of the following.   6 7/8 inch (best I can measure) Jasper w/ Hematite sphere. Collected in the Clearlake area in Cali. - (north of San Fran) He brought a big chunk home and shipped it off to Richardson Ranch to have them make a sphere out of it. Do they still offer that service? Anyway, big ol' sphere. Nice addition to my sphere collection. I did get others. If you don't know/collect spheres, 6 7/8" is a rather large sphere. More later. Need to take down the outside Christmas lights while I have a warm day to work outside. |
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ChicagoDave
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Post by ChicagoDave on Jan 22, 2018 12:37:55 GMT -5
Couple drilled holes and that's a fine bowling ball  |
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bevsmith1960
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Post by bevsmith1960 on Jan 22, 2018 12:41:59 GMT -5
pffft... I give up - over it - WAY past caring! Spent almost 45 minutes trying to get a decent picture. Failed. Reflections were killing me! Will try again when I don't have To Do List to tackle. The above is a close up of the following. 6 7/8 inch (best I can measure) Jasper w/ Hematite sphere. Collected in the Clearlake area in Cali. - (north of San Fran) He brought a big chunk home and shipped it off to Richardson Ranch to have them make a sphere out of it. Do they still offer that service? Anyway, big ol' sphere. Nice addition to my sphere collection. I did get others. If you don't know/collect spheres, 6 7/8" is a rather large sphere. More later. Need to take down the outside Christmas lights while I have a warm day to work outside. Bob, I'm sure you could make one of these! Upgraded Version Portable Photography Studio, Zenic Mini Portable and Folding Photo Light Box Studio Photo Photography Tent Kit with LED Light and Background (9.5 x 9 x 9.8 inches) www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y1XQTZL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_giIzAbQFJKEY3 |
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bevsmith1960
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Post by bevsmith1960 on Jan 22, 2018 12:42:47 GMT -5
pffft... I give up - over it - WAY past caring! Spent almost 45 minutes trying to get a decent picture. Failed. Reflections were killing me! Will try again when I don't have To Do List to tackle. The above is a close up of the following. 6 7/8 inch (best I can measure) Jasper w/ Hematite sphere. Collected in the Clearlake area in Cali. - (north of San Fran) He brought a big chunk home and shipped it off to Richardson Ranch to have them make a sphere out of it. Do they still offer that service? Anyway, big ol' sphere. Nice addition to my sphere collection. I did get others. If you don't know/collect spheres, 6 7/8" is a rather large sphere. More later. Need to take down the outside Christmas lights while I have a warm day to work outside. Bob, I'm sure you could make one of these! Upgraded Version Portable Photography Studio, Zenic Mini Portable and Folding Photo Light Box Studio Photo Photography Tent Kit with LED Light and Background (9.5 x 9 x 9.8 inches) www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y1XQTZL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_giIzAbQFJKEY3PS!! O.M.G.😍😍😍 |
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