begeberg
having dreams about rocks
Member since July 2021
Posts: 55
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Post by begeberg on Jul 4, 2023 11:33:14 GMT -5
I bought a tile saw to cut rocks and stone. Have to get a couple blades yet so likely this weekend before I do anything.
Been lazy lately, still have two 5 gallon buckets of prairie agates and rocks from the Fairburn area grasslands over the last two years to process.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 4, 2023 11:38:27 GMT -5
I bought a tile saw to cut rocks and stone. Have to get a couple blades yet so likely this weekend before I do anything. Been lazy lately, still have two 5 gallon buckets of prairie agates and rocks from the Fairburn area grasslands over the last two years to process. If you're cutting Prairie Agates, you're gonna definitely need a COUPLE blades! LOL - They're the worst for wearing out my blades quickly! LOL |
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wargrafix
Cave Dweller 
Member since June 2023
Posts: 1,085
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Post by wargrafix on Jul 4, 2023 11:42:57 GMT -5
Holy crap. I got nothing. These agates destroyed my vocabulary
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 4, 2023 12:15:09 GMT -5
Holy crap. I got nothing. These agates destroyed my vocabulary Yeah...I've said enough of those to make a sailor blush! LOL |
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Post by tims on Jul 8, 2023 20:33:08 GMT -5
My favorite from yesterday. Muted colors and plenty of fractures but it's a pretty chunk. Another 10 days or so will pull my first batch out of the new 3# which is all small tepee stuff.
Front: Back: Detail of the front faces: |
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 8, 2023 20:48:34 GMT -5
My favorite from yesterday. Muted colors and plenty of fractures but it's a pretty chunk. Another 10 days or so will pull my first batch out of the new 3# which is all small tepee stuff.
Front: Back: Detail of the front faces: Tim, that is a SICK specimen! That is flat out awesome!! I love that massive druzy pocket!! |
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Post by tims on Jul 8, 2023 21:46:37 GMT -5
Tim, that is a SICK specimen! That is flat out awesome!! I love that massive druzy pocket!! Thanks Jason! The colors are so muted it's an easy piece to overlook until you focus on it. This is from what i've started thinking of as yellow hill and usually the yellows up there are YELLOW |
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 8, 2023 22:18:18 GMT -5
Tim, that is a SICK specimen! That is flat out awesome!! I love that massive druzy pocket!! Thanks Jason! The colors are so muted it's an easy piece to overlook until you focus on it. This is from what i've started thinking of as yellow hill and usually the yellows up there are YELLOW  |
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Post by tims on Jul 29, 2023 22:40:57 GMT -5
My tepee tumbles got delayed, now hoping to pull them next weekend. Dropped the batch doing cleanout and several that looked good now have chips and fractures, whether from my fumble fingers or tumbling technique I do not know.
Speaking of abject failure:
*edit: added horror music.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 29, 2023 22:45:11 GMT -5
tims - I just swore out loud for you when I watched that vid! Freakin' A disappointing! (Not to mention the fumble on the tumble!!)
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dshanpnw
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since December 2020
Posts: 1,157
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Post by dshanpnw on Sept 8, 2023 9:49:18 GMT -5
This one is for jasoninsd , I was first one into a rock sale and 1st to dig through a tub of rock and I pulled out this nodule looking thing and the owner said, that's Teepee Canyon and $8 a pound you can't go wrong. I put it in my little pile and then found the other half. Not the best specimen I know, but I had to have it. There was barely anything in the second half, but I'm going to see what I can get out of it. I epoxied the center vug, sorry, I didn't know what would happen if I didn't. |
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skmcconnell361
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since August 2023
Posts: 125 
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Post by skmcconnell361 on Sept 8, 2023 14:06:23 GMT -5
My tepee tumbles got delayed, now hoping to pull them next weekend. Dropped the batch doing cleanout and several that looked good now have chips and fractures, whether from my fumble fingers or tumbling technique I do not know.
Speaking of abject failure:
*edit: added horror music.
I think that was more than a hear line fracture. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 8, 2023 20:47:21 GMT -5
This one is for jasoninsd , I was first one into a rock sale and 1st to dig through a tub of rock and I pulled out this nodule looking thing and the owner said, that's Teepee Canyon and $8 a pound you can't go wrong. I put it in my little pile and then found the other half. Not the best specimen I know, but I had to have it. There was barely anything in the second half, but I'm going to see what I can get out of it. I epoxied the center vug, sorry, I didn't know what would happen if I didn't. You got a fantastic polish on that cab!! Way to go!!  I've noticed that quartz area hates the wheels. I have had numerous pieces where the wheels "pull" pieces of the quartz out of the piece. I don't know how else to describe it. It doesn't seem to have a strong "bond". I never considered epoxy. Smart idea! |
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JR8675309
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since August 2019
Posts: 807
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Post by JR8675309 on Sept 9, 2023 18:32:17 GMT -5
Fantastic!!
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Post by tims on Oct 6, 2023 15:41:23 GMT -5
Broke it, glued it, cabbed it. Far from perfect but whatever. It has a vug of kinda cruddy looking tan calcite (i think) crystals that i may clean out of there.
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Post by pebblesky on Oct 6, 2023 18:54:31 GMT -5
Broke it, glued it, cabbed it. Far from perfect but whatever. It has a vug of kinda cruddy looking tan calcite (i think) crystals that i may clean out of there.
Very nice! |
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 7, 2023 7:50:10 GMT -5
Broke it, glued it, cabbed it. Far from perfect but whatever. It has a vug of kinda cruddy looking tan calcite (i think) crystals that i may clean out of there.
I like the colors in that one! How are you going to clean out the vug? |
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Post by tims on Oct 7, 2023 16:29:40 GMT -5
Broke it, glued it, cabbed it. Far from perfect but whatever. It has a vug of kinda cruddy looking tan calcite (i think) crystals that i may clean out of there.
I like the colors in that one! How are you going to clean out the vug? Yeah good question. It was very full of the tan crystal before i put it to the wheels and many came loose and fell out then. Might try digging them out manually. Also considering an acid bath but not sure the glue would appreciate that. This piece is turning into a "things you should know better than to try" project so i'll keep trying stuff until i know better. |
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Post by tims on Oct 10, 2023 1:54:25 GMT -5
Nasty reflections in the photo but hey no fractures. Little fiery red one. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 11, 2023 5:27:52 GMT -5
Nasty reflections in the photo but hey no fractures. Little fiery red one. Nope. When they polish as freakin' amazingly as this one did, the reflections aren't "nasty"! LOL I know you meant for pictures purposes! LOL I really like this one Tim! Great job!! |
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