geostrong
noticing nice landscape pebbles
Life is like saltation, you have to bounce off of others to become a well-rounded individual
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Post by geostrong on Apr 18, 2018 12:04:06 GMT -5
Here are a few pics of some recently cut agate (anyone know what this is? recently got at my local rock shop for $8)  and some slightly older pics of thunderegg cuts. One of my favorite parts of the lapidary process, it's like Xmas when you see that freshly cut surface! I apologize for the quality of the pictures as they come from my phone. This will be my first post using 3rd-party image hosting, so I hope this comes through correctly!  CO Thunderegg 4 by Thomas Strong, on Flickr  CO Thunderegg 2 by Thomas Strong, on Flickr  CO Thunderegg, yellow strings by Thomas Strong, on Flickr  CO Thunderegg 3 by Thomas Strong, on Flickr  Unknown new agate slice, backlit by Thomas Strong, on Flickr  New unknown agate slice by Thomas Strong, on Flickr Edited as pictures did not seem to show up the first time. |
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Post by MsAli on Apr 18, 2018 12:07:56 GMT -5
Pictures don't show for me
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geostrong
noticing nice landscape pebbles
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Post by geostrong on Apr 18, 2018 12:13:29 GMT -5
Pictures don't show for me I just edited and added pictures in BBCode. I think it's fixed  |
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Post by MsAli on Apr 18, 2018 12:21:21 GMT -5
Pictures don't show for me I just edited and added pictures in BBCode. I think it's fixed Yep that worked! Love that unknown agate |
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 18, 2018 18:58:20 GMT -5
Those CO eggs are cool...
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geostrong
noticing nice landscape pebbles
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Post by geostrong on Apr 19, 2018 9:00:32 GMT -5
Those CO eggs are cool... I have been back to this spot several times to gather eggs. They are ubiquitous... you don't even have to look for them, they pretty much find you. About 1/3 of the eggs actually have these fill patterns. Another 1/5 have some opalite-type fill. About 1/20 will have heavy bitumen (oxidized petroleum). Most of them have somewhat unremarkable quartz crystal growths. The best part is that you can sometimes find doubles and triples! |
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Post by Psycho on Apr 25, 2018 18:58:11 GMT -5
Incredible, would like to be in that spot hunting you got to hunt that kinda quality material lol!
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NRG
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by NRG on Apr 25, 2018 23:04:05 GMT -5
Those CO eggs are cool... I have been back to this spot several times to gather eggs. They are ubiquitous... you don't even have to look for them, they pretty much find you. About 1/3 of the eggs actually have these fill patterns. Another 1/5 have some opalite-type fill. About 1/20 will have heavy bitumen (oxidized petroleum). Most of them have somewhat unremarkable quartz crystal growths. The best part is that you can sometimes find doubles and triples! What part of CO? You don't have to share a secret spot. I mean generally, where are these found. The yellow filaments are outrageous! |
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Post by fernwood on Apr 26, 2018 6:57:21 GMT -5
Love the yellow in the thunder and the unknown agate.
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geostrong
noticing nice landscape pebbles
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Post by geostrong on Apr 26, 2018 9:59:52 GMT -5
I have been back to this spot several times to gather eggs. They are ubiquitous... you don't even have to look for them, they pretty much find you. About 1/3 of the eggs actually have these fill patterns. Another 1/5 have some opalite-type fill. About 1/20 will have heavy bitumen (oxidized petroleum). Most of them have somewhat unremarkable quartz crystal growths. The best part is that you can sometimes find doubles and triples! What part of CO? You don't have to share a secret spot. I mean generally, where are these found. The yellow filaments are outrageous! This is not a secret spot at all and I tell anyone that asks. I would be glad to share the location with anyone. This spot is ~14 miles west of Saguache, CO (about 60 miles south of Mt. Antero) at House Log Creek. I'll check to see if I have any pictures.... The eggs are not in the host rock, rather they have been weathered out and comprise probably 70% of the soil/regolith. In the literature they are called geodes, but it's a misnomer. There is a stunning book of t-egg photos by Joseph H. Taubr, "Beauty In Agate Vol. 2 In Thundereggs From Houselog Creek, Saguache County, Colorado." Anyhow, I'm in the process of slabbing some of these beauties and may share some of that with RTH in the near future! Oh, and I have a pic of one cab i made from these in my "Greatest Hits" post on the 'creating cabs' page. |
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