peachfront
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Post by peachfront on Jan 4, 2011 17:51:47 GMT -5
Anyone know where this geode might have come from? Light blue Agate with a sparkling layer of drusy on it, I assume drusy Quartz. The color on my monitor appears true to life, but in case it isn't, this Agate is blue, pale blue, but not gray to my eyes.
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Post by NatureNut on Jan 4, 2011 18:27:29 GMT -5
Can't help you as to it's original home, but, oh my Mary, what a beautiful specimen. I'll bet you sure are happy it's current home is with you now. Jo
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Post by beefjello on Jan 4, 2011 18:35:46 GMT -5
I'd say that's a Dugway.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 4, 2011 18:45:32 GMT -5
Yep, I'd agree with Brian. No other geode bed I know of except Baker Ranch has those distortion lines in the matrix and the distortion and color in Baker ranch specimens doesn't fit your example. Your's is classic Dugway.....Mel
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Post by peachfront on Jan 4, 2011 20:18:57 GMT -5
You folks are life-savers. I've had this piece for 20 years...I tried to google it but putting in "blue agate" just meant that I got 7 million hits for junk dyed Brazilian agate. I put in "Dugway" and within a few hits got a photo of a geode that's a dead match for mine! You don't know how much I appreciate it!
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rockhound97058
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Post by rockhound97058 on Jan 4, 2011 22:02:25 GMT -5
Yep 100% Dugway. Outstanding specimen also. Mel, were gonna have to corrupt you and get you cutting more Thundereggs ;D LOL. Many of the Oregon material does have the "flow banding" in the matrix, however you are correct the Dugway seems to be real pronounced. Those flow bands are what we use for orientating our cuts for the most part.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jan 4, 2011 22:10:21 GMT -5
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 4, 2011 22:22:25 GMT -5
rockhound: You are right, I'm sadly inexperienced with Oregon T-eggs. I have a bin of them from several locations and did cut a bunch from the Muddy and Priday Ranches. I also went to the Baker digs a couple of times so cut a lot of those too. But since my main collection is type slabs and t-eggs are better as polished halves, I quit working t-eggs when my flat lap died. I do have a pretty good Oregon T-egg guide I've built up though and as you've said, no pics I've seen are quite like the Dugway matrix. Closest Oregon example I have a pic of is a Donnybrook egg...Mel
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Post by chromenut on Jan 5, 2011 0:21:46 GMT -5
Wow, very nice, I found a lot of nearly twins to that, pictures of that is. Really nice...
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rockhound97058
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Post by rockhound97058 on Jan 5, 2011 0:39:31 GMT -5
Love to see the pic of your Donnybrook Mel. Typically the Donnys I see are a bland yellow matrix, sometimes with snowflakes in them. I was actually planning to dig Donnybrook this last weekend, however I thought I'd wait till it warms up a bit. That bed is so dang hard to dig, it doesn't help when it's 24 degrees out and froze solid. One of the most impressive matrix's I've seen is a bed I personally found myself called Cherry Creek Bed. These eggs geologically speaking have been through hell. Pic here -
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