JR8675309
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Post by JR8675309 on Sept 22, 2021 7:42:19 GMT -5
I like cutting through time when I get up in the morning. If you want something to put your day or worries into perspective, slicing through a really old rock helps... at least for me. I found this rock in Crook County, Oregon. You can expect a lot more pictures from this recent hounding trip. I wasn't sure if this was the right spot to convey the adventure or not, would that be best in the trips thread? I thought this was just "blue agate" but here's what's outside and inside. I think there's a pyrite vein or two. 1- outside 2- inside 3- rotated 90 degrees    |
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 22, 2021 8:34:55 GMT -5
Trips section would be good. Looking forward to it.
Nice cuts!
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JR8675309
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Post by JR8675309 on Sept 22, 2021 8:37:21 GMT -5
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 22, 2021 23:19:52 GMT -5
Yeah...but if you're posting pics of the cuts, I don't think this section is bad either...just sayin'. LOL Pretty cool example of not judging a rock by its cover! I can't wait to see what other cool finds you got!  |
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Post by JR8675309 on Sept 23, 2021 6:23:16 GMT -5
Thanks jasoninsd. It was a blast of a time in the rain and of course that makes the colors pop and the shinies shinier. I'm still cutting stuff open so I'll just keep adding to this thread. We rockhounded in the rain the entire time. When we headed back we were caked in mud and dried out with the heat on high. Hair soaked. Soaking dog on his own heat circuit and napping under a towel. Crook county is the star of the show when it comes to rockhounding Oregon. The rain turned the loamy soil to clay like mud. It caked so thickly on my boots I thought I'd turn my ankles. I'd stop at intervals to scrape off what I could on rocks. It rained the full three hours we were out near Maury Mountain. Everything we were wearing was soaked and The cargo area in my SUV was a mud containment area. If we had gone to Maury instead, that mud would be caked inches thick on my off road tires. Luckily today's spot is just off the road, so it's a park and hike affair...with backpacks, tools and buckets. I had a spare drawstring backpack we filled after we said we were going to leave. Lol. We finished filling the buckets then too. I knew I should have ponied up the cash for a 5 gallon bucket cart. Who am I kidding, I started using 3 gallon buckets so they are lighter and the temptation to rock binge is lessened. Our haul includes agates, cool red Jasper, green rock yet to be identified, petrified wood, opal, agate with crystals and some green agatey stuff; all from the same location. As we were leaving we came upon another huge blue agate (think baby's head sized). I didn't make it back to the pet wood spot that I went to last weekend and I'm okay with that. I felt good about the trip and leaving plenty behind for others. The green rock:  The pet wood has dendrites... is that Jasper replacement?  This pet wood is brown/black inside. It should take a nice polish.   |
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JR8675309
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Post by JR8675309 on Sept 24, 2021 22:33:34 GMT -5
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Post by fernwood on Sept 25, 2021 3:05:18 GMT -5
Nice finds. The things we do for the rocks.
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Post by JR8675309 on Sept 25, 2021 7:04:29 GMT -5
Right? Right!
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Post by knave on Sept 25, 2021 7:04:51 GMT -5
Wow!!
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Post by JR8675309 on Oct 1, 2021 9:23:13 GMT -5
I thought I'd add to the pictures. This morning a cut through a small piece from the same location. Pyrite and agate methinks... but my first reaction was simply "coooool". 1st slice:  Second slice:  |
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Post by JR8675309 on Oct 1, 2021 14:13:48 GMT -5
Blue Mountain  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 1, 2021 20:11:50 GMT -5
That first one is an interesting piece...but that Blue Mountain is super cool! There was a thread on getting that "nub" off of slabs. I didn't post anything in there, but I simply hold the cut portion of the slab flat against the blade and move the slab so the nub makes contact with the diamonds allowing the blade to "ease" that nub off the slab...so that I'm not losing that section of the slab. (If that makes sense...) |
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Post by JR8675309 on Oct 1, 2021 22:01:33 GMT -5
That's a clever way to remove the nubbins jasoninsd. |
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