notfragile
off to a rocking start
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Post by notfragile on Sept 24, 2021 14:18:41 GMT -5
So this one came out of polish today, thought it was worth a pic. If you look closely you can see banding in the black. It's translucent if you hold it up to the sun, but that's a difficult way to get a decent pic.
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catskillrocks
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Post by catskillrocks on Sept 24, 2021 15:03:28 GMT -5
Definitely worth a pic. That is such a beautiful rock. I can see some of the banding in the black areas just off of the lighter area.
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 24, 2021 15:20:16 GMT -5
I'll second what Don said. I too can just make it out. Definitely worth trying to take a backlit pic of this one! Thanks for showing this one off!
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Brian
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Post by Brian on Sept 24, 2021 15:49:27 GMT -5
Very cool! The banding in the black and the colors in the center remind me of a vinyl record. More like Fred Flintstones’ type of record though.
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 24, 2021 15:54:23 GMT -5
That's a beautiful rock! Great job!
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Uriah
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Post by Uriah on Sept 24, 2021 17:03:40 GMT -5
That's very pretty.
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rewdownunder
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Post by rewdownunder on Sept 24, 2021 18:18:40 GMT -5
Try and shine a UV light on it if you have access to one. Sometimes agates will show interesting banding under UV in those dark areas or in some clear quartz zones. People who dye agate sometimes use the UV to find interesting ones to dye. Not that anyone on this forum would ever dye an agate. Thanks for showing it. That is a great one.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Sept 24, 2021 18:28:55 GMT -5
Very nice and cool looking, too!
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Post by fernwood on Sept 25, 2021 3:06:49 GMT -5
Beautiful. Yes, please try taking a backlit photo.
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notfragile
off to a rocking start
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Post by notfragile on Sept 25, 2021 12:36:05 GMT -5
Managed to get a back-lit picture using a strong LED flashlight and a UV light is on order, should have it next week. Thanks for the kind words all.
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