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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4211 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Tennessee- Paint Rock Agate Sep 1^st, 2013 at 4:26pm	Print Post
	Need we say more? Paint Rock is one of the more famous and popular agates found east of the Mississippi. If you would like to read more about it here is a link; http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/rockhounds/conversations/topics/2410 Just finished cutting this piece and thought you might like to see it. The slabs are approximately 8" long and 6" wide. First the two fitting surfaces. The second pic is a close-up of an interesting "cherry cluster" formation at the bottom of the slab on the right.

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4211 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Tennessee- Paint Rock Agate Reply #1 - Sep 1^st, 2013 at 4:31pm	Print Post
	And then Sides B, which would be the outer edges of the nodule.

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Rebecca God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 653 Joined: Nov 11^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Tennessee- Paint Rock Agate Reply #2 - Sep 12^th, 2013 at 1:26pm	Print Post
	Pretty crazy, beautiful stuff. Thanks for sharing.


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4211 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Tennessee- Paint Rock Agate Reply #3 - Sep 24^th, 2013 at 9:06pm	Print Post
	A couple more Paint Rock slabs from this past weekend. I have 200 lbs of this rock for sale at $ 12.00 per lb., if I don't slab it all myself first.

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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2975 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Tennessee- Paint Rock Agate Reply #4 - Sep 25^th, 2013 at 9:22am	Print Post
	The vibrant yellow and red contrast make that stuff really pop. I may have to go get some from you before it's all gone!

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4211 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Tennessee- Paint Rock Agate Reply #5 - Apr 30^th, 2018 at 9:20pm	Print Post
	I woke up this morning and I was Petrified! My hair had gotten all kinky and turned red!

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Rebecca God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 653 Joined: Nov 11^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Tennessee- Paint Rock Agate Reply #6 - May 1^st, 2018 at 10:37am	Print Post
	and you look very angry! wild rock! super! i swear that stuff looks like it was created way down deep.


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lizziebird Full Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 143 Joined: Mar 28^th, 2013 Gender:	Re: Tennessee- Paint Rock Agate Reply #7 - May 14^th, 2018 at 3:23pm	Print Post
	That's really spectacular!!


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dirtslanger Junior Member Offline Posts: 70 Location: Lookout Mountain, GA Joined: Jun 10^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Tennessee- Paint Rock Agate Reply #8 - Nov 24^th, 2018 at 4:05pm	Print Post
	Found at the mouth of Turkey Creek the day after Thanksgiving...it is still out there.

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Rebecca God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 653 Joined: Nov 11^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Tennessee- Paint Rock Agate Reply #9 - Nov 24^th, 2018 at 8:31pm	Print Post
	that is exciting! thanks for sharing.


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4211 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Tennessee- Paint Rock Agate Reply #10 - Nov 25^th, 2018 at 8:18pm	Print Post
	Yeah, that's the stuff, dirt! Good eye!


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Geobop YaBB Newbies Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 1 Joined: Dec 30^th, 2018	Re: Tennessee- Paint Rock Agate Reply #11 - Dec 30^th, 2018 at 2:27pm	Print Post
	Awesome pictures! I registered so I could request permission to use one of them in a book. I'll send you a PM with the details.


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4211 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Tennessee- Paint Rock Agate Reply #12 - Feb 14^th, 2019 at 11:50pm	Print Post
	Here's a nodule that is too fractured to cut up so I ground it down like it was. Just gorgeous fantastic reds in this piece!

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Rebecca God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 653 Joined: Nov 11^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Tennessee- Paint Rock Agate Reply #13 - Feb 15^th, 2019 at 9:37am	Print Post
	ooo la la! AND it is a heart! I would love to see some pics of the outside ...the crust/rind..the outside of the nodule. Do you know in what county your nodule was found? Or any of the other TN paint rock you have? Thanks for sharing


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4211 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Tennessee- Paint Rock Agate Reply #14 - Feb 15^th, 2019 at 7:20pm	Print Post
	Not sure about the county or counties, Rebecca. The host rock on this piece is a sandy to argillaceous limestone. Fairly soft or at least it wears down easy. Last pic is the cut bottom.

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