elementary
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Post by elementary on Nov 21, 2012 15:58:16 GMT -5
I made a few last minute purchases at the Oxnard Gem and Mineral show last weekend. Just finished chronicling them and putting them away for future displays. Here's the bear canyon agate from Montana. I love the stuff. I bought this one for the fortification patterns on the end piece. The other was a lil baby piece I'll give away in class: A cheaper crater agate without some of the better colors - but a type I didn't have polished in my collection: Some petrified wood from Horse Canyon - samples for the Index: Three red horn coral from Utah I'm looking forward to polishing. Another sample I didn't have: A Moctezuma for my display case: A batch of cheap agates for prizes in my class: One from the batch above that my daughter snagged for her growing collection: Lastly, I have a friend who likes what I do for the kids, and both him and his wife are agate fiends. He has a pile of smaller rough in his backyard that he digs out from time to time and drops the bucket in my car when we meet at shows. Few of it is top end, but there are surprises to be found that make great specimens, and much is the perfect size for tumbling. This batch had Montana, Condor, Agate Creek, Chihuahua mixes, Mozambique, and others: Thanks for looking... Lowell
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Rockygibraltar
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Post by Rockygibraltar on Nov 22, 2012 0:08:43 GMT -5
They look beautiful. I can see so many nice cabs in them.
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Post by Woodyrock on Nov 22, 2012 2:29:11 GMT -5
Lowell: You might clean the limestone off one of Horn Corals with muriatic acid so your kids can it better.
Woody
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