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Post by elementary on May 28, 2011 14:03:24 GMT -5
Laguna Agate Chihuahua, Mexico
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Post by elementary on May 28, 2011 13:58:59 GMT -5
Top Puma Agate Argentina Bottom Condor Agate Argentina
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Post by elementary on May 28, 2011 13:52:45 GMT -5
Moctezuma Agate Chihuahua, Mexico (As Mel tells me - pastel colors and whitish rind. He can maybe give you a better idea of what to look for.)
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Post by elementary on May 28, 2011 13:49:40 GMT -5
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Post by elementary on May 28, 2011 13:45:53 GMT -5
Thunderegg: Mexico Sonoran Red Hot Thundereggs Sonoran/Chihuahuan Border
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Post by elementary on May 28, 2011 13:38:04 GMT -5
Mendip Stones or Dulcote Geodes Mendip Hills Near Wells, England
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Post by elementary on May 28, 2011 13:34:51 GMT -5
The next new volume of the Agate Index will be where all the nodular and t-egg versions of agates will be listed. I will be pulling images from the other indexes for use, but if you have some good, clear shots of different types of agates of this type, please post them here with where they were found. MORE IMPORTANTLY - We want to create a subsection with international agates and would like images from across the world posted here. My plan is to highlight the best known locations, such as Botswana, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, etc. It will not be totally inclusive, but more act as a guide to the more common rough/ finished pieces that might be encountered while visiting dealers reselling old material or ransacking backyards. (Kazakstan agates are great, but really, who's going to come across a pile of rough presently in some old collector's backyard.) So please, if you have some wonderful specimen that you haven't shared with us here, take a shot of it and post here for us to Ohhhh and Awwww over. One final note: The best site out there right now for this type of material is here: www.sailorenergy.net/Minerals/DwarvesETAgatesEggsMain.htmlIt is incredible and I use it for much of my research. Lowell and Mel
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Post by elementary on May 28, 2011 13:18:20 GMT -5
The American Agate/Jasper Index: California is done! As always - FREE!!!! A million thank- you's for all those who gave permission for us to use their images. And thank you all for being patient for this thing to be done. (A big thank you to Tom Wolfe for access to his photos : If you ever meet him or his son, you will be in great company. Steven is among the best Pet Wood species ID people around and gives talks and seminars on the subject (next one in Orange County in June). Even on their website, he provides closeups of the grain patterns of the wood he sells.) Due to the length and file size of the Index, it has been split into two parts - first one covers agates and the second covers jaspers and fossil material. Volume A: California Agates 73 pages of material - 24 MB (Large File) www.4shared.com/document/WNYHkbHj/Agate_Index_Vol_10A_California.html(Note - there is a glitch that prevents the cover of Volume A from showing up on the download screen. You can still download the volume by hitting the BLUE BUTTON, then waiting a few seconds for the system to load, then hit the download link.) Volume B: California Jaspers and Fossil Material 59 pages of material - 15 MB www.4shared.com/document/WoKMEnIo/Agate_Index_Vol_10B_California.htmlTo download a file, click on the desired link and then click on the BLUE download box. Wait about 10 seconds and a prompt will then appear to download the file. Click on it and it will load. {{Regarding the quality of some of the photos, I apologize. I will be working on getting some better photos of my material when I redo these files. Also, Bob Rush provided some great photos of jade material, but I set them aside and will add them when I do a 2nd edition in the future. Others also submitted material for the index that I didn't use. I still have the images and hopefully will include some later.}} What does the future hold? I want an overall index of the material covered by this project so people can quickly match names and locations for material with volume numbers. Also, Bob Rush suggested a while back if we could put together a visual glossary of agate/jasper terms, and that will be included with the overall index. Call this Volume 0. I have also talked with Mel about what I want to do next - which is now create several supplemental volumes that take the previously posted material and gather it together not by location but by type. This will ease hunting identifications when you know the type of material but not the location. Volume 11: Agate Nodules and Thundereggs will include all previously posted material, with new photographs, along with a peripheral section that provides images of international material - such as Mexican, Australian, and S. American material. If you want to provide permission for us to use your photos, just PM myself of goto the thread in the Material ID section title