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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 8, 2018 11:06:51 GMT -5
Looks good for Mexican roostertail to me but then roostertail is more of a description for inclusions than an actual type. The Roostertail out of Mexico is very consistent for the type of inclusion though and I reckon that's why they gave it that trade name. You can get identical patterns in the Cadys, Teanaway, Wash, Woodward, and in Rios ( lot of roostertail type patterns in Rios) just as a few examples though....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 8, 2018 11:00:05 GMT -5
Yep. what Chuck said, more smalls means more surface to surface contact. I also agree, AO or Tin Oxide as polish are better than cerium in my book. Cerium comes in various grades though and I do like optical grade cerium on pads when polishing cabs...Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 7, 2018 9:32:48 GMT -5
*L* Well it seems my childhood geology mentor was a bit more progressive in teaching theories than yours was. I remember being enthralled by his suggestion the the land masses were floating about the planet. Really never thought about continental drift much at all except as a theory in Geology class, until the late 60's when I was on a museum fish collecting trip to Baja and met a team of geologists measuring drift down by the Bay of Los Angeles. Fascinating stuff to think about....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 6, 2018 22:37:32 GMT -5
Ummm not to quibble, but when I first got interested in geology in the 1950s, the floating continents theory had been around for like a good forty years already and of course, the Canyon Diablo meteor impact crater in Arizona had been well known and described since the late 19th century.
I was always super interested in the gold lode deposits in Hunters Valley where I hunted poppy jasper. The gold was associated with a greenstone deposit called the blue drift which was of Jurassic age and at least one local miner called Hunters Valley, Jurassic park. I believe though, the the actual lode gold was a much younger intrusion into the base rock which was marine in origin. Guess the upthrust of the Sierras may have brought the gold into the greenstone. I wish I knew more about the area as the geology is very confusing. Odd having such a nice poppy and brecciated jasper deposit in the Sierra foothills far from the coast range Franciscan deposits. Never been able to find anything specifically written about those jasper deposits except they were discovered in the mid 1960s and most the good stuff was said to have been sent to Germany.....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 6, 2018 10:17:29 GMT -5
Nut is the correct term all right!....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 6, 2018 10:13:56 GMT -5
Yeah, I've heard similar stories re the rangers on the Mojave out around Lavic regarding jasper hunks that have bee worked by Amerinds. And a lot of the nicer pieces there are often cores, spalls and such left over from Amerind knapping. Each officer seems to try to make up their own set of rules. Some rangers seem to want to prosecute everyone for picking up anything worked yet on at least a couple of occasions in California and Oregon, I've had rangers advise me on where to go look for arrowheads or petrified wood. Just depends om the guy you get I guess....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 6, 2018 8:54:38 GMT -5
Ah, finally 44 this AM, bout right for this time of year. Hope we don't have any more of that dang cold stuff....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 6, 2018 8:24:38 GMT -5
Wow, story sure does differ depending on which BLM officer you talk to. Guy in Mariposa was all about posting restoration bonds for even a small dig and definitely separated hobby mining/rockhounding from regular mining. The former limiting you to only small amounts of rock for personal use and the latter, taking for sale, requiring a claim and bond. However, the question I had was how do you prospect for a claim and see if the material is salable if you cannot do at least some mining without bond. That seemed to be sort of a don't ask don't tell situation as long a no heavy mechanized equipment was involved....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 5, 2018 17:54:00 GMT -5
Made me sad to see the pictures of all the iguanas dropping torpid from the trees down where old Bob lives. I used to have a pet iguana as a kid. Loved that big green dude! I know they are an invasive but I still hope most of them make it through the cold OK....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 5, 2018 15:16:53 GMT -5
Wow, so many places closed now. If I had a time machine, my top three bucket list places would be the Dryhead agate dig ( went there one time), the Baker Rch t-egg digs back when they we just a small open pit in the ground. Got to camp and dig at the Baker Ranch twice ( too much fun) and of course, Woodward Rch. In the olden days that was a blast. Love to hit Burro Creek again and Back Rock Desert and the Oregon t-egg beds but I'd bet one would hardly recognize any of them now and I do miss the north Cadys....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 4, 2018 22:50:40 GMT -5
I was told by a range, anything over a day pack full of rock is too much but lets face it when someone finds a good deposit they hit it pretty hard and now that there are venues foe easy sales, some folks really clean areas out....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 3, 2018 19:07:38 GMT -5
lookatthat: Cool story and I've heard it around the boat docks but a myth/old wives tale. No such thing as a brass monkey used on ships as cannon balls were usually stored differently below decks. Can't have your balls rusting or rolling around on deck creating a hazard. Whole bunch of naval sites debunk the myth. The brass monkeys were actual tourist souvenir monkeys made of brass popular in the 19th ad 20th centuries.....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 2, 2018 17:58:27 GMT -5
Still in the 20's here and the freaking dry cold and breezes have triggered the cedar pollen barrage, so now both the wife and I are down with "cedar fever", one of the great banes of Texas living. My, this is simply delightful!....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 2, 2018 10:33:30 GMT -5
My great uncle had a ranch with a ton of monster cats, some kind of huge black Manx with short tails and about as big as bobcats. My sis and my folks loved them but they always killed all my snakes etc ( would even break into my terrariums) so I did not appreciate their presence. Guess I'm just a dog person. Have always loved the doggies of all sorts. That is one cute little kitten though.....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 1, 2018 21:22:35 GMT -5
Excellent cabs all but that crazy lace is off the chain cool...Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 1, 2018 16:35:51 GMT -5
*L* Shoot Bob, it don't snow hardly ever here and my bill for animal feed runs over $10 per day mainly because of the blackbuck that are pretty hot weather critters. Need to fuel them up with corn and pellets any time it turns cold. Freezing my arse off here. High today 22. Spending half my day busting ice on the water troughs so the antelope can drink. I'd like to punch Al Gore and his fuggin global warming in the nuts just for the fun of it....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 1, 2018 9:10:36 GMT -5
An unholy 17 degrees here in south Texas today. Same for tomorrow. Egads this sucks!!!!!.....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 31, 2017 16:16:51 GMT -5
Dang, down to 30 here now and still falling hard. Gonna have to make sure the thermostat in the wellhouse turns on the heat lamp. Got the shop preheated pretty good so hope the pipes don't freeze again. Where's all this gulldanged global warming when you need it? God, I hate winter time!....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 31, 2017 16:12:25 GMT -5
*L* You know, I think I spend more time reading about interesting topics folks bring up here than I did studying in school. I love this place!.....Mel
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 31, 2017 16:07:51 GMT -5
Looks like one of the high speed sanding rigs. You glue different grades of sanding disk to the flat wheel and use it for rapid smoothing of flats like T-eggs, agates and pet wood. The one I had you would run dry so you had to use it outside with a vacuum and mask to avoid silicosis. Final polish was done on a bull wheel which was a big soft leather coated wheel that ran much slower. High speed sanders are great rigs and sometimes fairly expensive but are a pain to use because of the dangers associated with dry sanding. Mine was more of a home made rig that came from a thunderegg rch in Oregon where they used them to polish eggs for their rock shop. Yours looks much more like a good commercial setup.....Mel
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