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Post by fernwood on Nov 26, 2018 9:44:02 GMT -5
jamesp Your guy is doing good with the stuff I sent him. I collected the rough from my land. Have tumbled some and used some for cabs. It is all over the place. Some pieces are up to 10" long. Sent Willie a couple. He said he still has more of it to work. Local term is Wisconsin Jasper. I love how some of it is Breccia.  One more that was just finished. 
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Post by MsAli on Nov 26, 2018 12:47:28 GMT -5
I'm wondering if polishing that would really make it pop
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Post by fernwood on Nov 26, 2018 12:58:51 GMT -5
I'm wondering if polishing that would really make it pop I have polished some. Will try to post photos soon. |
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Post by jamesp on Nov 27, 2018 9:44:01 GMT -5
There was a ranch open to collecting Texas breccia years ago. every color in the rainbow.
The few drainages containing breccia in Texas made it down to the lower Rio Grande agates deposit and are stellar materials.
But are dispersed and spelled about.
so wish to collect that ranch that was famous for it's breccia.
Your breccia - why were they created, was it that giant meteor that hit on the Canadian border ?
Geology around Great Lakes is so complicated due to Sudbury meteor and glacial impact.
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Post by HankRocks on Nov 27, 2018 10:21:16 GMT -5
There was a ranch open to collecting Texas breccia years ago. every color in the rainbow. The few drainages containing breccia in Texas made it down to the lower Rio Grande agates deposit and are stellar materials. But are dispersed and spelled about. so wish to collect that ranch that was famous for it's breccia. Your breccia - why were they created, was it that giant meteor that hit on the Canadian border ? Geology around Great Lakes is so complicated due to Sudbury meteor and glacial impact. What ranch was that in Texas? I have seen a few rocks from Stillwell that had a breccia look to them. Haven't been there in years. It a huge place. Henry |
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Post by jamesp on Nov 27, 2018 18:27:49 GMT -5
There was a ranch open to collecting Texas breccia years ago. every color in the rainbow. The few drainages containing breccia in Texas made it down to the lower Rio Grande agates deposit and are stellar materials. But are dispersed and spelled about. so wish to collect that ranch that was famous for it's breccia. Your breccia - why were they created, was it that giant meteor that hit on the Canadian border ? Geology around Great Lakes is so complicated due to Sudbury meteor and glacial impact. What ranch was that in Texas? I have seen a few rocks from Stillwell that had a breccia look to them. Haven't been there in years. It a huge place. Henry it was not Stilwell. I found it in an old Texas rock housing book. I can find my Texas stuff and look it up if you want Henry. If memory serves it was north of the Big Bend and not more than half way up the state. May have been on the Nueces or the Frios. Let me know, I'll find out. I remember thinking that the breccia would be downstream if you could get on the river. Texas has some scary fine well healed breccia. I have found 'brecciated' breccia. Breccia made up of small breccia that looks total different from each other. Dang Texans and their fine agates. |
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Post by HankRocks on Nov 27, 2018 18:48:52 GMT -5
What ranch was that in Texas? I have seen a few rocks from Stillwell that had a breccia look to them. Haven't been there in years. It a huge place. Henry it was not Stilwell. I found it in an old Texas rock housing book. I can find my Texas stuff and look it up if you want Henry. If memory serves it was north of the Big Bend and not more than half way up the state. May have been on the Nueces or the Frios. Let me know, I'll find out. I remember thinking that the breccia would be downstream if you could get on the river. Texas has some scary fine well healed breccia. I have found 'brecciated' breccia. Breccia made up of small breccia that looks total different from each other. Dang Texans and their fine agates. When you get a chance I am curious as to where it is. Have found what I assume to be a breccia around Lajitas west of the Big Bend Park. Of coarse I may be confusing something that is more of a Jasper with Breccia. Yeah those dang Texans!! Unfortunately they are all selling their ranches to folks who want nothing to do with any sort of rock collecting. |
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Post by jamesp on Nov 29, 2018 9:07:42 GMT -5
it was not Stilwell. I found it in an old Texas rock housing book. I can find my Texas stuff and look it up if you want Henry. If memory serves it was north of the Big Bend and not more than half way up the state. May have been on the Nueces or the Frios. Let me know, I'll find out. I remember thinking that the breccia would be downstream if you could get on the river. Texas has some scary fine well healed breccia. I have found 'brecciated' breccia. Breccia made up of small breccia that looks total different from each other. Dang Texans and their fine agates. When you get a chance I am curious as to where it is. Have found what I assume to be a breccia around Lajitas west of the Big Bend Park. Of coarse I may be confusing something that is more of a Jasper with Breccia. Yeah those dang Texans!! Unfortunately they are all selling their ranches to folks who want nothing to do with any sort of rock collecting. I'll round up the Texas maps/books and look into the ranch Henry. Got me curious too. Thank our dear judges for allowing trespassers to win law suits against land owners. Must say, west Texas landowners do not take well to trespassers. Well, down on the border our Mexican friends were chain sawing wood power poles, removing the wires from the poles and pulling mile long copper wires into Mexico behind p/u trucks at night lol. The power company started replacing the poles with chain saw resistant steel power poles. Efficient bunch down that way. Not much different from our dear neighboring meth heads in this area. |
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Post by Fossilman on Nov 29, 2018 11:21:08 GMT -5
Awesome point!!
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Post by dreamrocks on Nov 29, 2018 11:35:00 GMT -5
Those are really nice have any more to put up?
