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Post by miket on Mar 9, 2021 23:41:59 GMT -5
Last one for tonight. Yeah no slabs yet, it's too big for my saw. However, a friend of mine is going to help me out.  If you enlarge the first picture you can see a hint of banding....   |
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Post by Brian on Mar 10, 2021 7:55:27 GMT -5
I can’t wait to see what that one looks like once you get it cut up! I see some great colors so far.
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Post by HankRocks on Mar 10, 2021 8:12:55 GMT -5
The red banding in some of the Janos material is really top shelf. I just made a note to cut a couple more pieces.
Once again, the cutting queue get's re-arranged!!
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Post by stephan on Mar 10, 2021 9:44:35 GMT -5
Rock-tease
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Post by jasoninsd on Mar 10, 2021 10:06:32 GMT -5
The red banding in some of the Janos material is really top shelf. I just made a note to cut a couple more pieces. Once again, the cutting queue get's re-arranged!! Isn't it funny how posts on here alter our plans? I don't know how many times I see a material posted on here...which jumps it to the top of the "to get" list! LOL miket - I can't wait to see the slabs (and cabs) made from this one!  |
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 10, 2021 12:49:34 GMT -5
Janos agates are really pretty but the matrix, wow, way too much matrix! Reminds me of some of the European T-eggs that have lots of waste and only a small lens shaped center of agate. The T'eggs from the opal egg beds over near Ft Irwin were like that too. I remember cracking a ton of them and finding four or five inches of matrix and a small plain center on each. At Quartzite years ago they only sold Janos that had been cobbed down to remove a lot of the matrix. Considering it was still pretty expensive at about $4 per pound, I thought that was a very fair way to market it...Mel
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Post by miket on Mar 10, 2021 13:07:25 GMT -5
Janos agates are really pretty but the matrix, wow, way too much matrix! Reminds me of some of the European T-eggs that have lots of waste and only a small lens shaped center of agate. The T'eggs from the opal egg beds over near Ft Irwin were like that too. I remember cracking a ton of them and finding four or five inches of matrix and a small plain center on each. At Quartzite years ago they only sold Janos that had been cobbed down to remove a lot of the matrix. Considering it was still pretty expensive at about $4 per pound, I thought that was a very fair way to market it...Mel That's true- especially seeing how you're paying by the pound. The Teepees I find are that way also. Tons of matrix, not a lot of agate. Oh well, they say that you only live once! 😁 |
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 10, 2021 17:35:12 GMT -5
miket: I always found that odd about teepees. Like dryheads, which I dug years ago, they are agates formed in sedimentary environments but where teepees have all that matrix, dryheads tend to have a lot of agate and less matrix. Makes me wonder about how Fairburns looked when they were still in matrix. Were they like dryheads or like teepees?
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Post by miket on Mar 10, 2021 17:45:39 GMT -5
miket: I always found that odd about teepees. Like dryheads, which I dug years ago, they are agates formed in sedimentary environments but where teepees have all that matrix, dryheads tend to have a lot of agate and less matrix. Makes me wonder about how Fairburns looked when they were still in matrix. Were they like dryheads or like teepees? Mel, I unfortunately don't know enough about Fairburns- maybe jasoninsd can chime in. I suppose I would lean more towards dryheads- but some people seem to believe that teepees and Fairburns are the same. Or at least came from the same area. I've read a small amount about Fairburns (Mostly Roger Clark's books) and I can't remember reading much about matrix in them. I'll look some more in those books because after all I should know more about what I hound for, right? Roger has been at the rock show I go to near me, if I bump into him this year and remember to ask I'll see what he has to say.
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Post by jasoninsd on Mar 10, 2021 18:19:00 GMT -5
miket: I always found that odd about teepees. Like dryheads, which I dug years ago, they are agates formed in sedimentary environments but where teepees have all that matrix, dryheads tend to have a lot of agate and less matrix. Makes me wonder about how Fairburns looked when they were still in matrix. Were they like dryheads or like teepees? Mel, I unfortunately don't know enough about Fairburns- maybe jasoninsd can chime in. I suppose I would lean more towards dryheads- but some people seem to believe that teepees and Fairburns are the same. Or at least came from the same area. I've read a small amount about Fairburns (Mostly Roger Clark's books) and I can't remember reading much about matrix in them. I'll look some more in those books because after all I should know more about what I hound for, right? Roger has been at the rock show I go to near me, if I bump into him this year and remember to ask I'll see what he has to say.
Okay...I have NO "book-learnin" on this subject...but just from my limited intellect: I don't think Teepee Canyon Agates and Dryhead Agates are similar in this way to Fairburn Agates. Aren't both Teepees and Dryheads exclusively formed in a "particular" matrix? Meaning, Teepees are in a tannish-brown matrix while Dryheads seem to be in a greyish-brown matrix. Fairburn Agates can be found in numerous types of "host-rocks" (e.g. the matrix). |
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Post by miket on Mar 10, 2021 19:03:16 GMT -5
Mel, I unfortunately don't know enough about Fairburns- maybe jasoninsd can chime in. I suppose I would lean more towards dryheads- but some people seem to believe that teepees and Fairburns are the same. Or at least came from the same area. I've read a small amount about Fairburns (Mostly Roger Clark's books) and I can't remember reading much about matrix in them. I'll look some more in those books because after all I should know more about what I hound for, right? Roger has been at the rock show I go to near me, if I bump into him this year and remember to ask I'll see what he has to say.
Okay...I have NO "book-learnin" on this subject...but just from my limited intellect: I don't think Teepees Canyon Agates and Dryhead Agates are similar in this way to Fairburn Agates. Aren't both Teepees and Dryheads exclusively formed in a "particular" matrix? Meaning, Teepees are in a tannish-brown matrix while Dryheads seem to be in a greyish-brown matrix. Fairburn Agates can be found in numerous types of "host-rocks" (e.g. the matrix). Good points... |
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