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 Oct 1 2014, 09:12 PM
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Diggin' In!  Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 9-November 13 Member No.: 108,311  |
Last weekend I went out riding my atv and found some strange looking rocks when I got off my atv to take a walk. I really wasn't looking for anything, just trying to loosen up my back. As I was walking around these strange looking rocks caught my eye. So I picked one up and looked at it and it looked like a flint nodule. I decided to pick a couple of them up and took them home with me when we finished riding atv's. Since I didn't have a rock saw I took a hammer and broke one up to see what it looked like inside. Well, it looked funny so I pulled out my tile saw and cut one of the small pieces. I noticed right away it was a banded agate, yeah I just busted it up into 20 pieces...ooops. The next one I decided I din't want to destroy it so I took it to a rock shop and he cut it for me. Well I was surprised by this one two, I have a picture of it. These are the first agates I ever found, never even knew what they were, now I know what to look out for.
 This is just a raw cut and is not polished.
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 Oct 2 2014, 06:41 AM
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 Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,208 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
Love the colors, nice find! Agates are one of my favorites because you never know what you truly have till you cut it open and see.
The thinner slices might even be transparent when held up to the light. -------------------- Education is the key to the future,
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400ltz I didn't expect to find this Oct 1 2014, 09:12 PM
MikeS Nice Agate 400. An awesome find. I was able to ge... Oct 1 2014, 09:56 PM Caveman Awesome! Well done. Oct 1 2014, 10:47 PM 400ltz What is kind of bad is these agates were in a atv ... Oct 2 2014, 06:36 AM swizz Really nice! Now ya just gotta git yerself a r... Oct 2 2014, 08:18 AM 400ltz Here is a picture of the Agates my mom, nephew and... Oct 5 2014, 08:19 AM Mrs.CP Very cool looking agates and good job on the finds... Oct 6 2014, 08:43 AM
400ltz QUOTE (Mrs.CP @ Oct 6 2014, 09:43 AM) Ver... Oct 6 2014, 02:50 PM 400ltz Well my agates are not agates, just one and a half... Oct 23 2014, 05:47 PM Caveman Well, that happens. Still, you did find one and a... Oct 23 2014, 06:41 PM |
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