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Post by txrockhunter on Sept 15, 2015 14:05:54 GMT -5
Great looking stuff. And that reverse struck quarter in the last image is worth a fortune! Nice Catch! I guess the picture got reversed, somewhere in the upload.....
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Post by txrockhunter on Sept 15, 2015 13:50:32 GMT -5
X2 what captbob said! Wow, what variety! With rocks like those, you can't go wrong. Looks like you do have a bit of pet wood, among other things.
This one has to be my favorite. The colors remind me of a clownfish.
This one looks like some petrified bog/palm root.
This is well agatized petrified palm.
I don't know what it is, but this one is awesome!
With absolute certainty, this one is a coral. We find ones like that in SoCal desert.
You are off to a great start! Thanks for sharing your finds and progress. Thank you for the ID's! I would not have imagined, finding as many varieties, in the same spot, but I have found a little slice of heaven. for people that dig rocks, this is an exciting view! Looking one way...... Looking the other way.......
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Post by txrockhunter on Sept 15, 2015 13:39:49 GMT -5
Very nice, not unlike the gravels of the Rio Grande in both colors and types. As you've said, lots of pet wood, palm, shrinkwood, moss agate, fortification and orbicular. Even have a sagenite which is not common in south Texas material.....Mel Thanks, Mel. I found this Sagenite about a month ago, in the same gravel. I have spent a lot of time looking for others like it, but to no avail..... It's been in the tumbler for about 3 weeks, hoping that some of the fractures smooth out.
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Post by txrockhunter on Sept 15, 2015 12:03:19 GMT -5
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Post by txrockhunter on Sept 15, 2015 11:42:04 GMT -5
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Post by txrockhunter on Sept 9, 2015 7:28:10 GMT -5
Jim, Got'em on order! Looking forward to seeing what's really under there! Thank you for the information! On the really rough areas you will want to use diamond burrs or files first then be really patient on stone that hard and make sure you completely work each grit. I would start on a small area first and see how it goes. Jim Thanks, for the great advice! I may have a couple more questions, if I hit any stumbling blocks.
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Post by txrockhunter on Sept 9, 2015 6:53:43 GMT -5
Jim, Got'em on order! Looking forward to seeing what's really under there! Thank you for the information! On the really rough areas you will want to use diamond burrs or files first then be really patient on stone that hard and make sure you completely work each grit. I would start on a small area first and see how it goes. Jim Thank you, Jim, for the great advice! I might ask a couple more questions, if I hit any stumbling blocks. Jeremy
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Post by txrockhunter on Sept 8, 2015 11:43:36 GMT -5
Jim, Got'em on order! Looking forward to seeing what's really under there! Thank you for the information!
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Post by txrockhunter on Aug 31, 2015 16:24:43 GMT -5
This is the other side of the piece. It was found in river gravel, that has a lot of petrified wood. I guess I never thought it was anything else.....
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Post by txrockhunter on Aug 31, 2015 15:37:10 GMT -5
Thank you, Chuck! I was envisioning many hours with a Dremel & a magnifying glass! but, I guess you could fill the barrel with small ceramics / rock chips, 80 grit, and check it regularly, for progress. I guess you would run the same program with the 220, 600, and polish? I wonder if there is a way to polish one side, without compromising the wood grain on the other?
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Post by txrockhunter on Aug 31, 2015 12:00:57 GMT -5
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Post by txrockhunter on Aug 21, 2015 20:35:03 GMT -5
I just let my wife read your post, and she laughed out load! I too, must confess my newly rekindled addiction. I can totally relate to the overflowing buckets of rocks, sitting in the garage, waiting for the 12lb and 3lb tumblers to finish their loads! I have discovered a newly opened river gravel bed, that is only 10 minutes from my office. I can fill a 40lb bag, with agate, Jasper, and fossils, in about an hour and it sucks me in, on a regular basis. The lunch box, comment hits way too close to home! Glad to know there are more out there, and I'm not crazy!
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Post by txrockhunter on Aug 11, 2015 7:09:18 GMT -5
Thank you, washingtonrocks & amygdule, for the ID! I have it in the tumbler, now.
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Post by txrockhunter on Aug 10, 2015 7:19:03 GMT -5
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Post by txrockhunter on Aug 5, 2015 8:23:42 GMT -5
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Post by txrockhunter on Aug 4, 2015 21:58:06 GMT -5
Looks like a red moss agate. Very nice and that blue one at the bottom too!!! Maybe you should find more and offer us people on the other side of the country some deals :-) txrockhunterI'd be happy, too! Let me make a few more trips, when the temps are below boiling.......
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Post by txrockhunter on Aug 3, 2015 6:39:25 GMT -5
Looking for some help, identifying a few rocks that I found in the San Jacinto River, north of Houston. I know the one is Jasper (2 pictures, front and back). I found quite a few Jasper stones, but didn't find any with this kind of pattern. I think these are quartzite, but couldn't find any pictures, online, with blue crystals, that looked like it. then, I thought it might be calcite, but there was no reaction to acid.
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Post by txrockhunter on Mar 21, 2015 17:58:27 GMT -5
Mel, thanks for ID. I found many others that fit that description, mostly void of any patterns or crystals.
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Post by txrockhunter on Mar 21, 2015 16:25:25 GMT -5
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