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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 9, 2021 13:38:28 GMT -5
So, the other day I decided to do something I don't normally consider. I decided to cut one of my Fairburn Agates. I guess I just got a wild hair... So I decided to pick one I had found in the river rock pile. Well, after I made the first cut, I realized this is NOT a Fairburn Agate! This is a Teepee Canyon Agate! This load of river rock came from Wasta...which is nowhere near Teepee Canyon (where Teepee Agates originate!). Nor did I think it was in a location for some kind of geographical travel. Interesting. So, in this single load of river rock I have found a "monster" Fairburn Agate, another smaller Fairburn Agate, some Fairburn Signers, and a Teepee Canyon Agate! I'm going to face polish the cut side and leave the outside with the nice fortifications in its natural state. First couple pics show the exterior. Then the cut face. Link to where I originally found this and posted it in this thread: forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/post/1129262miket - tagging you just because.       |
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Post by Brian on Feb 9, 2021 14:17:01 GMT -5
Well that was a fun little surprise! That will look nice face polished.
Although it does make you wonder what other secrets it may be hiding... 🤔
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 9, 2021 14:28:45 GMT -5
Well that was a fun little surprise! That will look nice face polished. Although it does make you wonder what other secrets it may be hiding... 🤔 Probably not much else is left hidden. The first pic shows the exterior that will be left untouched. The second pic shows the half that was cut off. There wasn't any banding in that half and there was very little pattern showing on the better half after that first cut. I took the better half and ran it through the saw another time in order to take off another 1/8 inch. That exposed what shows in pic 3. What's left of the "keeper" half is about 3/8-7/16" wide...so not wide enough to cut it into another two pieces. The two fortification patters showing in pic 3 (close-ups in pics 4 & 5) are the continuation of the fortification pattern in pic 1 through the rock. |
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Post by miket on Feb 9, 2021 14:39:16 GMT -5
That's a beauty, as you know I love Teepees! I might have to come up there and hound your rock pile...
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 9, 2021 16:08:45 GMT -5
That's a beauty, as you know I love Teepees! I might have to come up there and hound your rock pile...
When I first found that one, I really had no idea what I was looking for in this pile of rocks...and now I just have a "little" better idea! LOL Heck, I thought this was a Fairburn...and at least now I know it's a Teepee Canyon Agate! I'm willing to bet a few bucks there's still a few Fairburns in all this rock that were overlooked! I had said I didn't know a geographical way this Teepee could have ended up in Wasta. Oops. I forgot which way the Cheyenne River was flowing! LOL - Just looking at Google Maps, this Teepee would have had to travel 126 miles from Teepee Canyon where it would have originated along the Cheyenne River to end up in the Wasta Area where it was dredged. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 9, 2021 18:50:21 GMT -5
That's one yummy Teepee!
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Post by stephan on Feb 15, 2021 10:38:39 GMT -5
That is too beautiful. Are you face polishing both sides, or cabbing the heel?
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 15, 2021 10:48:46 GMT -5
That is too beautiful. Are you face polishing both sides, or cabbing the heel? There was only "one side" to the cut that had any banding; the one pictured. The other half was all matrix and had no banding extending into it whatsoever. I'm just going to face polish what you see in the third pic and leave the raw side in pic 1 untouched. This is the only Teepee Canyon Agate I have at the moment...and my "first" one I've kind of found, so I don't want to alter it any more than face polishing the one side. I plan on dragging miket up here this Spring so we can both get loaded up on Teepee Canyon Agates. When I can get some decent ones this Spring (which I WILL come hell or high water! LOL) then I'll work on slabbing and cabbing... |
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Post by miket on Feb 15, 2021 10:56:43 GMT -5
That is too beautiful. Are you face polishing both sides, or cabbing the heel? There was only "one side" to the cut that had any banding; the one pictured. The other half was all matrix and had no banding extending into it whatsoever. I'm just going to face polish what you see in the third pic and leave the raw side in pic 1 untouched. This is the only Teepee Canyon Agate I have at the moment...and my "first" one I've kind of found, so I don't want to alter it any more than face polishing the one side. I plan on dragging miket up here this Spring so we can both get loaded up on Teepee Canyon Agates. When I can get some decent ones this Spring (which I WILL come hell or high water! LOL) then I'll work on slabbing and cabbing... "Dragging" me, he says...
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 15, 2021 11:18:54 GMT -5
There was only "one side" to the cut that had any banding; the one pictured. The other half was all matrix and had no banding extending into it whatsoever. I'm just going to face polish what you see in the third pic and leave the raw side in pic 1 untouched. This is the only Teepee Canyon Agate I have at the moment...and my "first" one I've kind of found, so I don't want to alter it any more than face polishing the one side. I plan on dragging miket up here this Spring so we can both get loaded up on Teepee Canyon Agates. When I can get some decent ones this Spring (which I WILL come hell or high water! LOL) then I'll work on slabbing and cabbing... "Dragging" me, he says...
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