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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 5, 2018 8:45:25 GMT -5
That looks a lot like Jelly Bean Jasper ( aka Haystack Butte, Oregon). It varies a lot but yours looks very like stuff I've had in the past....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 29, 2018 22:21:47 GMT -5
Yep. I'd go with St. Johns Flower agate too. The fracturing is one tell as the agate from that site tends to have a lot of fractures....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 28, 2018 18:57:00 GMT -5
*Shaking my head* Out at nine o'clock, egads what a trial. Can't remember a single job I ever had let me sleep in till eight. I guess I done choose the wrong occupations *S*....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 28, 2018 18:51:47 GMT -5
*LOL* Think of all the fun the security guard is gonna have when all the folks start pawing through his planter. Now that is gonna be real job security....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 27, 2018 8:08:59 GMT -5
Harley ( agatemaggot) on the site here makes wonderful striking steels in his forge. Since I sit on a mountain of good flint, I often use them to show the kids how folks used to start fires. Those steels really throw off the sparks but good tinder is a must. The magnesium fire starters are much easier to use and that's what I carry in the pouch on my knife scabbard. Funny, I watch the Survivor TV show all the time and it amazes me how few folks know how to use a magnesium starter...Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 24, 2018 16:19:20 GMT -5
I'd also say serpentine on the green. Other probably is wonderstone type rhyolite or the high silica sort like that found near Goldfield, Nevada that some call bullseye agate.....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 24, 2018 16:15:53 GMT -5
First off, those are beautiful covers for flat surfaces *L*. Secondly, I hear you. I no longer smell like people, just horses. And my shop, though huge, is so full of horse and rock stuff I can hardly move around in it....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 22, 2018 16:17:58 GMT -5
Ed, Ed, Ed, you were simply in the wrong place for planter perusal. Now if you were in San Francisco or Los Angeles, you could have sat on the planter edge and shot up with heroin, tossed the needle in the planter, smoked four hooters, looked at the pretty rocks, peed on them to wet them and see how they'd look polished, and then took at dump at the guard's feet and pitched your tent to sleep. No one would have done a thing, and,if you stayed awhile, you'da probably got a welfare check to boot.....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 20, 2018 18:31:38 GMT -5
Yup, I'm a beef stew and french bread guy. Also hot dogs. Stuff I don't cook, I love summer sausage or salami and Ritz crackers,lunchables or all sorts, beef jerky and trail mix. Oh and usually donuts and milk for breakfast. Yum!...Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 18, 2018 19:39:07 GMT -5
Global warming is good as long as you are not in a dry zone. More crops grow in more places. Golden age of Europe occurred in a global warm period however population suffered in dry zones during this period while population thrived in warm humid areas of higher rainfall. With global cooling, lots of folks in northern cold climes die of starvation or in wars over food and fuel. Given my choice I'll take warm over cold any day because I hates the snow, ugly white stuff and would live in shorts if I could. So why sweat global warming? ?
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 17, 2018 20:16:12 GMT -5
Wow what a difficult question as there are so many. I love tumbling good poppy jasper but probably my hands down favorites are Lakers, Botswanas, Crazy Lace and most any of the northern Mexico agates. Oh, and sweetwaters. Those make awesome tumbles. Oh and Indian bloodstone or fancy jasper and the list could go on and on *L*....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 9, 2018 20:20:06 GMT -5
Zebra Jasper from the Indian Deccan Plateau....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on May 30, 2018 22:12:04 GMT -5
Yup, I'd agree actinolite for the green one too. I've picked up similar stuff before.....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on May 29, 2018 8:23:15 GMT -5
Wow, that type of material is tough to ID with no clues as to local as those sort of patterns are just so generic. Similar material can be found in almost every western US agate deposit I can think of and a ton Mexico too. Looks like rough edged vein stuff so we can probably eliminate Rio Grande material but other than that? ....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on May 29, 2018 8:17:37 GMT -5
I'd concur with the Blackskin ID. Looks like a lot I've cut....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on May 29, 2018 8:11:38 GMT -5
OK first one is 100% Hornitos from the original pit. #2 is Guadalupe, not Olympic #3 is likely Guadalupe but similar occurs at Big Sandy Creek too. I'd say Guadalupe though. Last one is most likely from north of San Francisco Bay, if it is American material. Lots of sites in the interior Coast Range where you have those white and yellow poppy types so that's a tough one to pin down. Also some very similar stuff from Indonesia that sometimes is very close to the California material.....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on May 26, 2018 21:28:02 GMT -5
Yep, looks like modern work to me....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on May 26, 2018 21:22:01 GMT -5
I concur, Canadian River Plume. Plume occurs in bands of plume in red, black and yellow. Different pattern depending on what sections you cut through. Very scarce these days, even here in local Texas shows....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on May 24, 2018 19:15:36 GMT -5
Yep, Las Choyas coconut out of Mexico....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on May 15, 2018 8:07:04 GMT -5
Man, my wife is crazy for those Texas blue topaz stones with the lone star cut. Got to keep her away from them booths....Mel
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