elementary
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Post by elementary on Jul 13, 2013 20:56:22 GMT -5
I got up this morning, started putting together the boxes of cr*p boxes I needed to finish up, when the phone rang. It was a heads up on the local sale here in Ventura of an old-time member from our club. So I set aside those boxes and headed over to the sale. The backyard was stacked with tables of misc california stuff. Much of this stuff was self-collected but was from all throughout the southwest. What was nice about the wood was that much of it was labeled, which is often rare at these events. $1 a pound for rough. $4 if it had been cut. I purchased a pile of chapinite, a small pile of wood for the Index (yes - I'm still working on the latest volume and it should be out in two weeks -really..), some reddish fire agate(?), and one or two misc. pieces. Oh - and a maybe Fairburn.... Chapinite - Rainbow Ridge Reddish Chalcedony Whalebone Cut Wood Misc Wood Pieces Scale: And the Fairburn? (it cost $5 so if it isn't, well, I'm not out much...) (Ah....meant for this to be in members section.....well, I ain't changing it now.....) Thanks for looking (and any comments on the mystery stone?) Lowell
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 13, 2013 22:11:38 GMT -5
Possibly a Fairburn, but something just doesn't look right about it. Namely the center on the eye.
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sdgoldpanner
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Post by sdgoldpanner on Jul 14, 2013 13:00:04 GMT -5
I think you are right Don. Just don't have the looks of a Fairburn, in more ways than one.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 14, 2013 13:04:29 GMT -5
Also, some of the bands seem to vary in width. What can be seen of the matrix looks right though.
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elementary
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Post by elementary on Jul 14, 2013 13:37:27 GMT -5
Thanks for the feedback.
For $5 it was worth the risk.
What impressed me was the tumbled look and the way the banding encompassed the stone.
What I didn't like was that it is translucent. I've not had that much experience looking at Fairburns other than photographs, but they seemed to be opaque (tho educate me to any fallacy in my thinking.)
Again, finding a solitary stone in a collection out in california seemed odd, but it does have a whiteout label with an inventory number, which seemed to indicate that this stone was of higher importance than other items there. The problem is that the estate sellers didn't find the catalog or tossed it, as they were hired to just move the collection, and I would imagine they would see such material as expendable.
I'm going back in two weeks to pick up the woman's slide collection as it may have photos from her field trips in the 60's, and I don't want that material to vanish into nothingness. Maybe they'll be able to provide the index then.
Thanks for looking and giving me your opinion.
Lowell
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panamark
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Post by panamark on Jul 14, 2013 19:50:23 GMT -5
Oh, to be rockhounding in the 60's . Those slides might be really interesting -- if the color hasn't faded too bad. Thx for sharing.
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Post by Pat on Jul 14, 2013 21:41:55 GMT -5
When you mentioned that cute stone might be a Fairburn, I thought I was really developing a big liking for Fairburns. I would think the translucency would be a plus, not a minus.
Anyhow, nice collection, especially the mystery stone.
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elementary
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Post by elementary on Jul 14, 2013 23:10:41 GMT -5
Pat,
What I meant by not liking the translucency could be equated to a detective 'not liking' a suspect because he doesn't match the description exactly.
I love the stone - even if it isn't a Fairburn, but it is a detail that - to my limited fairburn knowledge - doesn't exactly match.
It's a little mystery, and mysteries are fun (but I like them best when they are finally solved.)
Anyhow, I hope that makes sense. (and Fairburns are gorgeous creatures - of which I don't own a sample as of yet.)
Lowell
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sdgoldpanner
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Post by sdgoldpanner on Jul 16, 2013 1:16:46 GMT -5
That translucent, another reason it is a Fairburn Fail. Yours specimen is quite impressive, no doubt about it.
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Post by Pat on Jul 16, 2013 9:33:03 GMT -5
Lowell, yes, makes sense. Someday we will both own a lovely Fairburn.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 16, 2013 14:14:57 GMT -5
Bob - sdgoldpanner can give you much more info on Fairburns than I can. He lives right in Fairburn country. If you ever find yourself headed towards S.W. South Dakota, give him a shout. If time permits, he'll take you out to one of his favorite hunting areas. I've been out with him and a small group of friends, and had a blast.
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Post by bobby1 on Jul 16, 2013 23:12:55 GMT -5
The Fairburn looks like flowering tube Agate. That Chapenite looks super! Bob
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Post by bobby1 on Jul 16, 2013 23:14:31 GMT -5
OOPS! Flowering Tube Onyx. Bob
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 23, 2013 10:16:18 GMT -5
Any rock is worth the $$,you did great on the buys...Either way on that agate,its super cool and worth the $5,00!!!!I like the whale bone and petwood alot...Thumbs up!
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