chrisski Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Just taking up hard rock gem mining. I got a small sample of fire agate. The fire agate is the smaller red bulb in the picture. Chalcedony is the main matrix. Before After 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeper Bob Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Got to bust some rock. Usually the best fire agate is not on the surface 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisski Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 5 hours ago, Beeper Bob said: Got to bust some rock. Usually the best fire agate is not on the surface I’m trying to figure which rocks to bust. I think I also need a sledge. These are the tools I’m using I found these lying in the flats away from the mountain on the desert pavement. Did much better on the flats and saw nothing worth busting up today in the different area along the mountain I went to. No visible quartz veins and in a mile walk only about four pieces of chalcedony or quartz in the pediment along the mountain. Was nice views though. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisski Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 These are the “placer” agates picked off the ground, cleaned, and soaked in diluted Murcia acid. Nothing left to do with these except perhaps tumble, make a couple better ones to jewelry or both. The hard rock I agates I got were not so good. Not sure what I’ll do with those. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisski Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 After two and a half weeks in the vibratory tumbler 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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