hummingbirdstones2
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Sept 26, 2020 19:21:25 GMT -5
Here's a slab from a rock we dug out of some old landscaping material. It was hiding in a pile of river rocks, lava rocks, and other unknown crap.
EDIT: The slab is 7" wide x 6" high
This one is still unkown, but definitely not crap. There was some Wonderstone and "Picture Sandstone" in the pile, so we're thinking this slab might have come from the same general area.
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Post by melhill1659 on Sept 26, 2020 19:29:38 GMT -5
Awesome rescue!
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Post by Pat on Sept 26, 2020 19:45:12 GMT -5
Wow! That's a keeper!
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Post by stephan on Sept 26, 2020 19:46:32 GMT -5
Here's a slab from a rock we dug out of some old landscaping material. It was hiding in a pile of river rocks, lava rocks, and other unknown crap.
This one is still unkown, but definitely not crap. There was some Wonderstone and "Picture Sandstone" in the pile, so we're thinking this slab might have come from the same general area.
That rock has definitely been through stuff. Very nice healed areas.
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lookatthat
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Post by lookatthat on Sept 26, 2020 20:12:56 GMT -5
Can't wait to see cabs
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 26, 2020 20:27:03 GMT -5
We've got a pet dog that's a "rescue"...this is the first pet rock that I've seen as a rescue! That slab has some amazing character to it!
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Post by pauls on Sept 27, 2020 1:23:40 GMT -5
There's some amazing cabs waiting to be released in that one.
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Post by toiv0 on Sept 27, 2020 6:26:37 GMT -5
Sweet find, did the outside give any indication to the interior? I like it alot.
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hummingbirdstones2
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Sept 27, 2020 9:01:15 GMT -5
Glad you all like it. Seeing the septarian-style spikes on the quartz veins when the heel came off was an unexpected surprise for us.
toiv0 - One side showed signs of a blocky brecciated pattern. Had one druze vug and some short veins. Other end had big holes and poorly silicated material here and there, with some quartz structures that everything else had eroded away from. The "ugly" end is where this slab came from.
Only got one other slab so far. Some of that red "mud" like what is on the right-hand side of this slab has showed up in the center vein.
Will have to flip the chunk around and get creative with the saw now because of the shape of the chunk.
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kyoti
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Post by kyoti on Sept 28, 2020 13:32:10 GMT -5
That's a fabulous rescue rock! It has a beautiful color pattern to it.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 2, 2020 9:15:29 GMT -5
Brecciated agate most likely from Burro Creek, AZ region. Could be China Siding or Chapenite too but colors seem too bright. Those are usually more pastels.
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Post by drocknut on Nov 2, 2020 13:20:04 GMT -5
Very cool rock glad you rescued it. It looks similiar to what is found at Burro Creek, mostly referred to as brecciated Pastelite or Burro Creek Chapinite although it doesn't have a lot of the white clay on it that the rocks from that area are known to have. Could it be Chapinite from California?
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Post by miket on Nov 2, 2020 14:15:15 GMT -5
Beautiful! If you're running out of room to foster rescue rocks, let me know. I may be able to find a "permanent" home for it!
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hummingbirdstones2
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Nov 3, 2020 9:47:04 GMT -5
Thanks for the replies on this one.
I'm leaning toward Utah on this one. If anyone has had known rough like this from Utah I'd love to hear about it.
The colors in the slab ARE nearly identical to a known piece of Burro Creek - with the white clay. Thanks to drocknut for that clue. This one has "muddy" reddish areas like the one on the right-hand side of this slab. Looks like red mud infilled some vugs and solidified after the quartz filled earlier voids.
The pile we got this from also had some Vernon Wonderstone - thanks to 1dave for the video about that site - in it. There was also some "picture" sandstone. The material in the pile was collected maybe 20-30 years ago.
Those are the reasons I've thought it might have come from Utah. Total guesswork, since I've never collected there.
Thanks again for the replies.
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Post by Tommy on Nov 12, 2020 15:57:23 GMT -5
I'm late for the party as usual haha. Nice find! I'm leaning against Burro Creek brecciated only because I've collected it and everything I've seen there does not support a dark red mud rind appearance. The outside of the burro creek brecciated as it is (was?) found in-situ is mostly beige/yellow with a chalky white later which is thick in places and probably why the material often gets mislabeled as pastelite. Here are a couple of good examples of the rind.
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Post by drocknut on Nov 12, 2020 17:43:32 GMT -5
Tommy that is some awesome Burro Creek Material you collected.
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hummingbirdstones2
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Nov 12, 2020 18:05:02 GMT -5
Thanks for posting pics of your Burro Creek, Tommy .
We have some moss agates from other areas along Burro Creek that also have the white rind. The guys who collected them wouldn't say where, but we've used that rind to help ID other unknown rocks.
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Post by NRG on Nov 25, 2020 21:50:54 GMT -5
I'm in with Chapenite from the Mojave Desert of California. Ft Irwin or Siam Siding.
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Nov 26, 2020 10:16:26 GMT -5
Yup, NRG , that looks like it! Found images with exact same interior appearance and colors. Called "premium" Chapenite in one image from Ft. Irwin.
Didn't see any with reddish crumbly (grading into more solid form) material on it, but have seen lightweight porous red junk from that general area.
None of our Utah friends jumped in saying it was from there, either, so it looks like I guessed wrong on that location.
Thanks for the tip!
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Post by greig on Nov 26, 2020 11:13:16 GMT -5
I think it might be from Canada and we want it back. LOL Sweet find. Glad you rescued and showed it some proper love.
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