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Rock Art => Cabochons, Intarsias, Cameos => Topic started by: victor1941 on March 06, 2021, 12:28:39 PM

Title: West Texas/Mexico
Post by: victor1941 on March 06, 2021, 12:28:39 PM
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Title: Re: West Texas/Mexico
Post by: Kaljaia on March 07, 2021, 08:57:06 AM
All stunning, but I think that top one with the banding takes the cake from that set, it's gorgeous and very well framed.
Title: Re: West Texas/Mexico
Post by: ileney on March 07, 2021, 03:32:01 PM
Very nice material. The banded one is a dead ringers for Botswana Agate and the one with red sagenite looks alot like that new Turkish stick agate. Very impressive.
Title: Re: West Texas/Mexico
Post by: Shifter55 on March 12, 2021, 10:36:58 PM
That's an impressively strong blue compared to other examples of Casa Grande I found, what is with the speckles in it, pyrites?
Title: Re: West Texas/Mexico
Post by: victor1941 on March 13, 2021, 09:55:09 AM
The Casa Grande picture color is a good representation. This is a cab from a nodule purchased in the late 60"s from a large mixed rock pile that had material from Mexico and Texas. There are small spherules or inclusions that that are part of the makeup but I have no clue as to what they are. This is not what I normally collect or looking for at the time but I liked the design/color and made the cab after I sliced the rock.
Title: Re: West Texas/Mexico
Post by: Ryaly2dogs on March 13, 2021, 03:43:56 PM
Love that yellow on red pseudomorph piece.  Looks a wee bit like a Coyamito?
Title: Re: West Texas/Mexico
Post by: victor1941 on March 13, 2021, 05:06:27 PM
Ryaly2dogs, the pseudomorph piece was from Big Bend material. It was special because of a great spray and solid.