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« on: October 15, 2008, 07:13:49 pm »
my last day of cutting before the show this weekend.
first one is wonderstone, the second one i don't know, maybe you can help me out.

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ralph and mary ann
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« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2008, 08:47:05 am »
Hi....... The second one looks like a silica rich conglomerate. Locally (Western Montana) its called pudding stone. There is a deposit near here that is really red. It is named Flathead Quartzite. Lots of hematite and blue agate pebbles in it.....Bob
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« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2008, 09:03:26 am »
ty very much. i kinda thought thats what it was.
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