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Mystery Stone Contest Results

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name: Bill
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Time: 01:06 AM

Comments:
Very nice and different...got any more! Got me on this one Phil and I thought I knew everything.

name: Bennica
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Time: 05:15 AM

Comments:

It is very beautiful, I think it is an Agate, but I am not a specialist....And I regret a lot to have couldn't buy some Morrisonite. Next time maybe...Charly.

My Response: No sorry. 🙁    Keep Trying !!

name: Dave
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Time: 06:06 AM

Comments:

Walker Ranch agate from Texas
My Response: No sorry. 🙁    Keep Trying !!

Hi,
I did'nt buy but I was one of the firsts to open your sale, and in Spain was 2.00 in the night!. I saved money for buy your next extra piece!
Looking your cab, I guess is a Del Norte Thunder Egg Plume.
see you
marco

My Response: No sorry. 🙁    Keep Trying !!

name: Vaughn
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Time: 08:36 AM

Comments:

Nipomo marcasite in quartz
My Response:No sorry. 🙁    Keep Trying !!

name: marco
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Time: 09:00 AM

Comments:

I would guess a Del Norte Plume, but your presentation don't fit
My Response: No sorry. 🙁    Keep Trying !!

name: joe
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Time: 09:53 AM

Comments:

Woodward Ranch plume from Texas is my best guess, given the colors and clear chalcedony surround; but I doubt a northwest guy would feature a Texas agate.

My Response: No sorry. 🙁    Keep Trying !!
No way! I love Marfa plume! I look for it all the time. But of course Ebay sells the crappy stuff. And the ones for sale on Web sites is a little out of my price range. If I had some to share I would...Joe maybe you can give me some 🙂

name: Randy
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Time: 12:34 PM

Comments:

Hey Phillip,
This really looks like Salina turtlebac/Plume from Utah to me.
Randy
My Response: No sorry. 🙁    Keep Trying !!

name: Randy
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Time: 12:52 PM

Comments:

hmmmm....... I bet you're being too obvious and it's morrisonite.

My Response: Hahaha! I wish!  No sorry. 🙁    Keep Trying !!

name: Lenny
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Time: 01:24 PM

Comments:

Beacon Hill Agate?

My Response: No sorry. 🙁    Keep Trying !!

name: Neil
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Time: 01:24 PM
Hi Philip,
 
Interesting cab. Looks to be some kind of moss agate.
 
Amberine Agate?
Seaweed Agate?
Graveyard Point?
 My Response: No sorry. 🙁    Keep Trying !!

name: Kevin
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Time: 01:40 PM

Comments:

Moss agate
My Response: No sorry. 🙁   It is a type of moss but it has a specific name. Keep Trying !! 🙂

name: Ann
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Time: 03:40 PM

Comments:

Looks almost like an unusual Del Norte, but I have to give up.

I'm naming it myself... Awesome!

My Response: No sorry, not Del Norte . 🙁    Keep Trying !!

name: Ann (again)
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Time: 05:35 PM

Comments:

Thought someone had guessed this, but now I don't see it.

Unlikely, but maybe Maury Mountain Moss Agate?

My Response: No sorry, 🙁    Keep Trying !!
 

name: Ron
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Time: 07:44 PM

Comments:

Priday Plume from the old Priday ranch in Madras, Oregon.  These are found in thunder eggs.  This ranch is now known as the Richardsons Rock Ranch.  Their website is: http://www.richardsonrockranch.com/pricelist.html

My Response: Nope. Sorry Ron 🙁    Keep Trying !!

Name: Randy
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Time: 09:08 PM

Comments:

one more try.. Marfa?
My Response: No sorry, 🙁    Keep Trying !!

name: al
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Time: 09:10 PM

Comments:

Anyone who can name this one deserves at least 50% discount on it. Your clue:"The rough never has fractures and never has pitting." Never is so restrictive as to imply "lab created": Fischer Stone?
Other guesses named Agate: Copco (aka Jenny Creek), Nyedigger, Deming, Yellow Tree, Blue Moon Dendritic. P.S. looks nothing like any Montana Moss, but I submit it so others will not bother to do so. 

My Response: Fischer Stone YES! Chemically Induced Inclusions in Snake Skin Agate. Discovered by the late Dr. George W. Fischer.

name: Steve
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Time: 09:25 PM

Comments:

It looks like a Fisher stone.  copper inclusions that were infused into a particular snakeskin agate

My Response: Fischer Stone YES! Honorable mention. Steve send me your Email address and I'll send you a consolation prize. 🙂

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Name- Terry Maple


Probably Snake Skin Agate with a man made dendrite in it.
My Response: Oh so close! Sorry Terry. What's the name of the stone? I know that's mean you probably knew the name of the stone anyway. So I'm sending something nice to you too.