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Look familiar to anyone?
May 17th, 2014 at 10:42pm
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I've got a few rocks I'm slabbin' for some folks
and I wanted to start with this one because I've never seen
a chunk of agate quite like it.
First guess would be some form of agatized stromatalite, but the layers are unusually uniform.
If it is, it would be nice to know a location for it.
Any ideas?
Here are a couple of pics of the whole rock followed by close-ups.

  

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Re: Look familiar to anyone?
Reply #1 - May 17th, 2014 at 10:47pm
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It's a real pretty chunk of agatized something!
Here's a slightly backlit slab and a couple close-ups of it.
  

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Reply #2 - Nov 16th, 2014 at 9:46am
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That is some awesome stuff. Looks like what I've seen called "Zebra lace agate" out of Mexico.
  
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Reply #3 - Nov 2nd, 2015 at 10:25pm
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BTW, exactly right about that, talusman, thanks!
  
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Reply #4 - Jan 26th, 2016 at 9:40pm
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Really wild pattern.
What size saw are you using on that, Joe?
  
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Reply #5 - Jan 27th, 2016 at 10:08pm
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18" saw.
  
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Reply #6 - Jan 28th, 2016 at 8:35pm
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Awesome! Buddy, ol' pal! You know I have piles of stuff to cut to see what is on the inside!  Cheesy
  
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Reply #7 - Feb 2nd, 2016 at 9:33am
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The overall pattern is stunning.  If it were mine I would not want to trim it down for cabochons but leave as is.
  
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Reply #8 - Feb 2nd, 2016 at 11:44am
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Tim4d wrote on Feb 2nd, 2016 at 9:33am:
The overall pattern is stunning.  If it were mine I would not want to trim it down for cabochons but leave as is.


Unless it's carved into a zebra.   Grin
  

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Reply #9 - Feb 3rd, 2016 at 8:18pm
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Agatized mammoth tooth
  
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