Agate/Jasper Index: Nodules and add your image there. Later volumes will focus on various subsets such as plume/moss material, fossil material, scenic jasper, etc. I also plan to redo the organization of several indexes covering the material from the middle of the United States. From Texas to the Great Lakes, the arrangement of indexes will change with states shifting from one volume to another. (I also realized that somehow, horror of horrors, I completely left out Lake Superior Agates from the Index completely.) Finally - I want to restate that this project is ongoing and continuous. Both Mel and I envisioned a project that hopefully will live as long as us and hopefully longer. As we receive more material, and people allow us to use their photos, the index can only improve and grow. ________________ Here are the Previous Volumes along with a link to the main page. Here you can also find the Artists of Agates Portfolios: Volume 1: Utah and Colorado {2nd ed} (warning - 16 MB) www.4shared.com/document/mNXTQALM/Agate_Index_Vol_1__2nd_ed_.htmlVol 2:Wyoming and Montana www.4shared.com/file/224404408/51585e57/Agate_Index_Vol_2.htmlVol 3:Idaho and Washington www.4shared.com/file/229956030/cc07189f/Agate_Index_Vol_3.htmlVol 4:South Dakota, Nebraska, and Oklahoma www.4shared.com/file/242786005/91b2476f/Agate_Index_Vol_4.htmlVol 5: Texas www.4shared.com/document/oCLei3tU/Agate_Index_Vol_5.htmlVol 6: The South - Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri (Link repaired 1/28/11) www.4shared.com/document/HMT_XBh1/Agate_Index_Vol_6.htmlVol 7: Arizona (Warning 16 MB) www.4shared.com/document/XplaNpW1/Agate_Index_Vol_7.htmlVolume 8 - New Mexico & Nevada (link repaired 1/27/11) www.4shared.com/document/dHMLvcjE/Agate_Index_Vol_8.htmlVol 9: Oregon (Warning 20 MB) www.4shared.com/document/-CARc_SR/Agate_Index_Vol_9.htmlRead more: forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/index.cgi?board=ccabs&action=display&thread=39253#ixzz1NfbizdIfThank you all for your interest, your feedback, and your support, Lowell and Mel
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Post by elementary on May 28, 2011 13:17:02 GMT -5
The American Agate/Jasper Index: California is done! As always - FREE!!!! A million thank- you's for all those who gave permission for us to use their images. And thank you all for being patient for this thing to be done. (A big thank you to Tom Wolfe for access to his photos : If you ever meet him or his son, you will be in great company. Steven is among the best Pet Wood species ID people around and gives talks and seminars on the subject (next one in Orange County in June). Even on their website, he provides closeups of the grain patterns of the wood he sells.) Due to the length and file size of the Index, it has been split into two parts - first one covers agates and the second covers jaspers and fossil material. Volume A: California Agates 73 pages of material - 24 MB (Large File) www.4shared.com/document/WNYHkbHj/Agate_Index_Vol_10A_California.html(Note - there is a glitch that prevents the cover of Volume A from showing up on the download screen. You can still download the volume by hitting the BLUE BUTTON, then waiting a few seconds for the system to load, then hit the download link.) Volume B: California Jaspers and Fossil Material 59 pages of material - 15 MB www.4shared.com/document/WoKMEnIo/Agate_Index_Vol_10B_California.htmlTo download a file, click on the desired link and then click on the BLUE download box. Wait about 10 seconds and a prompt will then appear to download the file. Click on it and it will load. {{Regarding the quality of some of the photos, I apologize. I will be working on getting some better photos of my material when I redo these files. Also, Bob Rush provided some great photos of jade material, but I set them aside and will add them when I do a 2nd edition in the future. Others also submitted material for the index that I didn't use. I still have the images and hopefully will include some later.}} What does the future hold? I want an overall index of the material covered by this project so people can quickly match names and locations for material with volume numbers. Also, Bob Rush suggested a while back if we could put together a visual glossary of agate/jasper terms, and that will be included with the overall index. Call this Volume 0. I have also talked with Mel about what I want to do next - which is now create several supplemental volumes that take the previously posted material and gather it together not by location but by type. This will ease hunting identifications when you know the type of material but not the location. Volume 11: Agate Nodules and Thundereggs will include all previously posted material, with new photographs, along with a peripheral section that provides images of international material - such as Mexican, Australian, and S. American material. If you want to provide permission for us to use your photos, just PM myself of goto the thread in the Material ID section title Agate/Jasper Index: Nodules and add your image there. Later volumes will focus on various subsets such as plume/moss material, fossil material, scenic jasper, etc. I also plan to redo the organization of several indexes covering the material from the middle of the United States. From