Agate?

BC1969

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Cutting through some random rocks that I have picked up over the years, revealed this beauty.
I bet that it would polish up nicely.
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BC1969

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I'm not certain. When I get home I'll take a pic of the outside of the rock.
It has little bumps all over it.
If you really want to polish it, I'll send you both halfs, you make them pretty and send one half back.
I wish that I could afford one of those tools with all those various grit diamond wheels.
 

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people call those 'geode's

and yes,its full of red banded agate!
 

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I'm not certain. When I get home I'll take a pic of the outside of the rock.
It has little bumps all over it.
If you really want to polish it, I'll send you both halfs, you make them pretty and send one half back.
I wish that I could afford one of those tools with all those various grit diamond wheels.

wow that would be awesome :) It would be worth it that's for sure, beautiful agate

people call those 'geode's

and yes,its full of red banded agate!

actually a geode is hollow or at least has a vug (cavity) in it to allow terminated crystal growth. If it fills in entirely, it's called a nodule :)
 

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stdenis_jd

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that looks like a volcanic vent-formed agate (the exterior looks a bit like rhyolite), any idea where it's from? And the size too...depending on how big it is, it would be good to cut a slab off from it to make cabochons...then leave the husk with a polished face. Is the surface flat like somebody cut it or is it irregular?
 

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wow that would be awesome :) It would be worth it that's for sure, beautiful agate



actually a geode is hollow or at least has a vug (cavity) in it to allow terminated crystal growth. If it fills in entirely, it's called a nodule :)
Let's call it a Thunder egg. Query my recent posts to see a geode and other thunder eggs. Geode, hollow. Thunder egg, solid. Small spherical t-egg/geode, nodule. TTC
 

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Here's a pic of my Mexican Red Hot.
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Here are more T-eggs and geodes I found two weeks ago. I now have over 800!
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I will give turn for turn directions to the hole I dug 700 from if anyone sends me a PM. TTC
 

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