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Post by arghvark on Jun 16, 2020 9:29:52 GMT -5
A couple faves from a while back. These were collected from a local area which has a lot of red, yellow, and red/yellow jasper, with and without agate veins. There is sometimes a thinnish blue/green layer with more agate. When I first started collecting at that site, I didn't pick up this stuff because it is very, very pitted, often porous. With lots of patience, it occasionally results in pretty spectacular tumbles with some nice moss.
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stonemon
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Post by stonemon on Jun 16, 2020 9:31:21 GMT -5
Nice!
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Post by miket on Jun 16, 2020 9:47:47 GMT -5
Very cool, Eric!
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Post by Toad on Jun 16, 2020 11:14:20 GMT -5
Nice job. Moss was always tough for me as it always wants to break out of the base stone. I have very few pieces that made it all the way through the tumbling process. You did very well
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NevadaBill
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Post by NevadaBill on Jun 16, 2020 13:55:28 GMT -5
That is kind of crazy unusual stuff. I like that color of green in the first one too. It looks like undercutting is a real possibility with these chunks. So you handled that well. Thanks for sharing!
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Post by TheRock on Jul 3, 2020 15:56:35 GMT -5
Nice Favorites!
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victor1941
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Post by victor1941 on Jul 3, 2020 16:54:05 GMT -5
Arghvark, really like the first stone. Some of this moss almost looks plume-like. Which state do you live in?
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 4, 2020 10:43:25 GMT -5
Nice!
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kyoti
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Post by kyoti on Jul 7, 2020 18:24:00 GMT -5
Very nice moss tumbles. The blue green moss is a beautiful color.
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Post by arghvark on Jul 19, 2020 14:52:52 GMT -5
Arghvark, really like the first stone. Some of this moss almost looks plume-like. Which state do you live in? Yes, sometimes short plumes can be seen. I'm in northern NV. The site where this was collected is about 45 miles SE of Fallon.
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dkurtz
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Post by dkurtz on Jul 31, 2020 13:15:47 GMT -5
Very nice............
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Aug 7, 2020 5:41:15 GMT -5
Must be nice to collect such fine rocks in your back yard.
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Post by arghvark on Aug 7, 2020 12:35:09 GMT -5
Must be nice to collect such fine rocks in your back yard. Indeed! There is a lot of variety, and the more I explore, the more fascinating stuff I find. A few weeks ago I was looking for something entirely different, stumbled on a spring. Around here, a water source guarantees there was a previous indigenous camp. Just look for the closest flat area. Sure enough, waste flakes everywhere, and a few pretty nice aborted projects. Most of the flakes were a material I hadn't seen before. Concluded based on varying qualities of waste and sheer amount that the source had to be close. That same day, stumbled on an abandoned, small opal mine. Nearby old claim marker lying on the ground, dated 1961. Picked up a few small pieces. Next trip, just across the small valley found what was obviously a quarry for the material I was looking for, for a very long time. At least hundreds of years based on its state. Unfortunately seemed to be mined out or the source of the "good stuff" buried over time. Next trip, only about 8 miles from that spot, explored an area around an old ranch spring (old fencing to keep stock out of the spring proper, and an old concrete cistern.) Incredibly rich area of waste material and 3 small white OPAL projectile points, 2 of which were mostly complete. Never found worked opal before. That area was interesting because a very small but high hilltop had lots of waste. Too small to be a camp, but obviously a favorite spot to work. Yeah, pretty amazing area.
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