loot
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Post by loot on Aug 19, 2018 17:23:09 GMT -5
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loot
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Post by loot on Aug 19, 2018 17:31:53 GMT -5
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Post by MsAli on Aug 19, 2018 18:39:49 GMT -5
Wow what a great haul
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loot
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Post by loot on Aug 19, 2018 19:16:40 GMT -5
Thanks. And $500 for the lot was a true steal. Boxes of thunder eggs, geodes, rough, partially tumbled, completely tumbled, small slabs, big slabs, fossils (not my thing, but oh well), couple boxes of obsidian, list goes on and on. |
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Post by MsAli on Aug 19, 2018 19:25:49 GMT -5
Cant wait to see more pictures
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 19, 2018 19:53:39 GMT -5
Looks like you got yerself a deal!
eta --- is it llanite?
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loot
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Post by loot on Aug 19, 2018 20:00:27 GMT -5
Looks like you got yerself a deal! eta --- is it llanite? Ding ding!!! Winner winner, chicken dinner. It is Llanite. I have some good sized chunks for spheres, however I plan on setting a sizable amount of the blue quartz in acrylic and cut a sphere from it. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 19, 2018 20:06:33 GMT -5
Looks like you got yerself a deal! eta --- is it llanite? Ding ding!!! Winner winner, chicken dinner. It is Llanite. I have some good sized chunks for spheres, however I plan on setting a sizable amount of the blue quartz in acrylic and cut a sphere from it. That sounds really cool! I hope you post it when it's finished.  |
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loot
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Post by loot on Aug 19, 2018 21:12:35 GMT -5
Ding ding!!! Winner winner, chicken dinner. It is Llanite. I have some good sized chunks for spheres, however I plan on setting a sizable amount of the blue quartz in acrylic and cut a sphere from it. That sounds really cool! I hope you post it when it's finished. Will do. Still have a lot of sorting ro DP to separate the feldspar and other stuffs out of the mix. I'll post pics along the journey. |
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Post by pizzano on Aug 19, 2018 22:57:10 GMT -5
Looks like you got yerself a deal! eta --- is it llanite? Llanite.....I agree.....looks just like the aquarium gravel my Dad and I raised/bred African Cichlids with.......a Hypabyssal/Micocline material with good sodium and rich potassium traces......much like that found in Lake Malawi and Tanganyika. Color is also great under the proper full spectrum lighting.....My Dad often sourced that stuff from a Texas provider.....now I know why....! Thanks for the insight....!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Aug 19, 2018 23:01:58 GMT -5
Wow, you really scored on that deal! Great haul and I'm looking forward to seeing more pictures of the rest of it!
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Post by Pat on Aug 19, 2018 23:55:58 GMT -5
Is your handful of granules in the first few photos llanite?
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Post by fernwood on Aug 20, 2018 5:17:13 GMT -5
Excellent estate sale find.
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loot
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Post by loot on Aug 20, 2018 9:02:30 GMT -5
Is your handful of granules in the first few photos llanite? Sure is. |
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Post by loot on Aug 20, 2018 9:05:23 GMT -5
And yes, I actually ran out to the llanite outcrop in Llano, grabbed a bunch of dirt cause it was slammed full of the small blue quartz crystals and brought it back. Luckily i live just over an hour away for the outcrop, also the reason i have a rather healthy supply of llanite.
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