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Post by elementary on Feb 1, 2011 19:56:07 GMT -5
I'm hoping to get the box back out by Thursday. Man, that think is like a puzzle box. Once you the items out, they do not go back in the same way again!!!!
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Post by elementary on Feb 1, 2011 19:52:07 GMT -5
Ho boy!!!! You got yourself a nice batch out there!!! I can't wait to get my huntin' pal back from AZ so I can head on back into the desert.
Love the Cady's.
My club is having a field trip out to this site hopefully in March.
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Jan 30, 2011 23:38:02 GMT -5
That's really eye-catching.
Great job!
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Post by elementary on Jan 30, 2011 18:29:33 GMT -5
Might also be a travertine, that is not hard at all and would gum up a dremel and cut like butter.
Where'd it come from?
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Post by elementary on Jan 30, 2011 11:12:18 GMT -5
I don't always do public thank you's for trades and receipts. I'm just wondering. Are you expected to do public thank you's or are private IM's okay? I'm looking for the proper etiquette here and want to make sure I'm doing the right thing. Anyways - here's one to Mel, who as you know, used to roam about my part of the country and be in the local Ventura club. His tumbles are legendary (as they should be) and he offered some up to the club (as well as my classroom students). His box arrived last week and when my club members looked in, those who have been around a few years and remember the material Mel brought in, nodded their head as they saw the shine and said "Yep, that's Mel's. You can always tell Mel's material." So Mel, thank you from me and the crew back here. I did have to slap a few hands to keep the contents from disappearing. (I let 3 polished stones go to the children present at our meeting.) As for Jo (Naturenut), a while back I asked if I could use some of her Pics of Red Souix quartzite for the Agate Index. She said yes, and then a couple months later a box arrived on my doorstep (which my daughter proceeded to hide from me saying "No rocks until you play with me," which sounded slightly blackmailish, but I agreed to. Inside the box - which I finally got - was a nice selection of the Red Souix material (And I bet I'm spelling Souix wrong but I am not looking it up right now this morning)... So thank you Jo! It was a most kind thing you did! Lowell
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Post by elementary on Jan 29, 2011 23:03:25 GMT -5
Found it!!!!
In Agates II by Zenz, page 204, there is a picture of 'jasp-agate' that is almost exactly the same.
It says that the piece comes from Eagle Rock, near Prineville, Oregon.
Anybody else with the book, can you verify what I am seeing?
(And may I use your photo in the Agate Index for Oregon?)
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Jan 29, 2011 20:00:01 GMT -5
Where was your grandfather's estate located?
Did he self-collect mostly or was he a dealer gathering material from a great many sources?
General location might bring a clue.
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Jan 29, 2011 19:57:00 GMT -5
I can't say for sure - OREGON sure has a pile of thunderegg sites - with the green - I thought maybe killer green eggs, but those don't show that banding/layering in the matrix that your specimen possesses. but there are two places to do research. First is Dwarves' Earth Treasures - which is the first place I go for any ID of agate nodule/geode material that I don't know. It is an excellent site. Again, it is hit and miss. OR and NM are very well covered, but CA is barely touched. Here is the t-egg overview: www.sailorenergy.net/Minerals/DwarvesETAgatesEggsThunderEggs.htmlThe second is a site I just stumbled across last night. It goes through worldwide locations and provides pictures of material. It's hit and miss for the most part - as California doesn't have a single entry - but Oregon t-egg sites are plentiful. See below link: www.mineralworld.de/html/oregon_engl.htmlGood luck! Lowell
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Post by elementary on Jan 29, 2011 13:41:39 GMT -5
Don,
What's funny is that I've been thinking about doing sections across Southern California, so you beat me to the punch.
I've been thinking about doing one of the I-15 from Victorville through the state line. Another would be I-40 from Barstow to Needles (which - as you said - is full of locations) but I really like the idea about using Rt 66 as a name rather than the I-40. Another one would be from the Acton (just north of L.A.) up through Mojave and then along north of Edwards AFB touching on Castle Buttle, Kramer Junction, etc.
These are quite a ways into the future as I don't have as much in the way of photographs of the locations like I do Wiley Well, and some of my material from these places is sketchy at best - (I have nothing from Opal/Black Mountain for example). But I think these places cry out for a visual tour of both the material and the physical locations. The one thing they won't be is a "Dig Here" guide, as Dig Here guides, as I said before, are usually only good for the 1st couple people who dig there.
Thanks for the interest! It's nice to know people are interested in these booklets I seem to be driven to put out!
