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Post by montanamuskrat on Mar 2, 2010 0:08:00 GMT -5
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spokanetim
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Post by spokanetim on Mar 2, 2010 9:47:22 GMT -5
Sand blasting to clean them is a great idea, wish I had one! If you don't mind sharing where do you find those? I'm in Montana all the time for work and like to go out hunting in the afternoons.
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Post by drocknut on Mar 2, 2010 15:08:30 GMT -5
Interesting, never heard of sandblasting agates looks like it just takes some of the crust off of them so you can see what's inside better. Don't know how I'd cut any of them...lol.
Diane
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elementary
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by elementary on Mar 2, 2010 17:35:38 GMT -5
Hmmmm. Sandblasting - innovative! How's you come up with this? Was it extreme anger at a stone and you wanted to punish it, or were you working with the sandblaster and inspiration strike?
Interesting specimens - are these weathered loose or are you pulling them out of the a ledge or rock face?
Thanks for sharing,
Lowell
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dbrealityrocks
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Post by dbrealityrocks on Mar 2, 2010 20:10:39 GMT -5
nice way to clean them up! as for the 3rd agate, I would use a slab saw W/a diamond blade. LMAO sorry with that opening I couldn't resist that one. seriously I think I would start cutting on the face w/the vug, loooks more interesting and after a few cuts you could turn it around if it wasn't going well
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Mar 2, 2010 21:07:47 GMT -5
OMG these agates you've found are gorgeous! As far s how to cut the 3rd one - it looks like it has a crystally vug inside there, so I'd slowly slab perpindicular to it to expose the sparklies inside.
Thank you so much for sharing these with us!
Nate
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Post by montanamuskrat on Mar 3, 2010 0:14:29 GMT -5
Thanks. Tim, these were found on our family ranch. :'(The ranch is off limits to rock hunters because of people cutting fences and leaving gates open and driving across wet meadows. Through out the years there has been a lot of abuse by bad rouckhounders. Montana is BIG and there are lots of other places that have rocks, let me know. Lowell, most of the agate I find is on top of the ground or in washouts. Each spring there are more exposed. Again thanks for looking
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