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Offline mullet

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Opalized Phosphate
« on: April 14, 2011, 06:51:54 pm »
 A secret rock fairy did most of the hard work on this brittle rock, I just finished it up into a Newnan. I hope the secret fairy likes the finshed product. ;)
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Re: Opalized Phosphate
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2011, 07:24:55 pm »
thats beautiful. where does it come from
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Re: Opalized Phosphate
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2011, 07:42:45 pm »
That looks a lot more like a Newnan than it did the other day. Good job, that stuff is hard to knap without it snapping.
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Re: Opalized Phosphate
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2011, 08:48:23 pm »
Jamie, It only comes from 3 different places in the Peace River down here that I know of. Each of the three places has a different color of swirls. One is OD green, black and brown. Another is tans and browns and then this one which is blue, gray and black mostly.
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Re: Opalized Phosphate
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2011, 12:07:02 am »
Nice point and send me a bucket of that rock when you get the time old BUDDY..........thanks for showing us .....Curt
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Re: Opalized Phosphate
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2011, 03:39:27 am »
 :o     Man that is purty! ;)  Here I thought you were going to say you dug it up in one of the phosphat mines....... ;D  That is Saweet!!                                                                                           

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Re: Opalized Phosphate
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2011, 09:14:41 am »
Outstanding Job!!  ;D ;D
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Re: Opalized Phosphate
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2011, 10:18:39 am »
Nice looking material and point.

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Re: Opalized Phosphate
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2011, 11:26:41 am »
Very nice, Eddie!  Never heard of the material.
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Re: Opalized Phosphate
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2011, 01:48:46 pm »
Boy, that is some kind of slick lookin rock! And nice newnan ta boot! Yea, i'll take a bucket too when ya get a chance ::).
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Re: Opalized Phosphate
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2011, 03:55:22 pm »
 When my back heals up and turkey season is over I'll hit the river.
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Re: Opalized Phosphate
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2011, 04:37:48 pm »
Parker...Just how OLD are you..........LOL...Curt
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Re: Opalized Phosphate
« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2011, 05:28:14 pm »
Very nice.
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Re: Opalized Phosphate
« Reply #13 on: April 15, 2011, 06:32:46 pm »
Rock fairy?  I'm imagining a guy in pink buckskins and a feather boa singing show tunes while pressure flaking....

Anyway, that's some beautiful stone and what is obviously talented knapping.  Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Opalized Phosphate
« Reply #14 on: April 15, 2011, 08:59:53 pm »
Curt; I yanked my back three weeks ago and been turkey hunting. First weekend I rode my Mt. bike for an hour and walked for a half hour, killed a bird. I couldn't walk the next day. Then I spent six days at Pappy's chasing birds up and down those modest, steep hills of his.I self medicated with liquid refreshment and two bottles of Ibupropien. then off to Cades for four more days of chasing birds. I couldn't hardly walk one of those days. I'm 58. ;) :'( Going for an MRI in a week.
 JW, That pink buckskin, feather boa, pressure flaking dude would be, leapingbare. This piece of rock was not up to his standards, so he gave it to me and said finish it.
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