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Let's Rock => Rockhounding Tips, Maps, Trips Etc. => Topic started by: Jhon P on September 03, 2016, 10:49:29 PM
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We are in tonapah Nevada. Spent the day digging moss agate
Here is a picture of the brown moss agate with a chip knocked off
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Looks cool, finding rock big enough to sphere?
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Where abouts in Tonopah do you go? i may be heading that way in the next month or so?
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I may be able to get one or two small spheres. Most of the rock was small but I was able to find over 100lb of the brown and the gold. (Yellow) moss agate.
Most of the time we were in The monte Cristo mt may go over to silver peak today than back into the monte Cristo.
There is some wonderstone that I want to get for spheres
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I left Tonopah this morning. My friend needed to get back and get ready for work and I had some things I wanted to get done this afternoon. we spent Saturday digging moss agate, had to move a lot of dirt because this area was worked over pretty good in the late 1940's and 1950's.
the moss agate was on the other side of the hill in the picture. When I got back I took the biggest piece and put it in the saw to start preforming a sphere. Cutting slabs off in the process of cutting the cube. I think I will get a 3" sphere. Sunday I collected some of the water fall agate that looks like it will have red in it and I have a couple of pieces that I should be able to get a sphere out of. Bill went down towards the road to look for pet. wood and I went to the wonderstone and collected some for spheres. It was pretty fractured but I should be able to get some 3" and 4" spheres maybe a couple of bigger ones if I do a little stabilizing.
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A few more pictures
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Wow, steep terrain!! ;)
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Yes rough country. Had to hike in about half a mile. I packed the rock out in a internal frame pack. I put a cut down small plastic trash can inside so rocks don't cut it up. And made two trips. I like moss agate for some reason. But than I like most rock
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I don't know why some of the pictures are sideways? they are correct on my iPhone and on my PC photo program.
here is a picture of the wonderstone fresh out of the saw this morning, looks like I can get a 4" cube. I collected some of this rock before but than gave it away (before I started making spheres)
I got on top of the outcropping with a big bar and pried out a bunch and rolled it down the hill, half of it wasn't worth taking but I still got about 600 lbs
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Hi John
That is beautiful. If you have some slabs that are good that you would get rid of PM me.
Bless
Shawn
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The patterns are pretty big, that end cut is 4" X6", it may not make very good cabs, I will have to see how it polishes some of it can be porous. I collected some with tighter bands when I cut some of it I will polish a piece and see how it works up. IT comes in different colors and patterns. it only took me a couple of hours to collect about 600 lb. I can send you a box of the cut off pieces from sphere making and you can cut them how ever you like.
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John
Thanks for that. I have to go work on my lawn mower. If i get it fixed tonight I will pm tou.
Bless
Shawn