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Post by Woodyrock on Mar 14, 2009 17:17:22 GMT -5
Sometimes, it is easy like the photograph shows. Usually, however, it is buried in the super glue clay from the weathered material it forms in. The creek where this photograph was taken is in a wooded gully so is quite dark......except for the carnelian there. Woody The creek bottom.  |
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Mar 15, 2009 9:20:11 GMT -5
Now that looks and sounds like FUN!!! Does the ornage just POP out at ya like it does in that picture??
Steve
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Post by Bejewelme on Mar 15, 2009 9:23:54 GMT -5
Oh my goodness, I would go crazy finding that beautiful stuff just laying there waiting to be turned into somethig pretty!!!
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Post by Woodyrock on Mar 15, 2009 12:37:31 GMT -5
Steve:
This shot of the creek is just the way we found it. I had picked the larger one up, and put it back, but the others I did not touch. Some of the carnelian that has been exposed for years will have juhnk growing on it that darkens it but the more recently exposed stuff is what you see in the photograph. With the sun hitting that patch, the carnelian looks like jewels! The sun does not get in to the creek in too many places there so this was a special view. A lot of carnelian in this creek is all crystal inside, so does not make good cutters so we leave it behind. It is a long walk it to the creek, and back, so you just have to leave some behind.
Amber: God already made it pretty....you made it beautiful!
Woody
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Post by Titania on Mar 16, 2009 9:00:29 GMT -5
Wow, how awesome to find such pretty stuff just hanging out like that.
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DeanW
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Post by DeanW on Mar 16, 2009 11:48:33 GMT -5
So, how big are those chunks? I like to place a rock hammer or hat near something like that for size reference when I take a photo out in the field.
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rockloverlady
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Post by rockloverlady on Apr 13, 2022 13:30:34 GMT -5
Beautiful specimins! What area was this? I've been trying to hunt creeks and rivers with no luck
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aGates
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Post by aGates on Apr 13, 2022 14:05:57 GMT -5
hello, not sure if woody visits the threads anymore.
you can look for this kind of agate in lewis and thurston countys primarily cascade foothills. most places no longer allow rockhounding the timber companys seem to frown on it judging by thier signs.
johnny agates. pierce county reaident.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Apr 13, 2022 15:01:08 GMT -5
hello, not sure if woody visits the threads anymore. If you are speaking of Woodyrock, he hasn't posted anything since January 2015, hasn't logged in since Jan 2016. |
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