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The Ultimate Rare Condor Agate from Argentina (Read 665 times)

JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4204 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	The Ultimate Rare Condor Agate from Argentina Feb 6^th, 2024 at 10:21pm	Print Post
	I like agates with multiple beautiful wavy fortifications and inclusions as much as the next person. But I love specimens with singular spectacular points of interest as well. Like a bed of drusy with just one beautiful crystal perched on top. So it is with this unique Condor Agate and it's single deep orange fortified triangle. It is hard to see the tail of the triangle trailing off into the inner depths of the agate in the pictures, but you can see the triangle through and through on the cabochon cut from the slab that came from the face of the nodule. And these took forever to get the polish right, or good enough.

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RickB Junior Member Online Posts: 58 Location: Columbia SC Joined: Dec 18^th, 2023 Gender:	Re: The Ultimate Rare Condor Agate from Argentina Reply #1 - Feb 7^th, 2024 at 7:01pm	Print Post
	That's a nice one Joe and a very good polish too. I can see a reflection of the trees behind you in the next to last photo - just like a mirror.


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Jay2010 Junior Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 83 Joined: Jan 2^nd, 2024 Gender:	Re: The Ultimate Rare Condor Agate from Argentina Reply #2 - Feb 8^th, 2024 at 3:14pm	Print Post
	Wow, what a beautiful stone, how long did it take to cut and polish it?


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4204 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: The Ultimate Rare Condor Agate from Argentina Reply #3 - Feb 8^th, 2024 at 8:36pm	Print Post
	Thanks RickB and Jay. Yes, this took a lot longer than it should've to polish. You know how a dark or black surface will show up the least little scratch, very unforgiving. I tried multiple times to get the specimen piece 'right' but just couldn't get the little hair-line scratches out. After a few months I finally tried some new and higher grade Cerium Oxide for the final polish and wall-a, success! I had been having issues with getting a final polish I was happy with for some time and this helped me figure out I was using an inferior grade Cerium. Makes all the difference in the world. Here are a few more Condors as examples of what they typically look like.

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daves64 Senior Member Online Rockaholic Posts: 456 Location: Ellensburg WA Joined: Jun 27^th, 2018 Gender:	Re: The Ultimate Rare Condor Agate from Argentina Reply #4 - Feb 10^th, 2024 at 9:43am	Print Post
	If they've got tiny little scratches you can't get rid of, just toss em in a box & send them to me. That way you won't have to look at them anymore.


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IDLassie Senior Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 269 Location: Idaho Joined: Jan 2^nd, 2022 Gender:	Re: The Ultimate Rare Condor Agate from Argentina Reply #5 - Feb 11^th, 2024 at 8:08am	Print Post
	WoW! Joe! What nice specimens. I like all of them and their colors. I only seem to find white. Thanks for posting.


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4204 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: The Ultimate Rare Condor Agate from Argentina Reply #6 - Feb 11^th, 2024 at 8:39pm	Print Post
	Thanks, ID. Guess you'll just have to visit Argentina. And if you go, take Dave64 with you. He needs to get out more.


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daves64 Senior Member Online Rockaholic Posts: 456 Location: Ellensburg WA Joined: Jun 27^th, 2018 Gender:	Re: The Ultimate Rare Condor Agate from Argentina Reply #7 - Feb 12^th, 2024 at 2:30pm	Print Post
	JoeM wrote on Feb 11^th, 2024 at 8:39pm: And if you go, take Dave64 with you. He needs to get out more. Hey now! I get out plenty, thank you very much! I walk to work 5 night's a week and back every morning! And to the store when needed... and... and... and ... yeah, you're right, I DO need to get out more.


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4204 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: The Ultimate Rare Condor Agate from Argentina Reply #8 - Feb 12^th, 2024 at 3:57pm	Print Post
	HA! Just giving you a hard time, buddy.


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daves64 Senior Member Online Rockaholic Posts: 456 Location: Ellensburg WA Joined: Jun 27^th, 2018 Gender:	Re: The Ultimate Rare Condor Agate from Argentina Reply #9 - Feb 13^th, 2024 at 2:33pm	Print Post
	Oh gee... ya' think? It's true though. I do need to get out more, but that might require working shudder day's....


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