Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Oct 16, 2022 14:59:07 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Here are some pics I promised that show the material from the big vein at the T-egg matrix site in Washington state. This piece of rough from my wife's rockgarden is the last hunk I have left, about 30 pounds or so and five inches thick mined straight from the roadside vein. The large cab is one I cut from a piece of float small enough for my 10 inch saw and shows the more golden brown type rather than the green matrix. Very well agatized. There were also lots of tiny t-eggs in the soil. Matrix shot from the top, side, macro of the side and of course, the cab. T-egg matrix top by lonerider652000, on Flickr t-egg matrix side by lonerider652000, on Flickr t-egg matrix macro by lonerider652000, on Flickr WA t-egg matrix cab by lonerider652000, on Flickr
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khara
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Post by khara on Oct 16, 2022 15:14:49 GMT -5
Sabre52 Nice. Any plans to cab the green variety?
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Oct 16, 2022 15:42:55 GMT -5
My wife has captured that boulder along with many others for her rock garden, so no.*L*. Too big for my saw and I don't cab anymore these days anyway.
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khara
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Post by khara on Oct 20, 2022 13:00:45 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Here are some pics I promised that show the material from the big vein at the T-egg matrix site in Washington state. This piece of rough from my wife's rockgarden is the last hunk I have left, about 30 pounds or so and five inches thick mined straight from the roadside vein. The large cab is one I cut from a piece of float small enough for my 10 inch saw and shows the more golden brown type rather than the green matrix. Very well agatized. There were also lots of tiny t-eggs in the soil. Matrix shot from the top, side, macro of the side and of course, the cab. T-egg matrix top by lonerider652000, on Flickr t-egg matrix side by lonerider652000, on Flickr t-egg matrix macro by lonerider652000, on Flickr WA t-egg matrix cab by lonerider652000, on Flickr What is “float”? Also the chunk looks pretty crumbly or full of pockets but your cab looks nice and solid. Must be you just have to find the solid spots. Thanks for posting your pics!
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Oct 20, 2022 16:59:13 GMT -5
Howdy Khara, Float is the tern used for material that has broken or eroded from the deposit and is found downslope from the actual outcrop. When hounding a new site, one usually looks for the scattered pieces of float and follows the trail uphill or upstream etc until one finds where the float originated. Actually, this is the lesser quality boulder my wife captured for her rock garden, I gave a wonderful huge very agatized one to a friend to cut a sphere from and never got the saw scraps back. It was probably 75 pounds and very solid. The one pictured is more solid than it looks but the material tends to be somewhat full of crystal vugs due to being composed of tiny thundereggs. The densest bands of tiny, compressed, t-eggs tend to be the best sections to cab so yes, one must pick and choose his spots. Some of the nicest material at the site was in the float which was composed of small pieces of some of the densest, more solid section eroded free of the host vein.
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