Post by kyoti on Dec 24, 2020 10:30:19 GMT -5
Occasionally, I stumble across really unusual stones. Some of them I find when I'm rockhounding and many of them I find in rock shops miscellaneous bins. The miscellaneous bins are usually stone that's been bought as part of consignments. There's a huge assortment of things in them. I even found a Sheeps Bridge agate one day. Very nice purple 
When I first started tumbling I bought a bag of agates that contained a pretty purple rock. I was new and didn't know any better and broke it with a hammer to make it small enough to Tumble. I found out later it was a nearly perfect specimen of parcelas agate
I'd like to avoid making a mistake like that again lol. I thought I'd post some pictures here of material I've found and let you guys yell at me if it's something rare that I should keep intact or use for slabs.
A green jasper of some kind
A purple red and orange agate. It appears to have filaments or string like inclusions in it.
A beautiful purple red and green plume agate. It looks a little bit like West Texas material but I'm not sure.
Wonderstone of some kind? The texture is rough like wonderstone.
A red and grayish white spotted Jasper of some kind.
A red, yellow and white jasp-agate
Some sort of lace agate. Mexican lace or Laguna lace? It has beautiful patterns on it that don't show up in the picture.
A piece of agate I got back in the early 80s.
No idea on this one except that I love the material. It's hard like a normal agate.
When I first started tumbling I bought a bag of agates that contained a pretty purple rock. I was new and didn't know any better and broke it with a hammer to make it small enough to Tumble. I found out later it was a nearly perfect specimen of parcelas agate
I'd like to avoid making a mistake like that again lol. I thought I'd post some pictures here of material I've found and let you guys yell at me if it's something rare that I should keep intact or use for slabs.A green jasper of some kind
A purple red and orange agate. It appears to have filaments or string like inclusions in it.
A beautiful purple red and green plume agate. It looks a little bit like West Texas material but I'm not sure.
Wonderstone of some kind? The texture is rough like wonderstone.
A red and grayish white spotted Jasper of some kind.
A red, yellow and white jasp-agate
Some sort of lace agate. Mexican lace or Laguna lace? It has beautiful patterns on it that don't show up in the picture.
A piece of agate I got back in the early 80s.
No idea on this one except that I love the material. It's hard like a normal agate.
