Strange, weird or odd or whatever beach finds thread….

[Jim in Anacortes]

Definitely an "Agate" and a very cool find. It is a form of cryptocrystalline quarts and I think they classify it as Chalcedony, but around here they just call them agates. I like to look for them. I cut and polished one very similar to yours that I made into a silver pendent. When properly polished, these stones can be astonishing.

 

[Jake Watrous]

Definitely an "Agate" and a very cool find. It is a form of cryptocrystalline quarts and I think they classify it as Chalcedony, but around here they just call them agates. I like to look for them. I cut and polished one very similar to yours that I made into a silver pendent. When properly polished these stones can be astonishing.

Thank you so much!

Got any photos of the pendant?

I’ll see if I can find the kids’ rock polisher.

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

I gave the pendent to a lady...... I have some lapidary equipment and made a simple "cabochon" out of the agate and made a simple setting out of silver PMC (precious metal clay). I am confident that that stone will easily take on a high polish.

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

I'd like to add... that they sell lighted display stands, designed for mineral specimens like this.

 

[Stonedfish]

Found a knife sheath and a first aid kit.


Did anyone from this form visit the beach I was on today to experience some Western Cultured?

SF

 

[RCF]

Found a knife sheath and a first aid kit.
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Did anyone from this form visit the beach I was on today to experience some Western Cultured?
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SF

That is some good sheeit man... cough, cough...

 

[Stonedfish]

More free tackle.
SF

 

[Stonedfish]

One perfectly good Xtra Tuff.


Not sure what this is. It looks like cartilage.
Maybe part of a skate or something?


SF

 

[Cabezon]

One perfectly good Xtra Tuff.
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Not sure what this is. It looks like cartilage.
Maybe part of a skate or something?
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SF

I agree; this looks like the brain case of a skate. Because they are made of cartilage, they don't last very long when compared to bone. Hence, there are VERY few fossils of cartilaginous fishes, except for their teeth which have very hard fluoroapatite (Ca5(PO4)F,) on the outside (enamel) and durable hydroxyapatite (Ca5(PO4)3(OH) inside (dentin).
Steve

 

[Jake Watrous]

One perfectly good Xtra Tuff.
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And it didn’t even have a foot in it!

 

[Stonedfish]

This didn’t bring me much luck today.


I picked this up and stuffed it into the front pocket of my pack. I thought a skunk was following me around all day.


The B-Run veggies are showing up strong, likely exceeding the forecast. Counted at least seven gourds sunning on the beach.
A cherry tomato showed up as well. Kind of like a even year humpy. I do find it odd how homeowners use the beaches as their compost bins.

SF

 

[clarkman]

Brian, I love your posts on this thread! so much classic material there.....

 

[Wadin' Boot]

That gourd shoulda had the HPV vaccine back when it was supposed to.

 

[Stonedfish]

Someone lost their dirty Fruit of the Loom drawers.


Rare Puget Sound pufferfish.

SF

 

[Wadin' Boot]

tucked into a bluff overhang
Sword ferns for scale:

 

[Stonedfish]

Not beach related, but hopefully @Wadin' Boot appreciates it. They seem to be migrating inland. As seen in 12th and South Union St in Tacoma.
SF

 

[Cabezon]

Not beach related, but hopefully @Wadin' Boot appreciates it. They seem to be migrating inland. As seen in 12th and South Union St in Tacoma.
SF

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Perhaps it was heading upstream to spawn, like the Skokomish chum but was stranded by a sudden drop in water level.
Steve

 

[SculpinSwinger]

A beach find, from a day with hundreds of them on the beach, I found this surprisingly intact individual

 

[Rainforest Gump]

How about his for a challenging beach access!

 

[5 Weight]

I look at this and “Desire” by U2 plays in my head.