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Post by adam on Jan 7, 2018 13:19:04 GMT -5
The lack of wire and the appearance of high durability is astounding.
Let's see more of em', eh.
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Post by adam on Jan 4, 2018 16:26:09 GMT -5
"pish posh in the wash" is what I like to say.
500 lbs of rock is questionable. Quite.
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Post by adam on Jan 4, 2018 8:57:50 GMT -5
What belongs on it, in what order? I'll start with Quartzsite and The Geode Kid Collection in Deming New Mexico. Quartzsite, Brenda AZ?, Deming, Wiley's Well and others, and Safford AZ rock sites. Northern Michigan would be next on the list, for lakers. mmmmm lakers.....
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Post by adam on Jan 1, 2018 15:13:14 GMT -5
I like your agate and the wood base is even cooler. Nice setup.
Keep rocking.
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Post by adam on Jan 1, 2018 8:15:52 GMT -5
8 degrees Fahrenheit and 94% humidity with a decent 1" layer of snow here in southern Kentucky.
RIP people in Minnesota and North Dakota.
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Post by adam on Jan 1, 2018 8:10:12 GMT -5
That would make a great looking cab. What he said. I like the soft white and baby blue colors. Kewlio. Nice thick slab too.
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Post by adam on Dec 28, 2017 8:56:18 GMT -5
I find it weird how Precambrian rocks can be found in Tennessee, but nowhere at the surface in Kentucky. meh.
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Post by adam on Dec 25, 2017 17:49:29 GMT -5
If you are boondocking it, hang out with orrum , drocknut and others. (Maybe us!) Campfires and related stories are fun things to do at night. Otherwise, stay in Blythe. Motel 6 is inexpensive and the bar and grill nearby is really quite good. ETA Learned today that the red cactus bar and grill is kaput. Thanks for the heads up susan! See you soon! Bluesky78987 Blythe is quite a good option. Not too far out of the way. Plenty of nice hounding spots down there. I wish I could go to Quartzsite... I'll settle for local events, for now.
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Post by adam on Dec 19, 2017 10:37:18 GMT -5
Hey Barclay, wish I could've went with ya! I am thinking always of traveling to that region again, but it hasn't happened yet.
Oh well.
That seam agate can come in a Mojave blue agate hue. Sometimes.
The rhyolite specimens are awesome, and I also like the chalcedony rose. Epic haul.
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Post by adam on Dec 16, 2017 10:44:12 GMT -5
Agatized horn coral, score. Decent size, mostly intact, ja. :-) Kewl.
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Post by adam on Dec 15, 2017 18:37:08 GMT -5
Any of you all familiar with rutile? I think I finally solved another trivial mineral mystery. Thought you guys might be interested? Awesome stuff? Nah? Maybe you're not a mineral junkie. Oh well. I tried. Photos: magicalrocksandminerals.tumblr.com/ 2nd photo down Location is from Imperial County, CA. Older find. Off topic: Thinking about joining the Kentucky Paleontology Society and Kentucky Geological Society. Something like that. Wish me luck. See ya around the forum.
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Post by adam on Dec 11, 2017 22:03:31 GMT -5
Ya'll got me drooling over granite now.
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Post by adam on Dec 11, 2017 18:35:32 GMT -5
Cut this yesterday - jasper plume agate with very unique colors. The best thing is its solid looking with very few cracks which is unusual for the HC I've cut so far. We'll see how it cabs... More like a super euphoric acid trip. I'm lovin it. Who knew Utah had nice plume agates. Not me...
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Post by adam on Dec 10, 2017 18:42:18 GMT -5
Scored some really nice material at a killer price from my homeboy, Fish. Looks like mostly jaspers / agates of some sort. If anyone knows where any of the material originates from or what the trade/common name is, it would be greatly appreciated. 1. 2 - Layers of material with a band of translucent agate, then yellow moss agate. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Same material, different angle. I got a small piece of gneiss, has green and white foliation like yours. Cool stuff.
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Post by adam on Dec 8, 2017 8:26:48 GMT -5
Agate? Photo 8 Ungh, that's some scrumptious looking agate. Or is it agatized something something?
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Post by adam on Dec 5, 2017 5:22:30 GMT -5
I like the banded rhyolite. Thanks Adam. I messed that rock up by heat treating it. It is Montana rhyolite. Hard enough to take a tumble polish till I heated it which softens about all rocks. But the rhyolite really got soft. So soft obsidian and glass scratches it. I will rerun it in polish, may take 3 days in polish. May have to run it with Linde 50,000 after that. The rest of it in that batch: So softer material needs more time to polish than harder material? Or did I get that backwards. I'm not sure that I get it, but okay. Maybe that's why I can't tumble soft stones successfully. Did heat treatment alter the colors? Is the texture grainy? Kinda looks grainy, but 50,000 grit would take care of that, huh. I like rhyolite with high silica content, takes a superb shine. Yeah boy. That Utah rhyolite, does people call it wonderstone as well?
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Post by adam on Dec 4, 2017 17:22:33 GMT -5
They didn’t take too long. They were little nodules, rounded by a river so they weren’t crushed or broken. They probably only took a couple of months. The jasper was from The Rock Shed and took forever. I got mine from the Rock Shed and going on month 2 in course. So you saying a couple of months makes me feel better. You have a great looking bunch I'm trying my stage one tumbles with Silicon carbide 120/220, cuz I ran out of 60/90 grit. A good bit of them have been running almost 2 months, started from the rough. The SiC is barely making a dent. But it's slowly working. I imagine it could take many more months in 120/220 to flesh out the tiny imperfections. The 60/90 would probably half the stage one tumbling time. x. x
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Post by adam on Dec 4, 2017 16:20:57 GMT -5
I like the banded rhyolite.
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Post by adam on Nov 30, 2017 15:22:52 GMT -5
Not sure to this day if artistic or autistic. I've known autistic people who were extremely artistic. Maybe the two go hand in hand? Individuals with Asperger's syndrome can be artistic and creative in many areas and have many strengths, but at the cost of their social life. Me in a nutshell.
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Post by adam on Nov 29, 2017 18:21:57 GMT -5
I sliced up a monotone red jasper (?) a few months ago. Hardest darned stone I ever cut. Had to dress the blade on my 10" tile saw after every slice. All silica IS NOT created equal. Apparently silicified mud can challenge diamond blades. No sympathy from me. Down here in the southeast where silica is dissolved out of diatomaceous limestone from organic acid water rocks become silicified so hard they laugh at diamond wheels. It has been a curse self collecting and tumbling these Mohs 26 cherts and petrified corals. That's one reason I buy bulk SiC and wear out tumbler barrels every 2 years. Just remember the gemstone value of your extremely hard jasper. May ease the pain. This is by far the hardest toughest agate I ever tried to grind. Note the sharp edges. I gave up on grinding it before tumble. I believe it comes from Africa. It whipped me so I don't want to remember it's name. We got some stuff almost as colorful as that here in southern Kentucky. Much more common than the Kentucky agate... looks like the cosmos.
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