Rio Grande Agates

agatenut starting to spend too much on rocks Member since August 2004 Posts: 127	Rio Grande Agates Jun 29, 2005 9:59:52 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by agatenut on Jun 29, 2005 9:59:52 GMT -5 I hope these pictures come out. Found these small agates on the hills of Starr County near Rio Grande City, Texas. Turned one of them into a pendant. ralph

gaetzchamp driving up their electric bill Falcarius Utahensis Member since December 2004 Posts: 2,202	Rio Grande Agates Jun 29, 2005 10:46:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by gaetzchamp on Jun 29, 2005 10:46:30 GMT -5 Those are really neat. What a great find!!!! gaetz
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ArkieRockhound freely admits to licking rocks Member since February 2005 Posts: 870	Rio Grande Agates Jun 29, 2005 11:14:26 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ArkieRockhound on Jun 29, 2005 11:14:26 GMT -5 Beautiful color in those agates! Trish

Cher In Memoriam Tumbling is addictive - Resistance is futile - You will be assimilated Member since August 2004 Posts: 14,072	Rio Grande Agates Jun 29, 2005 11:23:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cher on Jun 29, 2005 11:23:15 GMT -5 WoW Ralph, those are gorgeous. What a great find! Bet you'll be spending more time down there looking, I know I would be. Great job on the pendant too. Cher
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stefan Cave Dweller Member since January 2005 Posts: 14,113	Rio Grande Agates Jun 29, 2005 12:07:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stefan on Jun 29, 2005 12:07:40 GMT -5 What a cool find! Good job on the pendandts!
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chassroc Cave Dweller Rocks are abundant when you have rocktumblinghobby pals Member since January 2005 Posts: 3,586	Rio Grande Agates Jun 29, 2005 12:10:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by chassroc on Jun 29, 2005 12:10:40 GMT -5 ralph, they are very very nice...sounds like another vacation destination for me csroc

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Rio Grande Agates Jun 30, 2005 4:06:16 GMT -5

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Post by puppie96 on Jun 30, 2005 4:06:16 GMT -5

Those are really nice and they are the closest I've seen yet to the stuff I pick up locally in the streams and rivers. You also are working around the vugs and I like the way you worked them in -- they can't be altogether eliminated so you have to figure out how to make them a feature or at least not detract. Not so easy.

krazydiamond Global Moderator Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far. Member since June 2004 Posts: 9,636	Rio Grande Agates Jun 30, 2005 13:07:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by krazydiamond on Jun 30, 2005 13:07:19 GMT -5 very cool looking rocks! love the banding. i think i'd end up coyote food if i was in a place that had rocks like that. i'd be out there looking all the time! KD
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agatenut
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Rio Grande Agates Jun 30, 2005 15:50:39 GMT -5

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Post by agatenut on Jun 30, 2005 15:50:39 GMT -5

Thanks all for the kind words. Most of the agates I find around here have little vugs. All I can do is rough tumble 'till they get as small as possible and then just grit my teeth and move them on to 110-220.
Now you know where I plan to be in the early morning of july 4th!

(early morning because the temperature gets into the mid 100's by noon!)

ralph

rockyraccoon no longer being taken for granite Member since December 2003 Posts: 7,980	Rio Grande Agates Jul 1, 2005 0:05:07 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockyraccoon on Jul 1, 2005 0:05:07 GMT -5 nice pendant and agates ralph. are we on 4th of july already? kim

deepsouth fully equipped rock polisher He who rocks last rocks best Member since January 2004 Posts: 1,256	Rio Grande Agates Jul 1, 2005 2:27:03 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by deepsouth on Jul 1, 2005 2:27:03 GMT -5 Wow Ralph , they are gorgeous , would love to find that quality myself , who knows ...one day haha Jack

creativeminded still telling self it's just a hobby I am a crazy crafter. Member since January 2004 Posts: 4,524	Rio Grande Agates Jul 1, 2005 8:30:06 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by creativeminded on Jul 1, 2005 8:30:06 GMT -5 Those are very pretty. Tami
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