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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jun 17, 2012 23:50:51 GMT -5
My first "slabs for today" post! Cut a few recent finds in the club's saws today (feels so decadent to hog up two big saws at once). First, some so so agate from my first trip to Last Chance Canyon: Pretty boring. Don't think I'll slab any more of that, but won't trash it right away. The rock is huge. Second, some fairly nice dried cranberry rock from a different location at Last Chance Canyon. This is more agatized than I thought it was going to be. Holds together nicely, we'll see how it cabs. 3 bad fractures limit the cabbing potential of this slab, maybe 2 or 3 more slabs left in the mother rock. I think I"m going to try the Epoxy 330 treatment on the voids. Third, a rock from an estate sale on Saturday. I have no clue what this is, anybody know? All the rocks at the sale were hounded, not imported, so it's likely something domestic. It's really gorgeous as a slab, but I just don't see how I could cab it and get anything nearly as pretty as the slabs are. And the pattern is too big for anything but maybe a belt buckle. Hrm. I guess I'll "collect" it for the time being, but I'm not into displaying slabs. Hard to see from the pics but the inner portion has pinks and purples.
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Post by elementary on Jun 17, 2012 23:56:33 GMT -5
Your last rock looks like Chapinite - it's a brecciated jasper that's found in three locations.
Siam Siding off the old 66
Fort Irwin
Castle Butte.
Yours could be Siam Siding. Oh, and it's a beautiful piece!
Let me hunt some photos.
Lowell
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Post by helens on Jun 17, 2012 23:57:51 GMT -5
Ooh! Whatever it is, I think it's awesome! I love pink and orange rocks!! Your dried cranberry slabs are pretty wild too, that's a great description, because the photo definitely looks like a piece of bread... but what comes to my mind was a slice of Pepperidge Farm Cinnamon and Raisin Swirl. Heck, if not for the crack, you probably couldn't tell the difference!!!
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Post by elementary on Jun 18, 2012 0:00:16 GMT -5
Here we go. I posted these a while back: These are Siam Siding pieces. Hope that helps, Lowell
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jun 18, 2012 0:03:20 GMT -5
Hi Lowell, thanks! It totally looks just like that, must be it. Location (local) makes sense too. Thanks!
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Post by elementary on Jun 18, 2012 0:10:13 GMT -5
You're welcome!
Regarding the Last Chance Canyon material you're not too hot on...turn the slab verticle and think to yourself....red lightning cabs... Left to right red lines may not be dramatic, but think up 'n down and storms...
(All rocks, like people, need to be given a chance...especially from Last Chance...) ....booo hisssss.....
I'm going now,
Lowell
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jun 18, 2012 0:14:30 GMT -5
Well, Ok, I'll put it on my desk at work and gaze at it awhile and see what strikes me. :-) Every rock gets a chance!
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Post by rockingthenorth on Jun 18, 2012 1:03:38 GMT -5
Wowthey are saweet
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Post by zarguy on Jun 20, 2012 1:19:00 GMT -5
That Siam Siding jasper is wonderful. I've never seen or heard of it before. Now I want to hunt for some.
Lowell, can you give more info on the location?
Lynn
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jun 20, 2012 2:19:09 GMT -5
Yeah I think a RTH hounding trip to Siam Siding is in order for sure!
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Jun 20, 2012 6:25:41 GMT -5
Love the Siam Siding, the second one is very nice & Lowell is right about the first one! What you see sometimes as just the slab can take on some very nice characteristics once it's cabbed! Sooooo don't give up on it! So funny, what Lowell said!!!!!!
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 21, 2012 19:12:29 GMT -5
That Chapenite is beautiful. I have a slab, don't know from what location, though. It's gorgeous like this one.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jun 21, 2012 19:19:12 GMT -5
I made a preform or two from the ugly duckling and the cranberry. The cranberry it turns out, when you look at it really close, the cranberries are clear agate with reddish moss. And the greenish blobs are sort of a chartreuse moss. Looks outstanding from about 2 centimeters away. Is there a way to make a magnifying clear cap for a cab??? :-)
Will post the cabs when I grind them.
I too like the Chapenite best! Will make some preforms from those slabs and store the rest of it away for somebody to find at the estate sale they'll have to have when *I* die.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2012 20:50:24 GMT -5
The slab that is laying flat on the concrete has an up side down baby duck face with a beanie on his head. She seems to have her short sleeved shirt on up side down also because it is right side up. I can tell it is a girl duck because boy ducks do not wear their shirt up side down. Just kidding, it is because it looks like she has a ribbon tied around her neck. Jim
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jun 21, 2012 20:59:53 GMT -5
Uh huuuhhhhhh . . . lol. I don't see no ducky! Well, I guess i see the face but not the t-shirt.
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Post by elementary on Jun 21, 2012 22:38:33 GMT -5
Zarguy - and all else - regarding the Siam Siding.
All the material that I posted was found by the field trip guide for our club - and this material was found just 18 months ago. The stuff is still out there. You just need to dig and be persistent. I haven't been out there myself - it's just outside my easy one day drive. BTW He and I are heading out for a two day hunt next Monday and Tuesday but not going to Siam (it's my post school end get away from the world and disappear into the wilderness vision quest journey...) Hunt mornings and hang out at Diamond Pacific in the early afternoon... (My wife thinks I'm crazy...) Trip's Goal: Purple agate...and hill wandering...
My next trip out - I'll let people know about, if interested. It's just HOT right now, so Siam would be a little brutal. I'll get basic directions there, but its 4x4 with much sand, if I remember the stories right...and not a place to go alone (and I go a lot of places alone...- but not there - too far out and too many variables to get you stranded...)
Anyway I'll let people know the next hunt after that.
Looking forward to seeing your finished products, Bluesky (which for some reason I've been reading as BlueSki (BlueSkee) which sounds like sad Russian Songs... (Man, I need that vision quest..)
Lowell
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Post by tandl on Jun 22, 2012 3:55:16 GMT -5
All cool , i like the chapinite best
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2012 7:40:46 GMT -5
It's not a T-shirt silly. It is a button down open to the waist. lol The ducky was a hard call. More like a duck with large lips. Jim
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Post by deedolce on Jun 22, 2012 17:17:23 GMT -5
Yep, that Chapenite is sweet! I see lots of cab possibilities in that! I would LOVE to start going on some RTH CA field trips, lol. What's between SoCal and Norcal??
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jun 22, 2012 18:50:13 GMT -5
Dee, Central Cal! Clear Creek, Prohibition Hills, Jade Cove, BlueG's mine, Stone Canyon, Jalama Beach, bunch of stuff around there. I don't know any details on how to get to any of those though, or whether they're open or what. There's that shark tooth digging place in bakersfield (hey, it would be fun to do it once), Mariposite must come from somewhere around you, there's a bunch of stuff around Tahoe I think, apache tears around Mono Lake somewhere, and the Mammoth "City Concierge" has a big list of rockhound locations which aren't in the books. Who knows if they're really any good, but lots of possibilities. Cerro Gordo near Lone Pine, etc.
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