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Post by jakesrocks on Feb 23, 2012 23:19:34 GMT -5
Don't think the first 2 are Fairburns. Something about the fortifications just doesn't look right. Possibly some very nice TeePee's or other hills agates. A lot of the rock shops will sell hills agates to tourists, and tell them they're Fairburns.
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Post by helens on Feb 24, 2012 2:10:19 GMT -5
How do you tell the difference between Fairburns and hill agates, jakesrocks? Thanks:).
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Post by elementary on Feb 24, 2012 3:30:22 GMT -5
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 24, 2012 9:52:14 GMT -5
yeah, I'm thinking Mississippi River Agates on those too (also called Crowley Ridge Agate where they originate in Missouri). That last agate is super. Matrix part looks a bit like an Agua Nueva but the color is extraordinary. Whatever it is it's awesome....Mel
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Post by Hard Rock Cafe on Feb 24, 2012 13:31:38 GMT -5
I was going to say Prairie Agate. They look like South Dakota material to me. Fairburns have a very distinctive angular or ivy pattern in the banding and the banding is tight. The third one has more potential to be a Fairburn than the other two. fairburnsuperagate.com/The Crowley Ridge agates I've seen have been much more dull in color. Chuck
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 24, 2012 13:42:23 GMT -5
Those look like Mississippi River Agates,I have a few like that.............Either way you have some nice spieces!
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Post by jakesrocks on Feb 24, 2012 13:44:01 GMT -5
How do you tell the difference between Fairburns and hill agates, jakesrocks? Thanks:). Fairburn banding is very even in width from band to band, and each band almost exactly follows the shape of the previous band. There are exceptions, but someone who knows fairburns would have to examine them personally. On the first I'd say no. The colors and banding are wrong. On the second, the colors are right, depending on which part of the grasslands it was collected from, but without seeing it myself, I can't say for sure that it's a Fairburn.
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Post by helens on Feb 24, 2012 15:07:04 GMT -5
Thanks Jake, and everyone else, I learn a bit more every day. I had noticed that Fairburn colors and lines seemed more vivid and distinct. But I didn't know if that was how you could tell the difference.
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Post by unclestu on Feb 24, 2012 19:29:34 GMT -5
Those yellow ones are really nice Stu
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Post by SteveHolmes on Feb 25, 2012 19:19:32 GMT -5
Thanks you Guys! I was thinking more along the Mississippi Agates myself. I have a few more I will get around to posting eventually. Steve
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