Sabre52
Cave Dweller 
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
Posts: 20,504
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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 20, 2005 12:50:12 GMT -5
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Post by xenaswolf on Nov 20, 2005 13:01:37 GMT -5
Very pretty! Where in the world do you order these from? Or are you traveling and getting them?
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Post by Cher on Nov 20, 2005 14:03:19 GMT -5
Stunning!!
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Sabre52
Cave Dweller
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
Posts: 20,504
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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 20, 2005 14:16:56 GMT -5
Xena: Got the Mexican material years ago from a dentist friend who did work in Mexico and bought or swapped agate for services in his free time. If you can believe it, I paid 50 cents to $1.00 a pound for that stuff. Wish I had bought tons! I met the man who collects the Condor Agate a couple of times at Quartzite and another show and bought several lots of his agate. Tends to sometimes be a bit fractured but the agate is well worth the cost if you nail down some good nodules. Have to learn how to pick the good ones as it costs about $10 per pound so you don't want a lot of duds!...mel
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fatrichie
has rocks in the head
Member since July 2004
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Post by fatrichie on Nov 20, 2005 14:17:28 GMT -5
My turn to drool!! Very nice Sabre!
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SteveHolmes
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since July 2009
Posts: 1,900
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Post by SteveHolmes on Nov 20, 2005 14:56:15 GMT -5
Mel,
Dangit..I'm running out of napkins, paper towels, and toilet paper to wipe the drool puddles. I guess it's time to drag the beach towels out! Thanks for sharing! Is it difficult to find whole nodules anymore? I'd love to get a few just to have the suprise when I cut through it.
Steve
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rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since July 2009
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Post by rollingstone on Nov 20, 2005 14:58:31 GMT -5
Spectacular, as always! Did you notice that you have Casper the Friendly Ghost trapped in the agate-half on the right-hand side, second-to-last picture?
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Sabre52
Cave Dweller
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 20, 2005 15:06:35 GMT -5
Rollingstone: I seeit now! Always viewed them as a pair of lanterns before.
Steve: If you can run across the seller from Argentina ( usually at the larger shows like Quartzite-- think he calls his business St Paul gems) he has lots of complete nodules. Go for the smaller ones in the 3" range as these are usually the best. I think the Gem Shop just about has a monopoly on the Chihuahua agate sites now and the price has gone out of my buying range. Most people I've seen selling good Chihuahua nodules have it priced at $15-25 per pound. That's way to rich for my blood as you can expect quite a few duds in this material.
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Post by gaetzchamp on Nov 20, 2005 16:03:01 GMT -5
Sabre-
Great looking agate pairs. That ghost is really awesome. As always, nice work.
Gaetz
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Post by parfive on Nov 20, 2005 18:30:31 GMT -5
Mel - #4 Laguna is outstanding. Best of the lot.
Rich
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Post by Condor on Nov 20, 2005 20:05:45 GMT -5
As the Condor flies and is watching from overhead down below, he salivates as he sees his namesake in all its wonder, and beauty for all to behold. Sabre52, you have made this majestic bird very happy by showing such beautiful creations.
Condor
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littlejimie
starting to spend too much on rocks
A rolling stone gathers no moss
Member since January 2005
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Post by littlejimie on Nov 20, 2005 21:46:26 GMT -5
Mel, you the man!
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Post by joe on Nov 21, 2005 0:07:03 GMT -5
Wow Mel, those are awesome!
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Post by rockds on Nov 21, 2005 0:17:37 GMT -5
yum liking those, very nice
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Post by rockyraccoon on Nov 21, 2005 1:43:16 GMT -5
you have some good eye candy mel!
kim
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stefan
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2005
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Post by stefan on Nov 21, 2005 9:57:23 GMT -5
Mel that is some stunning stuff!
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drupe
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since September 2005
Posts: 1,245
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Post by drupe on Nov 21, 2005 10:09:30 GMT -5
Mel
Give my best to Casper and congrats on the great Agate.
Pete
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