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Post by cabby on Jul 3, 2024 14:20:52 GMT -5
This pan seems to be “potentially usable scraps”. A few pieces have old dop glue but the majority looks like trim saw scraps. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720034140/cxwpxoncef8wefqp0wz6.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720034140/ygg2mspfdhu98igherbb.jpg) some pyrites… didn’t know it can be stepped! Learn something new everyday. Literally lol. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720034219/nkkkmngrvo6ll67qpgik.jpg) 5a: pile of green stuff ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720034314/s3iblpnuue3czjk8vvao.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720034313/dojl3fubvmor4dea2rni.jpg) 5b: pile of purple stuff (I am great at naming things) edit: sodalite ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720034357/zqjpdrcrm6333xheexix.jpg) pile of tiger eyes… will probably discard the smallest pieces since I wouldn’t crush it for inlay. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720034439/wizzf3bqsdm928ilwrit.jpg)
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Post by cabby on Jul 3, 2024 14:29:59 GMT -5
Agate and thunderegg scraps: ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720034840/p0vessvpjsb84q9jbv5a.jpg) a single piece of pet wood. Haven’t seen any rough to match it yet. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720034879/qr8xpr4h7vdtriqxbvgy.jpg) small bit of fire agate. I’ve found some “tumbling” stock and a couple pieces that might be too far ground to save, so I think he was practicing on cheap pieces and then got bored. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720034985/ymfw0exuq9ginilvrrd8.jpg)
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Post by cabby on Jul 3, 2024 14:53:40 GMT -5
misc tumbled stones. I recognize bloodstone and the small Mary Ellen. Super glittery one shouldn’t take long for me to track down… Edit: glittery is goldstone ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720036057/sjgohwbsrrz8j8du1qfh.jpg) amazing details on this one! Got broken at some point so future me will have to clean up the broken edge. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720036196/bhdql70djz2apqx3f1o6.jpg) seems to be something embedded in this one! ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720036255/as5cbpigouqaheokvpps.jpg) and finally some misc larger bits. Brazilian chunks (what a shocker), thunderegg that I think matches a previous box, a fire agate (I think), petoskey stone, and a rock for my “misc small agates to worry about later” box. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720036410/orxy08thb1zgu8necrmp.jpg)
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 3, 2024 15:35:59 GMT -5
From what I can from the picture, the glittery one is goldstone- manmade glass.
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Post by chris1956 on Jul 3, 2024 15:40:33 GMT -5
This pan seems to be “potentially usable scraps”. A few pieces have old dop glue but the majority looks like trim saw scraps. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720034140/cxwpxoncef8wefqp0wz6.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720034140/ygg2mspfdhu98igherbb.jpg) some pyrites… didn’t know it can be stepped! Learn something new everyday. Literally lol. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720034219/nkkkmngrvo6ll67qpgik.jpg) 5a: pile of green stuff ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720034314/s3iblpnuue3czjk8vvao.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720034313/dojl3fubvmor4dea2rni.jpg) 5b: pile of purple stuff (I am great at naming things) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720034357/zqjpdrcrm6333xheexix.jpg) pile of tiger eyes… will probably discard the smallest pieces since I wouldn’t crush it for inlay. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720034439/wizzf3bqsdm928ilwrit.jpg) The purple stuff (blue?) looks like sodalite.
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Post by chris1956 on Jul 3, 2024 15:44:09 GMT -5
misc tumbled stones. I recognize bloodstone and the small Mary Ellen. Super glittery one shouldn’t take long for me to track down… ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720036057/sjgohwbsrrz8j8du1qfh.jpg) amazing details on this one! Got broken at some point so future me will have to clean up the broken edge. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720036196/bhdql70djz2apqx3f1o6.jpg) seems to be something embedded in this one! ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720036255/as5cbpigouqaheokvpps.jpg) and finally some misc larger bits. Brazilian chunks (what a shocker), thunderegg that I think matches a previous box, a fire agate (I think), petoskey stone, and a rock for my “misc small agates to worry about later” box. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720036410/orxy08thb1zgu8necrmp.jpg) The red one in the lower left is probably another jasper. The lower right one looks like amethyst. They can get some weird looks because of all the cracks and crystals in the interior.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 3, 2024 15:48:57 GMT -5
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Post by cabby on Jul 3, 2024 15:59:23 GMT -5
From what I can from the picture, the glittery one is goldstone- manmade glass. Thank you! The extensive glittery made me suspicious, but I still would have spent ages trying to match it to a natural mineral first.
