carloscinco
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Post by carloscinco on Aug 7, 2011 11:22:12 GMT -5
I finish my coarsely ground rocks in 3# lortone barrels so it takes a little planning to tumble the larger stuff. This is a batch of these larger rocks. All collected in Zapata county except for the crazy lace. First, the volunteers comprised of a variety of sizes and shapes to help keep everything moving: Some type of root, front and back: Agate, front and back. I have the other half of this in another barrel due to be ready in about a week: Agate nodule front and back: Jasper: The last of this agate: Jasper front and back: Jasper, you can see the hematite in the top half: Moss Agate: Jasper: A couple of Crazy Lacers from a chunk I've been chipping at for a couple of years: This was a surprise to me, what I thought was green jasper turned out to be a green densely mossed agate: Thanks for looking!
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Post by tntmom on Aug 7, 2011 11:53:04 GMT -5
Wow! What a nice batch!!! Zapata county sure has wonderful material. Love all the patterns in those agates and that green moss is awesome!
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snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Aug 7, 2011 11:55:52 GMT -5
Yep,Carlos that is some excellent found material.Cant order that kind of material,always a surprise.Great stuff.
snuffy
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Post by gr on Aug 7, 2011 13:41:40 GMT -5
Hey Carlos, great batch! The green moss WOW! Good pics too! I have a question - 4th pic from bottom, under the yellow moss, are you sure that is a jasper? of course I don't have it in my hand but, that looks more agate to me than jasper. Just courious.
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carloscinco
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Post by carloscinco on Aug 7, 2011 14:27:29 GMT -5
It's jasper. It's completely opaque.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 7, 2011 15:38:58 GMT -5
Love seeing your tumble batches Carlos! That green moss looks like it could have come straight from Needle Peak.....Mel
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Post by tanyafrench on Aug 7, 2011 16:01:06 GMT -5
Wow Carlos, you have some beauties there. Love that Jasper with the green orange and reddish colors. And that green moss and the yellow moss are all wonderful. Great finds.
Tanya
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88pathoffroad
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Post by 88pathoffroad on Aug 8, 2011 13:06:34 GMT -5
Nice pieces, great pictures! Thanks for sharing.
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blr2449
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Post by blr2449 on Aug 8, 2011 17:56:26 GMT -5
Wow! Some real beautiful specimens. I'm partial to the Crazy Lace. :-)
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Post by rockrookie on Aug 8, 2011 20:37:05 GMT -5
Nice batch , Carlos !! --paul
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Post by tandl on Aug 9, 2011 12:37:30 GMT -5
Awesome stones !!!
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Aug 9, 2011 12:44:58 GMT -5
Wow, what a nice batch of rock!
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Aug 9, 2011 14:45:43 GMT -5
Nicely tumbled and some wildly impressive material! -Don
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karock
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Post by karock on Aug 10, 2011 23:42:53 GMT -5
Very very nice. Eye candy for sure. Love the posts with variety like these. Karock
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