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Post by fernwood on Sept 16, 2021 4:10:52 GMT -5
Yesterday I was given a bunch of rocks from a living estate. They were dropped off at work. A friends parents traveled the Country looking for rocks and doing lapidary. They also purchased some. We moved the bins and boxes quickly from their truck to my car. Was unable to see everything. It was getting dark, so I only took a few photos. I did see: A bin of Thompsonite. A box of large Amethyst. A bin of various copper including float, leaf and finger. A bin of various copper ore. A bin of fossil rocks and concretions. A bin labeled Lake Superior which contained lots of agates, fossils and some misc. Two bins of Wisconsin Moonstone. My friend remembers collecting the Moonstone with her parents near Wausau. The area now has an Interstate exchange on it. For size reference the pink bins are from hospital visits. This is the back of my car waiting to be unloaded.  I did bring some smaller containers inside last night. They are about 14” long. One with slabs, slab chips and sliced rocks.   One with misc., including copper ore.  Another misc.  A 1 quart container of Apache Tears.  A 1 quart container labeled Gold Schist.  A Quart bag of black coral pieces.  A cool fossil in soft matrix.  I hope to unload the car before work today. Will post more photos over the next week, as it will take me that long to go through everything. When we were loading everything in my car I was very overwhelmed. This is going to be fun. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 16, 2021 8:53:49 GMT -5
Christmas in September for Beth!!  I bet you're going to be so overwhelmed excited to go through all of those!  |
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rewdownunder
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Post by rewdownunder on Sept 16, 2021 9:08:59 GMT -5
WoW that is a lot on nice material and it has labels. Looks like lots of it was collected in the Midwest. Please share lots of photos.
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Post by miket on Sept 16, 2021 9:13:41 GMT -5
Awesome!
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Post by Rockindad on Sept 16, 2021 9:19:50 GMT -5
We still have a bunch of those pink bins around the house as the hospital would send stuff home in those after my wife’s many surgeries/procedures (she went through quite an ordeal years ago) so I can certainly vouch that you received quite the gift. Congrats, that should keep you busy!
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Post by stewdogg on Sept 16, 2021 9:33:47 GMT -5
Congrats on the haul, Beth!
Those are similar to the bins I sifted through at the old timers collection that I have some limited access to. I really should make a post to show all of the great stuff I got from there.
I eagerly await more pics from your treasure! So cool you got a bunch of mystery boxes thrown in you car and don't know what kind of awesome stuff hides in side... very exciting!!
Any plans for any of the stuff you have already taken out of the car?
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Post by perkins17 on Sept 16, 2021 9:45:18 GMT -5
Wow! Totally jealous! Good job on that score.
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Post by fernwood on Sept 16, 2021 10:01:23 GMT -5
Looks like a nice score, the black coral is a real prize! I found another bag of it in a bin this AM. Some pieces are broken. They do not appear to be dyed. Amazing. |
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Post by stephan on Sept 16, 2021 18:02:15 GMT -5
Quite an amazing gift. Enjoy it. Definitely want to see what you do with that black coral. That alone is amazing
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Post by rewdownunder on Sept 16, 2021 18:33:19 GMT -5
Please do some checking before you work with the coral. It is no longer legal to collect or sell some types pf coral. I am not sure which types and what the rules are. Friends had a gift shop on Maui in the 1990s and were very upset when the rules changed and they could no longer sell some of their inventory. I think some of us have things in our collections without great documentation that are no longer legal. A large collection I looked at in 2009 had two large elephant tusks on top of the first pallet we opened.
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Post by fernwood on Sept 17, 2021 0:10:42 GMT -5
Please do some checking before you work with the coral. It is no longer legal to collect or sell some types pf coral. I am not sure which types and what the rules are. Friends had a gift shop on Maui in the 1990s and were very upset when the rules changed and they could no longer sell some of their inventory. I think some of us have things in our collections without great documentation that are no longer legal. A large collection I looked at in 2009 had two large elephant tusks on top of the first pallet we opened. I was planning on checking. I found lots of black coral for sale. Some of the sellers stated that it was natural black coral, not dyed. That it can no longer be harvested. Didn't find anything (yet) about selling vintage black coral or items made from it. Wow on the elephant tusks. |
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Post by fernwood on Sept 17, 2021 5:04:03 GMT -5
One bin of Wisconsin Moonstone.  Many pieces have some nice chatoyancy. |
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Post by fernwood on Sept 20, 2021 1:57:42 GMT -5
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 20, 2021 8:10:14 GMT -5
Nice Teepee Canyon Agate nodule you got there Beth! That might be a nice one to face-cut, polish the face, and leave as a specimen. |
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Post by perkins17 on Sept 20, 2021 9:15:29 GMT -5
Wow! What are you going to do with a of that?
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Post by fernwood on Sept 20, 2021 9:18:19 GMT -5
Nice Teepee Canyon Agate nodule you got there Beth! That might be a nice one to face-cut, polish the face, and leave as a specimen. Thanks. Yes, I agree. Just need to figure out how to do it, as the agate is much header than the rest of the rock. It is already pretty flat, so that helps. |
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Post by fernwood on Sept 20, 2021 9:19:39 GMT -5
Wow! What are you going to do with a of that? Eventually will be selling some. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 20, 2021 9:29:22 GMT -5
I have a cab of Wisconsin moonstone. It's really pretty.
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Post by fernwood on Sept 20, 2021 9:32:31 GMT -5
I have a cab of Wisconsin moonstone. It's really pretty. I love it. Did you make the cab? If so, any advice? It is actually a type of Feldspar. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 20, 2021 9:35:44 GMT -5
I have a cab of Wisconsin moonstone. It's really pretty. I love it. Did you make the cab? If so, any advice? It is actually a type of Feldspar. No, I did not cab it. I can't remember where I got it, but it will remain in my Riker case. If I had to guess, I'd say it would cab like a Norwegian moonstone Larvakite, which I have cabbed with no issues. |
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