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Cabbin Fever

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Three Unknowns ~ Any input greatly appreciated
« on: November 02, 2017, 01:45:47 PM »

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Bought these from a guy with a box of rocks...so I have no idea what they are or where they are from. I will be putting them up for sale in a craft fair and would love to give them a name! Thanks! (Gee, looking at that one photo, I really could use a manicure! cabbing is beastly on one's fingers!)

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My first cab is from a piece of jasper I found on the beach in Newport, OR my first Mother's Day, 1983. I made it into a bracelet for my daughter Christmas 2017.

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Re: Three Unknowns ~ Any input greatly appreciated
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2017, 01:47:59 PM »

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Bought these from a guy with a box of rocks...so I have no idea what they are or where they are from. I will be putting them up for sale in a craft fair and would love to give them a name! Thanks! (Gee, looking at that one photo, I really could use a manicure! cabbing is beastly on one's fingers!)
Here is that last photo
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Re: Three Unknowns ~ Any input greatly appreciated
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2017, 04:28:05 PM »

The top two photos look like granite.  The last one could be Woodward, but there are a lot of agates that have those colors.
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Re: Three Unknowns ~ Any input greatly appreciated
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2017, 07:01:03 PM »

The top two photos look like granite.  The last one could be Woodward, but there are a lot of agates that have those colors.
Thank you so much! I am always totally flabbergasted how someone could peg something like the agate to something so specific (I googled it, seems spot on!!) What a talent, thank you!!  :Worthy:
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Re: Three Unknowns ~ Any input greatly appreciated
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2017, 07:23:52 PM »

That last image looks like a lot of agate I have from West Texas .... Red & Yellow Moss Agate.  However, I am not sure if any is native to your area of the country.

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« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2017, 07:58:47 PM »

That last image looks like a lot of agate I have from West Texas .... Red & Yellow Moss Agate.  However, I am not sure if any is native to your area of the country.
Thank you Skysgt! This is not native to my area (frankly, not much of ANYTHING is native that is rock-like to Florida!) and I believe an early respondent identified it correctly as Woodward (Ranch) Agate (guessing at this as I cannot see the response as I am writing this). Thanks for your reply though!
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« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2017, 08:57:06 PM »

Yeah, I've found that stuff on just about all the Texas Big Bend area ranches on which I've had the pleasure of collecting.  That stuff is all over the Woodward, Ritchie, Walker, and South Larramore ranches, as well as East Needle Peak.  However, I've never found any on the Singleton Ranch .... Mostly milky Chalcedony.  I wonder why that is?

What Florida does have plenty of, is sharks teeth!  My wife was born in the Florida Panhandle (Panama Beach) and has family there.  Hoping to make a visit there soon, so I can search for some.
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