jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 8, 2013 21:14:21 GMT -5
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rockingthenorth
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Post by rockingthenorth on Feb 8, 2013 21:18:14 GMT -5
Wow the first one is AWESOME !!!!! I have never seen that before..are the others coral.
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Post by Pat on Feb 8, 2013 21:20:45 GMT -5
I have never seen anything like the first three photos. Truly neat.
What do you do with all these corals etc that you tumble?
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 8, 2013 21:25:21 GMT -5
Yes Tammy.They are all tiny corals.More likely,large corals that were crushed into small pieces and then silicified.The small ones are only found where conditions are favorable for crushing(rare geological situation).Many color variations/combinations. The hollow one will not be easy to reproduce. Thanks for noticing
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 8, 2013 21:42:46 GMT -5
During the winter off season i am hoping to head out west and sell them at rock shows to gullible Californians, Pat:> Will do some mixed metal jewelry out of them.Will try to sell on internet.Local festivals in big Atlanta town.Trying to create a 3 dimensional cab....Rock shows sounds like fun.And i want to spend time out west.Maybe i can sell all forms of my coral out there.Also fossil shows.And the artifact shows in the south,cause they love coral for knapping and the authentic artifacts made out of coral.If none of that pans out i love to make them as a hobby.Gave 3 pounds of tumbled coral to my junk yard man today for his grand kids.He sold me 100 pounds of 36 and 60 grit grinding wheels for $20.It is mandatory that i butter him up!Always trading or saving money on gifts. Sorry,didn't mean to ramble
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carloscinco
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Post by carloscinco on Feb 9, 2013 5:58:23 GMT -5
It's always pleasure to peruse yore pickin's. Those tiny coral chips encased in silica are really special.
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tkvancil
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Post by tkvancil on Feb 9, 2013 7:51:12 GMT -5
Wish we had stuff like that here in the flat lands. The black,red,white ones are my favorites.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2013 8:42:42 GMT -5
You are not going to have many to sell if you keep trading it all to me. lol Not complaining though. I have a few that I want to experiment with a glue bail and clear lacquer. Well that is one of many experiments I have in my head. Really great stuff and I think it will be fun to work. Jim
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 9, 2013 9:42:33 GMT -5
Gotta give you something to do Jim other than hiking up and down those Everest size mountains every day.The small corals are a recent discovery after years of hunting coral.And the quality of the coral in any given section of that river is determined by the indians.I will stop and sift at shoals until i get a about a pound of high speed chips(thin chips struck off at high speed in projectile manufacture).Put them in a bag and remember/record what stretch of the river.If they are pretty materials i will coral hunt there.I can never find coral as pretty as the materials the indians used to make their tools.Son of guns whip me everytime! The river was too low creating a nasty shoal preventing me from going upstream to an area where i found these chips over 10 years ago.This section of the river is 30 miles upstream from where these corals came from.Will have to wait for higher water.The creeks coming into the from the west cut thru massive ancient coral reefs.Many of the coral heads were over 4 feet in diameter.These are the chips i recovered up that section of the river.Probably the best i have ever sampled and their colors will heat treat to some wild color to increase the variety
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n8hounder
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Post by n8hounder on Feb 12, 2013 7:25:09 GMT -5
Really cool hobby james... I like the idea of you find you live in a land of few stones so you found the next best thing. And it has unique qualities all it's own.. I never knew it was as colorful and interesting as it is. I'm used to grayish fossil reefs that are around the front edge of the Rockies...
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 12, 2013 11:07:39 GMT -5
It is OC n8.B Polar OCD.LOL
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n8hounder
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Post by n8hounder on Feb 12, 2013 17:49:35 GMT -5
LOL ... ditto to a degree, toss in a bit of GAD and that's me..
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