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Post by cabby on Jul 3, 2024 16:03:15 GMT -5
chris1956 thank you on the sodalite! Had seen a label for that somewhere, but no rocks to match it so far.
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 3, 2024 16:09:35 GMT -5
Potentially marfa. That lil bit of white on it makes me think that.,
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Post by cabby on Jul 3, 2024 16:17:19 GMT -5
realrockhound that Google had the most incredible eye candy, thank you!
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 3, 2024 16:30:59 GMT -5
realrockhound that Google had the most incredible eye candy, thank you! it’s extremely challenging to identify black plumes like that. I dig stuff here in central Oregon that’s dead ringer for Texas material. The crazy thing with black plume like that, is that there are multiple locations that have it. Now given the abundance that’s been dug out over the years in Texas and distributed and some slight signs I see in that piece, my assumption still stands that it’s most likely some west Texas material.
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Post by cabby on Jul 3, 2024 16:47:20 GMT -5
Took awhile to get better pics since my phone seems to detest rocks. The plumes are more of a bronze color in the sunlight. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720043202/do9xdlfcjhtmxtu02eoy.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720043202/gbkmytikylb5jw0tdq2q.jpg) the depth of detail on this is just incredible!
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Post by cabby on Jul 4, 2024 10:34:08 GMT -5
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Post by cabby on Jul 4, 2024 11:01:55 GMT -5
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Post by cabby on Jul 4, 2024 11:18:30 GMT -5
This thunderegg is quite different from what I’ve seen so far. Had no clue there is such variety! 6c: ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720109633/n6vw74izvor41htylt5c.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720109633/rfmm5xnbtwlirt8ca8w8.jpg) the matrix on these three are different colors but they look extremely similar otherwise. If I had to guess, I’d say the two reddish ones are the same deposit and the brown/grey from somewhere very close by? 6d: ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720109779/zlw7lyapp5y6kc4anjne.jpg) these both look like the Indiana cold water geode things. The smaller one is the smallest I’ve seen so far and has a lot of orange on the exterior, which none of the larger ones have. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720109901/qmftnokdtgacjefxrx3t.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720109901/e7ohwgevom9inxapni5x.jpg)
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Post by cabby on Jul 4, 2024 11:25:43 GMT -5
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Post by cabby on Jul 4, 2024 12:31:43 GMT -5
Not much left in the bin after removing the saw blades, polishing pads, etc. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720113875/g4vntc07jrucxisbfu6x.jpg) yet another random bit of Brazilian agate, as well as what I think is an old firebrick for blade dressing. Will have to examine with magnification later. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720113951/fssgribbdfpyienoymq9.jpg) nephrite, maybe? Seems very similar to what’s in the “jade” box. I haven’t tried learning the green ones yet 😁 7a: ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720114087/euyzhnjfdqtepkgsf7tg.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720114085/mukkf2o7ejvyvxood4vy.jpg) best laker I’ve found so far! Might keep that one for my own display. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720114189/hs3zw3zzegriuo1cooni.jpg) and a handful of fire agates. I don’t know much about them yet but can tell that they are better ones than what’s in the marked box. Tried to show the fire but phone didn’t pick it up well. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720114270/ezm9egxgylkuars6qibz.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720114270/uw3kptmg1nx8dj1c2qwd.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720114267/fjqxg4psf7hw1kjm6kpu.jpg)
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Post by chris1956 on Jul 4, 2024 12:40:28 GMT -5
Got a bunch more Brazilian offcuts: ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720108705/p2unzmimfkzckpxbyrfj.jpg) this petoskey is a bit pink! Didn’t know they can be iron stained too. I dislike pink but it’s kinda cool. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720108791/nqnxgjjx8yqvxgfoixza.jpg) this one confuses me, seems to be another thing I don’t know exists. The texture is a lot rougher than I expected, almost like a sandstone. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720108900/jkxpplbdtykmeo80wbmi.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720108901/bmkezhoptdwzdu8cdabj.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1720108901/wiebwow3o7ghmxvptbzx.jpg) Nice pink Petoskey Stone. I have found several in Petoskey. It is hard to tell if the pink will get better or worse as you polish it. I have heard that they also come in green from copper. But every green one I have seen the green was on the surface from algae and disappeared as I polished the stone.
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