rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Dec 29, 2006 16:10:32 GMT -5
A couple years ago I bought a box of mixed tumbling rough, and there were these three pieces in it that look kind of neat, but I don't know what they are. The box contained things like Arizona petwood, petrified palm wood, Clay Canyon agate, and a host of other things I forget. The selection though makes me think this is likely a southwest US agate, or possibly Mexican. Any ideas? Thanks, -Don The three pieces. For scale, the biggest piece is just under 2" in the long dimension. Close up of the plume-like pattern:
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desertdweller
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Post by desertdweller on Dec 29, 2006 16:43:28 GMT -5
Wow, that is beautiful! Try this website for some good info on Agates with inclusions, www.agateswithinclusions.com, he has one of the largest collections I have ever seen. I'm sure you will be able to identify it there.
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 29, 2006 17:04:11 GMT -5
Don: Man, just when I think I'm getting good at Id'ing plume someone like you comes along and stumps me good. *L* That's some beautiful plume and I've never seen any exactly like it. My best guess would be maybe it's an atypical example of Woodward Ranch Plume from west Texas, Here's a pic of a somewhat similar slab from Woodward. I've also seen similar examples in Mexican Plume from Chihuahua and Canadian River Plume from north texas.
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Dec 30, 2006 1:37:04 GMT -5
Mel, thanks for the ID suggestions and the photo comparison. I agree that there are definite similarities, though it isn't a perfect match. Now I wish I'd kept more information on the material. Maybe I'll find something further next time I clean up around here. Desertdweller, thanks for the link, that is one impressive collection! I didn't find a perfect match, but I did find a few examples from Texas and Mexico that looked about as similar to my agate as the slice that Mel posted. -Don
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Post by cina on Dec 30, 2006 11:03:10 GMT -5
I don't know what it is is but boy it is beautiful! Steph
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Post by Tweetiepy on Dec 30, 2006 11:24:54 GMT -5
Actually I recognize that agate! It's mine! how did you get a hold of it? Beautiful job on those!
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Post by stoner on Dec 30, 2006 17:30:23 GMT -5
Hey Don, that looks just like some of the preforms I got from Bearcreek in which he was selling them as West Texas plume on white agate. They make very unique cabs and now I see they tumble well too.
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Post by lonewolfrockhound on Dec 31, 2006 21:25:28 GMT -5
Don: Man, just when I think I'm getting good at Id'ing plume someone like you comes along and stumps me good. *L* That's some beautiful plume and I've never seen any exactly like it. My best guess would be maybe it's an atypical example of Woodward Ranch Plume from west Texas, Here's a pic of a somewhat similar slab from Woodward. I've also seen similar examples in Mexican Plume from Chihuahua and Canadian River Plume from north texas. Here's one from Woodward.
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Jan 2, 2007 5:00:48 GMT -5
Thanks everyone! There seems to be a concensus that it is from west Texas, quite possibly from the Woodward Ranch. That works for me. If it is from Woodward, I hope everyone finds bucketfulls when they visit there in March! -Don
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Post by rollingstone on May 13, 2007 0:43:00 GMT -5
Mystery solved? The other day I came across some pics of some Canadian River Plume agate on ebay that look remarkably like my mystery agate. I think the auction is by Maplestuff. Here's a couple of pics they present in their auction. I think this is a close enough match to my mystery agate pieces for me to say "case-closed". And Kudos to Mel, who pointed this out as a possible match right out of the starting gate! -Don
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2007 5:33:10 GMT -5
I don't know what these rocks are but they are some of the nicest I have ever seen. You found some great rocks. Even though the time is late (8:31pm) after seeing these rocks I want to drive down to a rock place and start looking for rocks. Thanks for showing these great images Don!!
Nathaniel
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Post by adrian65 on May 16, 2007 0:59:12 GMT -5
It looks a little like dendritic, but I like that red coral in the second pic.
Adrian
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2007 1:36:18 GMT -5
I had a quick search and it could be one of these: landscape agate dendritic agate Plume agate
Great rocks!!!
Nathaniel
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Post by rollingstone on May 17, 2007 19:27:19 GMT -5
Thanks all, with those slabs I posted above being such a close match, I'm calling this one solved. -Don
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Post by fossilman on May 18, 2007 18:02:41 GMT -5
is the red chunk in the second photo Utah coral? I'd love to know where I can go find some of that
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Post by rollingstone on May 19, 2007 23:52:05 GMT -5
Fossilman, yep, that's Utah red horn coral. Here's a link to the original thread I posted when I tumbled the coral over a year ago: forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/index.cgi?board=Pictures&action=display&thread=1136323017&page=1I didn't find that coral myself, I bought it on ebay. On the second page of the thread I mention the seller I bought the material from, as well as a bunch of general comments about red horn coral. There are apparently some private claims that supply red horn coral, but I think most of the original digs are now in protected lands and have been closed. -Don
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