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Dec 4, 2018 8:50:39 GMT -5
What ranch was that in Texas? I have seen a few rocks from Stillwell that had a breccia look to them. Haven't been there in years. It a huge place. Henry it was not Stilwell. I found it in an old Texas rock housing book. I can find my Texas stuff and look it up if you want Henry. If memory serves it was north of the Big Bend and not more than half way up the state. May have been on the Nueces or the Frios. Let me know, I'll find out. I remember thinking that the breccia would be downstream if you could get on the river. Texas has some scary fine well healed breccia. I have found 'brecciated' breccia. Breccia made up of small breccia that looks total different from each other. Dang Texans and their fine agates. Jamesp is rock housing another term for rock hording? Just kidding but the term can work. Just to imagine the events that took place to form any breccia is mind boggling. |
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Post by HankRocks on Dec 4, 2018 9:50:31 GMT -5
it was not Stilwell. I found it in an old Texas rock housing book. I can find my Texas stuff and look it up if you want Henry. If memory serves it was north of the Big Bend and not more than half way up the state. May have been on the Nueces or the Frios. Let me know, I'll find out. I remember thinking that the breccia would be downstream if you could get on the river. Texas has some scary fine well healed breccia. I have found 'brecciated' breccia. Breccia made up of small breccia that looks total different from each other. Dang Texans and their fine agates. Jamesp is rock housing another term for rock hording? Just kidding but the term can work. Just to imagine the events that took place to form any breccia is mind boggling. I believe it may have been a freudian slip, he was thinking about enough rocks to build a house! Don't know anybody who has that many rocks  |
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Post by jamesp on Dec 4, 2018 12:04:06 GMT -5
it was not Stilwell. I found it in an old Texas rock housing book. I can find my Texas stuff and look it up if you want Henry. If memory serves it was north of the Big Bend and not more than half way up the state. May have been on the Nueces or the Frios. Let me know, I'll find out. I remember thinking that the breccia would be downstream if you could get on the river. Texas has some scary fine well healed breccia. I have found 'brecciated' breccia. Breccia made up of small breccia that looks total different from each other. Dang Texans and their fine agates. Jamesp is rock housing another term for rock hording? Just kidding but the term can work. Just to imagine the events that took place to form any breccia is mind boggling. Breccia sure seems to have to have been formed from high speed impact like meteorite impacts. Almost has to be super impact. The pieces of the rock are still in order with a gap between the broken sections of the rock. example, these pieces can be reassembled. Tremendously high velocity impact to create this situation, tumbled down to S Texas:  |
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Post by HankRocks on Dec 4, 2018 13:33:48 GMT -5
Jamesp is rock housing another term for rock hording? Just kidding but the term can work. Just to imagine the events that took place to form any breccia is mind boggling. Breccia sure seems to have to have been formed from high speed impact like meteorite impacts. Almost has to be super impact. The pieces of the rock are still in order with a gap between the broken sections of the rock. example, these pieces can be reassembled. Tremendously high velocity impact to create this situation, tumbled down to S Texas: That is one fine tumble polished stone!. It would definitely secure a position of honor in my rock cabinet! |
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Post by HankRocks on Dec 4, 2018 18:33:19 GMT -5
There was a ranch open to collecting Texas breccia years ago. every color in the rainbow. The few drainages containing breccia in Texas made it down to the lower Rio Grande agates deposit and are stellar materials. But are dispersed and spelled about. so wish to collect that ranch that was famous for it's breccia. Your breccia - why were they created, was it that giant meteor that hit on the Canadian border ? Geology around Great Lakes is so complicated due to Sudbury meteor and glacial impact. What ranch was that in Texas? I have seen a few rocks from Stillwell that had a breccia look to them. Haven't been there in years. It a huge place. Henry Here's a piece of Breccia(I think) that I collected somewhere near Lajitas Mesa in the Big Bend area. It polished out nicely on the Vib Lap.  DSC_0264 by Findrocks, on Flickr |
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Dec 5, 2018 0:46:59 GMT -5
Jamesp is rock housing another term for rock hording? Just kidding but the term can work. Just to imagine the events that took place to form any breccia is mind boggling. I believe it may have been a freudian slip, he was thinking about enough rocks to build a house! Don't know anybody who has that many rocks I am almost positive there is some people here who have enough rock to build a rock house. That being said. "People who live in rock houses should not throw glass. " |
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Dec 5, 2018 0:49:51 GMT -5
@feernwood the points are very nice. Knapping is a true art of survival .
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Post by jamesp on Dec 5, 2018 6:17:13 GMT -5
What ranch was that in Texas? I have seen a few rocks from Stillwell that had a breccia look to them. Haven't been there in years. It a huge place. Henry Here's a piece of Breccia(I think) that I collected somewhere near Lajitas Mesa in the Big Bend area. It polished out nicely on the Vib Lap. DSC_0264 by Findrocks, on Flickr Fine breccia this one. Still trying to find the vintage publication that tells about the breccia collecting site Henry. All the rocks you find on the ranches around Alpine down to Big Bend are a percentage of the rocks found in S Texas. A smorgasbord of rocks that came down about all of the Texas drainages but rounded and often fractured more than your hillside find. Holy cow, I had put the C.J. Young ranch location in flickr.(everything goes to flickr). It be the Brazos !!!! It is silicified conglomerate instead of breccia - oops. But it is fine too.   S Texas conglomerate  Another theory is simply silicified mud that dried then shrunk then the cracks healed with chalcedony = breccia. Less exciting than high speed impact but totally possible. Actually this looks exactly like silicified dry cracked clay. From McDonald's parking lot landscape bed in Zapata TX. Some of the finest agates in that landscape bed lol.  Strange breccia  |
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