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Jan 29, 2011 13:22:09 GMT -5
Link to Volume 6 fixed and it should be uploadable.
Thanks for the heads up!
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Post by elementary on Jan 29, 2011 4:55:17 GMT -5
Bob Rush Portfolio added to downloadable book list.
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Post by elementary on Jan 29, 2011 4:46:49 GMT -5
Okay okay, I've got too many projects going (AgateIndex10: California and A Collector's Guide to the Wiley Well Region) but I felt the need to churn out something new as I don't think I have put out a booklet since July... So I gathered Bob Rush's (bobby1) material - he gave permission a while back - and put together his portfolio. I hope you enjoy going through it. The portfolio is over 50 pages of material Bob has shared over the past three years, including several pieces of advice he has passed along. There are several sections: basic cabs, obsidian, complex cabs, montana, 'big ones', and a long section of Brazilians. The 'lessons' focus on everything from fast polishing techniques to making obsidian bowls. I've always been amazed at what he posts and his work deserves a centralized place where it can be marveled at. Enough talk - here's the portfolio: Brazilians and Other Oversized Creations (black background) www.4shared.com/document/YsUyjeo7/Portfolio_-_Bob_Rush__Black_Ba.htmlWhite Background www.4shared.com/document/aLwYjIeB/Portfolio_-_Bob_Rush__White_Ba.html(Please note the only difference between the two versions is the color scheme...) REMEMBER TO HIT THE BLUE DOWNLOAD BUTTON AND FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. Thank you, Lowell
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Post by elementary on Jan 28, 2011 10:24:14 GMT -5
I got the box.
The box is got.
There is a lot in the box I got.
I never would have thought that a tot could ever put this lot in the box I got.
They must have fought.
Now I must choose the goods so I peruse. But the goods I choose while I peruse are so diverse I have the blues.
Happy day!
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Jan 28, 2011 10:15:48 GMT -5
Sherri,
I'm up for round two if there is room. It's fascinating to see the accumulation of material from so many people and places that this board touches and most of whom I'll probably never meet directly. And the smell coming from the box was something I wasn't expecting. With all that leather in there, and earthy materials, and being packaged shut for a couple days through cold and warm, it's gathered it's own smell (not bad - just different) that was interesting to me. Normally rockhounds use eyes and ears and touch. Taste and smell are usually farther down the line or less distinctive.
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Jan 27, 2011 2:03:13 GMT -5
The book Desert Gem Trails has a good general map of the area (which is the one you see in the photo). There is also the book GPS Guide to the Wiley Well Region by Delmar Ross. It provides no maps but tons of GPS coordinates and milage numbers. see link: www.desertusa.com/web_cart/db/pages/5096b.htmlThere is also a great website for the Nuggetwranglers (gold hunters) that breaks down the Wiley Well area into 5 regions with topographic maps: www.nuggetwranglers.net/hauser_geode_beds.htmI hope this helps, Lowell
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Post by elementary on Jan 27, 2011 1:48:40 GMT -5
Excellent! Thanks Wyobrian and CallMeShane for letting me use the photos!!!
Much appreciated!
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Post by elementary on Jan 24, 2011 23:18:06 GMT -5
I think it's stromatolite. It looks similar to pieces from Delany's Rim Wyoming.
If it is, I need a few better pictures in the Agate Index (Vol 3) that shows the structure.
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Post by elementary on Jan 24, 2011 19:00:25 GMT -5
Received PM from Pebblepup and responded with address.
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Post by elementary on Jan 23, 2011 23:47:17 GMT -5
I thought you said it was tubey a laguna...
It looks like it always was a laguna... Shouldn't you label this "Already Laguna"
Man...people with English these days...I can't understand what they are saying half the time and the other half they can't understand me!
Looks great though, whatever it is...
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Jan 23, 2011 23:39:12 GMT -5
You know, I've been in many lines in my life: shopping lines, lines at Disneyland, traffic jams... I've been in many on-deck circles, been in a waiting room waiting for a child to be born, even waited for the perfect time to propose to my wife (took three days for the right moment to come along), but I never, ever, ever have waited this long for something...
Well, actually. That's not true... My daughter waited 9 months to be born. My engagement was 14 months. I graduated from a 4 year University in 5 years...(but with two majors and a minor... no not that kind of minor - that can get a person arrested. I minored in creative writing...)
So I guess I've waited before for some pretty important things... Will the payoff now equal the anticipation??? (Definitely if someone dropped in a copy of The Agates of Northern Mexico!)
I continue to wait and see!
Rip Van Winkle
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