Texas to the Great Lakes, the arrangement of indexes will change with states shifting from one volume to another. (I also realized that somehow, horror of horrors, I completely left out Lake Superior Agates from the Index completely.) Finally - I want to restate that this project is ongoing and continuous. Both Mel and I envisioned a project that hopefully will live as long as us and hopefully longer. As we receive more material, and people allow us to use their photos, the index can only improve and grow. ________________ Here are the Previous Volumes along with a link to the main page. Here you can also find the Artists of Agates Portfolios: Volume 1: Utah and Colorado {2nd ed} (warning - 16 MB) www.4shared.com/document/mNXTQALM/Agate_Index_Vol_1__2nd_ed_.htmlVol 2:Wyoming and Montana www.4shared.com/file/224404408/51585e57/Agate_Index_Vol_2.htmlVol 3:Idaho and Washington www.4shared.com/file/229956030/cc07189f/Agate_Index_Vol_3.htmlVol 4:South Dakota, Nebraska, and Oklahoma www.4shared.com/file/242786005/91b2476f/Agate_Index_Vol_4.htmlVol 5: Texas www.4shared.com/document/oCLei3tU/Agate_Index_Vol_5.htmlVol 6: The South - Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri (Link repaired 1/28/11) www.4shared.com/document/HMT_XBh1/Agate_Index_Vol_6.htmlVol 7: Arizona (Warning 16 MB) www.4shared.com/document/XplaNpW1/Agate_Index_Vol_7.htmlVolume 8 - New Mexico & Nevada (link repaired 1/27/11) www.4shared.com/document/dHMLvcjE/Agate_Index_Vol_8.htmlVol 9: Oregon (Warning 20 MB) www.4shared.com/document/-CARc_SR/Agate_Index_Vol_9.htmlRead more: forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/index.cgi?board=ccabs&action=display&thread=39253#ixzz1NfbizdIfThank you all for your interest, your feedback, and your support, Lowell and Mel
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Post by elementary on May 24, 2011 18:46:10 GMT -5
Hey!
That unknown egg looks to be a classic Baker Egg from Deming, New Mexico.
The color and bubbly exterior is a perfect match.
Lowell
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Post by elementary on May 14, 2011 19:57:57 GMT -5
Snakes have always fascinated me. Great find. Beautiful animal.
I'm glad you found a home for him.
A few years ago I saw some young guy on a bike carrying one (gopher?) that was about 3 feet long. He was coming from the bikepath and I just cringed at what ultimately was going to happen to the animal. When I talk to my students about animals they find out camping or driving around, the end result is rarely a positive one.
Becca (who's now 5) loves animals, even the ones I tend to cringe from (not a fan of touching tarantulas, though they are fascinating). At a recent event, she had the opportunity to have one of those hairy monstrosities crawl over her hand and she did great - even forced myself to follow suit just so my lil daughter didn't look braver than her dad... I'm trying to teach her to know what to watch out for though, like black widows, as I just killed one the other day and I don't want her curiosity to lead to a horrible accident.
Still, it's great to have her more interested in these things than repulsed by them.
Hope all is well,
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Apr 30, 2011 11:25:56 GMT -5
Oh great guru of avian plumage and great wingspan:
I am creating a game for my 6th grade class.
Which is more fun for kids to use? A spinner or a pair of dice?
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Post by elementary on Apr 30, 2011 11:04:01 GMT -5
Looks like seaweed being pushed by the tide...
But that's a good thing!
Always love seeing what comes from your workshop of wonders.
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Apr 27, 2011 1:02:53 GMT -5
I put together Rock Boxes for my club to sell at silent auctions. They vary in focus. This one is a selection of nodules from across the world. I start them at $40 and they go up a lil bit. The box: A Botswana agate (Africa): A mozambique agate (Africa): Agate Creek Nodule (Australia): Condor Agate (Argentina) and Chihuahuan Agate (Mexico): Dryhead (Montana) - Left and Hills Agate (South Dakota) - right: Lake Superior Agate (Minnesota): Marfa Black and White Agate (Texas): Woodward Ranch Plume (Texas): Hauser Bed T-egg (California) upper left - Turtle Mountain Sagenite (California) upper right - Corn Field Sagenite Nodule (California) Northern Cady Mountain Nodule (California): Baker Egg, Deming (New Mexico): Mississippi River Agate (Louisiana): The large piece in the upper left of the box is a nodule from the Owlshead Mountains, Death Valley (California). I polished all the pieces but the Mississippi River agate. I received it from John (Thunder69). The Hills Agate came from Roger. The Laker came from either Marie or NDK (Nate). Mel provided the Dryhead, Owlshead, Woodward Ranch, and Marfa agates. Hauser Bed, Corn Field, Turtle Mountains, and Cady Mountain agates are self-collected. The Baker and Chihuahuan were estate sales. The Agate Creek, Condor, and Botswana were purchased from dealers. The Mozambique was given to me by another collector. Thank you for looking, Lowell
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Post by elementary on Apr 22, 2011 14:23:56 GMT -5
I just got my procrastinating a** to the post office and got my box of to Haleydream.
