Graveyard Point agate

woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,710	Graveyard Point agate Feb 16, 2019 23:05:14 GMT -5 drocknut, Fossilman, and 11 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on Feb 16, 2019 23:05:14 GMT -5 Nice unpolished 4 by 2 slab of graveyard point agate! could make some nice cabs out of this!

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Graveyard Point agate Feb 16, 2019 23:13:34 GMT -5

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That's gorgeous!

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RWA3006 Cave Dweller Member since March 2009 Posts: 4,640	Graveyard Point agate Feb 16, 2019 23:45:31 GMT -5 toiv0, woodman, and 2 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by RWA3006 on Feb 16, 2019 23:45:31 GMT -5 I'm always reluctant to cut up things like this because my perception is often "the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts (or cut up pieces)
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taylor has rocks in the head Member since November 2017 Posts: 578	Graveyard Point agate Feb 16, 2019 23:47:46 GMT -5 RWA3006 and woodman like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by taylor on Feb 16, 2019 23:47:46 GMT -5 What he said!
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Graveyard Point agate Feb 16, 2019 23:52:40 GMT -5 RWA3006 likes this

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Feb 16, 2019 23:45:31 GMT -5 RWA3006 said:

I'm always reluctant to cut up things like this because my perception is often "the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts (or cut up pieces)

That probably why it is still in one piece! Now wood, that is a different story!

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Graveyard Point agate Feb 17, 2019 7:10:50 GMT -5 RWA3006 and woodman like this

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Feb 16, 2019 23:52:40 GMT -5 woodman said:

Feb 16, 2019 23:45:31 GMT -5 RWA3006 said:

I'm always reluctant to cut up things like this because my perception is often "the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts (or cut up pieces)

That probably why it is still in one piece! Now wood, that is a different story!

I agree that some material is just too nice as a whole to be cut up. I could go either way with the slab above. There are some agates with concentric patterns that I leave whole. If they are fractured and it takes away from the pattern then I have no problem offering them up to the pre-form gods! With petrified wood if the cut is across the grain and shows complete rings then it stays, if it's partial rings or with the grain, then off to the trim saw.

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Graveyard Point agate Feb 17, 2019 10:04:14 GMT -5 woodman, MsAli, and 1 more like this

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Feb 16, 2019 23:05:14 GMT -5 woodman said:

Nice unpolished 4 by 2 slab of graveyard point agate! could make some nice cabs out of this!

The white plumes along the bottom remind me of a landscape scene in the far North where the stunted evergreens are caked with snow.

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Fossilman Cave Dweller Member since January 2009 Posts: 20,723	Graveyard Point agate Feb 17, 2019 10:35:38 GMT -5 woodman likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fossilman on Feb 17, 2019 10:35:38 GMT -5 Sweet looking material....
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Feb 17, 2019 10:04:14 GMT -5 RWA3006 said:

Feb 16, 2019 23:05:14 GMT -5 woodman said:

Nice unpolished 4 by 2 slab of graveyard point agate! could make some nice cabs out of this!

The white plumes along the bottom remind me of a landscape scene in the far North where the stunted evergreens are caked with snow.

That's what I see.

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toiv0 has started giving rock gifts Member since November 2014 Posts: 3,306	Graveyard Point agate Feb 17, 2019 11:18:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by toiv0 on Feb 17, 2019 11:18:19 GMT -5 Nothing is sacred, cut it up and make cabs

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Feb 17, 2019 10:04:14 GMT -5 RWA3006 said:

Feb 16, 2019 23:05:14 GMT -5 woodman said:

Nice unpolished 4 by 2 slab of graveyard point agate! could make some nice cabs out of this!

The white plumes along the bottom remind me of a landscape scene in the far North where the stunted evergreens are caked with snow.

I see a landscape, as seen from inside a cave of stalagmites and stalactites.

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