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Post by stephan on Sept 24, 2020 14:34:12 GMT -5
Here's number 3. Kind of funny, the dry looking spot in the upper left of the cab is actually crystalline- something that I was not aware of until I looked at the picture. My eyes aren't what they used to be. 😐  That’s how I usually find any scratches: take a picture and post it. 🙄🤬 |
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Post by mohs on Sept 24, 2020 14:38:24 GMT -5
 yeah the camera doesn't damn lie
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Post by pauls on Sept 24, 2020 15:20:50 GMT -5
I know, Brent, right? I'm sure smarter people here on RTH can explain how the completely different patterns formed on both the inside and the outside of the agate and then got surrounded by the host matrix ( 1dave and others...). I'm just glad I took the time to move the hundreds of pounds of rocks that I did to find it!  You've got the process inside out, the matrix happened first, had a hole and crack that were filled with Silica solution, The outside Agate layer happens, sets then another layer, then another. Sometimes the Silica doesn't set to a gell and crystallises, so you get Quartz crystals. Simple. |
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Post by miket on Sept 24, 2020 16:04:27 GMT -5
I know, Brent, right? I'm sure smarter people here on RTH can explain how the completely different patterns formed on both the inside and the outside of the agate and then got surrounded by the host matrix ( 1dave and others...). I'm just glad I took the time to move the hundreds of pounds of rocks that I did to find it! You've got the process inside out, the matrix happened first, had a hole and crack that were filled with Silica solution, The outside Agate layer happens, sets then another layer, then another. Sometimes the Silica doesn't set to a gell and crystallises, so you get Quartz crystals. Simple. Yeah. Simple.  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 24, 2020 18:54:51 GMT -5
I know some people don't like the crystals in the agates, but I think it adds amazing character! I love it! ps...been working on the house and was too pooped at night to add comments.  |
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Post by miket on Sept 25, 2020 13:18:38 GMT -5
This one has a ways to go, I still need to flatten the back a little more. But I wanted to show both sides... Thanks for looking! Front  Back  |
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Post by pauls on Sept 25, 2020 18:14:52 GMT -5
That is a stunning agate Mike.
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Post by stephan on Sept 25, 2020 21:05:42 GMT -5
Holy cr....ud. That is beauty. It must have been hard to choose a front/back on that on. I probably would’ve picked the same. I’m a sucker for speckles.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Sept 25, 2020 21:18:54 GMT -5
WOOT!  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 25, 2020 21:24:13 GMT -5
You need to make this one a "spinner"...that way there's no front or back!  |
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Post by miket on Sept 26, 2020 8:56:03 GMT -5
That is a stunning agate Mike. Thanks! |
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Post by miket on Sept 26, 2020 8:56:53 GMT -5
Holy cr....ud. That is beauty. It must have been hard to choose a front/back on that on. I probably would’ve picked the same. I’m a sucker for speckles. Yeah, I really like both sides... 😁 |
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Post by miket on Sept 26, 2020 8:58:07 GMT -5
You need to make this one a "spinner"...that way there's no front or back! Hmmm, I like that idea! Except I don't know how to do that! 😐 |
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Post by stephan on Sept 28, 2020 10:05:30 GMT -5
yeah the camera doesn't damn lie It just magnifies. |
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Post by mohs on Sept 28, 2020 12:30:35 GMT -5
holy macro !
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Post by miket on Sept 28, 2020 13:34:44 GMT -5
Thanks Ed! I decided to take Jason's advice on that last one- sort of. I think I'm going to dome both sides, then glue a finding on to make it a reversible pendant... 😀 |
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Post by 1dave on Sept 28, 2020 14:46:39 GMT -5
Thanks Ed! I decided to take Jason's advice on that last one- sort of. I think I'm going to dome both sides, then glue a finding on to make it a reversible pendant... 😀 GLUE? I was hoping for a reversing field cyclotron on a chain . . . |
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Post by miket on Sept 28, 2020 15:02:45 GMT -5
Thanks Ed! I decided to take Jason's advice on that last one- sort of. I think I'm going to dome both sides, then glue a finding on to make it a reversible pendant... 😀 GLUE? I was hoping for a reversing field cyclotron on a chain . . . Huh? 😎 |
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 28, 2020 19:08:35 GMT -5
GLUE? I was hoping for a reversing field cyclotron on a chain . . . Huh? 😎 I think he's referring to what you and I would call a "spinny" thingy on top of a kind of "magnet" thingy... |
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Post by miket on Sept 28, 2020 20:02:41 GMT -5
I think he's referring to what you and I would call a "spinny" thingy on top of a kind of "magnet" thingy... Well why didn't he say so? 😁 |
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