I sent a message and apologized. Hopefully what I put in will make up for the delay. Some mixed mexican nodules, a couple pieces of fire agate, a piece of bruneau, I think some Queensland pieces, and one or two other things. I put them in so long ago I don't remember...
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Post by elementary on Apr 20, 2011 19:18:31 GMT -5
Displayed at the Conejo Gem and Mineral show up in Thousand Oaks (CA) this past weekend. Had a great time and picked up a few batches of rocks. First: Purchased two specimens and some rough from the Condor Agate lady from Argentina who was selling there. Condor (bottom) and Puma (top) The rough - I picked out mostly pieces that had corners knocked off so I could see the patterns. I am looking forward to seeing what comes of these. Another dealer (Wolfe Minerals) had recently purchased a collection from a New Mexico man's estate. Nothing was labeled at the estate so they aren't id'ed. (ERRRRRRR). But they were selling the man's polished pieces for $1 each. I nabbed 1 full flat for $50. Mostly I wanted it for my students, but them I started going through it. Here's the haul - the 1/2 emptied flat + others I set out: Now, I don't know where these pieces are from. I have suspicions - but if you have a familiarity with material from NM, TX, and AZ, I'd appreciate any heads up you can give me. Black agate: White nodules: back side Odd Thunderegg with colorful interior: Sagenite: Other misc pieces from the flat: Needles Blue: And finally, a member of the Conejo Club who likes the Agate Indexes gave me a bucket of misc African and other agate for me to play with. Here's the bucket minus the material I took out to tumble or face polish. Most of it is not top quality but I don't scoff at free and he said he has more he's willing to let me go through. Sat night I polished two pieces for his silent auction and he and his wife were happily surprised and restated their offer.) Anybody ID this stuff - alotta quartz, but there's enough here for a sample: As stated, I had a great time and spent a lil too much money on the Argentine stuff. Thanks for lookin' Lowell
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Post by elementary on Apr 18, 2011 16:12:51 GMT -5
Dan Heuer's 2nd portfolio: The Lapidary Alphabet, is available.
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Post by elementary on Apr 18, 2011 16:07:17 GMT -5
Dan Heuer (highplainsdrifter) as you all know, is an excellent craftsman when it comes to lapidary work. I put together his first portfolio ( Rare Earths which can be found in the Agate Index listing above) to highlight the scenic material he does so well. This 2nd portfolio came about because, as I went through his history, I was bowled over by the huge diversity of material he has worked with (including quite a lot of rare material), and the amazing shapes and shine he produces. This variety of material led to the title of Volume 2: A Lapidary Alphabet. This is the largest portfolio to date, over 15 MB in size, and 110 pages of material. Even at this size, I had to leave out many samples of his work. The book includes some of his jewelry, intarsia, and experiments with polish. Please remember to use the blue download button. I hope you enjoy this portfolio of a master of the lapidary arts. www.4shared.com/document/ksxjYApK/Portfolio_-_Dan_Heuer_2nd_Book.htmlThank you, Lowell P.S. Regarding the Agate Index: California volume, I have gained a few more submissions that I need to edit and add, which has led to a short delay. I wanted to get something out, though, and finished Dan's 2nd portfolio.
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Post by elementary on Apr 18, 2011 15:46:58 GMT -5
I like huntin' here in SoCal but man oh man you make me long for a road trip...
Great find.
I'm quite green right now...
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Apr 12, 2011 11:10:40 GMT -5
Got the box. Opened the box. My daughter grabbed a crystal, a piece of tiger eye, and the purple sagenite. I grabbed the barite nodules, a slab or two (some have broken), and a large piece of agate (no clue to its origin.)
I'll have it restocked and sent out - hopefully tomorrow.
Lowell
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