Montana Dryhead Agate

drocknut no longer being taken for granite I'd rather be rockhounding Member since December 2008 Posts: 8,189 Member is Online	Montana Dryhead Agate Apr 26, 2021 18:44:38 GMT -5 jasoninsd likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by drocknut on Apr 26, 2021 18:44:38 GMT -5 Seriously awesome! I'm a dryhead fan for sure and that cab does not disappoint. Great shine on it too. WTG!
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Tommy Administrator Member since January 2013 Posts: 12,989	Montana Dryhead Agate Apr 26, 2021 18:46:21 GMT -5 jasoninsd likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tommy on Apr 26, 2021 18:46:21 GMT -5 Gorgeous cab Jason!
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Montana Dryhead Agate Apr 26, 2021 20:19:40 GMT -5 drocknut likes this

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Apr 26, 2021 18:44:38 GMT -5 drocknut said:

Seriously awesome! I'm a dryhead fan for sure and that cab does not disappoint. Great shine on it too. WTG!

Thanks Diane!

I love these because they remind me of Teepee Canyone Agates so much!

- And these really did take one a serious high polish!

Apr 26, 2021 18:46:21 GMT -5 Tommy said:

Gorgeous cab Jason!

Thanks Tommy!

I almost want to say this one borders on "sexy"! LOL

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Tommy Administrator Member since January 2013 Posts: 12,989	Montana Dryhead Agate Apr 27, 2021 8:21:02 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones and jasoninsd like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tommy on Apr 27, 2021 8:21:02 GMT -5 Apr 26, 2021 20:19:40 GMT -5 jasoninsd said: I almost want to say this one borders on "sexy"! LOL Borders on? Marilyn Monroe just strolled in the room son!
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Here's a couple more Dryhead Agates I completed this week. The rough wasn't as nice as those first ones...but you gotta work with what ya got sometimes.

The smaller of the two did end up with fractures going through them...but they held together. I'll try to mask it a little bit when I wrap them.

The larger one is actually a freeform...which is unusual for me to do. LOL

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I really like the last one. Is that a druzy pocket I see?

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jasoninsd can identify rocks - even green ones I Wish I Knew Half The Stuff I Thought I Knew 30 Years Ago! Member since July 2020 Posts: 18,436	Montana Dryhead Agate May 5, 2021 21:23:04 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jasoninsd on May 5, 2021 21:23:04 GMT -5 May 5, 2021 21:14:07 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones said: I really like the last one. Is that a druzy pocket I see? It is! It broke through the surface in a small spot, so it's not open all that much...but it is a pocket...
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Montana Dryhead Agate May 5, 2021 21:25:00 GMT -5

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May 5, 2021 21:23:04 GMT -5 jasoninsd said:

May 5, 2021 21:14:07 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones said:

I really like the last one. Is that a druzy pocket I see?

It is!

It broke through the surface in a small spot, so it's not open all that much...but it is a pocket...

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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
~ C.S. Lewis

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stephan still telling self it's just a hobby Member since March 2015 Posts: 4,559	Montana Dryhead Agate May 8, 2021 21:30:46 GMT -5 via mobile jasoninsd likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stephan on May 8, 2021 21:30:46 GMT -5 All three of those are awesome, but the first one takes the prize for being unusual for its type. Love all the druzy instead of matrix.
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stephan still telling self it's just a hobby Member since March 2015 Posts: 4,559	Montana Dryhead Agate May 8, 2021 21:37:13 GMT -5 via mobile hummingbirdstones and jasoninsd like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stephan on May 8, 2021 21:37:13 GMT -5 Apr 26, 2021 18:44:38 GMT -5 drocknut said: Seriously awesome! I'm a dryhead fan for sure and that cab does not disappoint. Great shine on it too. WTG! A Dryhead-head?
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May 8, 2021 21:30:46 GMT -5 stephan said:

All three of those are awesome, but the first one takes the prize for being unusual for its type. Love all the druzy instead of matrix.

Thanks Stephan!

On this particular piece of rough, there was little to no matrix - it was nearly all druzy with that little amount of fortification banding going around it. It was one of those "not choice" but to do it this way.

May 8, 2021 21:37:13 GMT -5 stephan said:

Apr 26, 2021 18:44:38 GMT -5 drocknut said:

Seriously awesome! I'm a dryhead fan for sure and that cab does not disappoint. Great shine on it too. WTG!

A Dryhead-head?

Favorite Quotes:
"It always seems impossible until it is done." - Nelson Mandela
"Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology you never got." - Robert Brault
"You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy." - Nightbirde (RIP 2/19/22)

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