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duffyman · Joined: 04 Aug 2007 Posts: 427 Location: duffy ohio

alley agate

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FIRE81 · Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 298 Location: Mancos Colorado

This may sound " COOKY " not cookie.

But it seems that on Duffy's Alley there's a " trait "
that I (IMHO) have been seeing on other Alleys.

Right up the CENTER of the marble.....the is a
" TREE " or "PLANT" like pattern that " BRANCHES " or " FANS" out.

Does that make sense ????????? Rolling Eyes

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jlmoriarty · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 200 Location: Tir na nOg

Rick ~~ that pattern is called "dendritic" and is intended to look like a plant or something growing up the side of something. Or something Laughing

John

FIRE81 · Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 298 Location: Mancos Colorado

Thanx John !

I just have never heard that term being used in any of the Alley threads !

I'll have to spell it 100 times before I get it right......... Confused

Adventurine

Providence

Incased

DentRicktic

RAR.................. Cool

Ponkochan · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:36 am Post subject:

I too, share the love for the aqua/red ones! They are beauts.............not to mention the others in this thread. Very Happy

Cool..........learned a new word, "dendritic" meaning "tree-like". Although the spell checker here is telling me that it's spelled incorrectly (because it's underlined in red), I double-checked it in the Merriam Online Dictionary. Smile

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jlmoriarty · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 200 Location: Tir na nOg

Lizzy ~~ You're right. I misspelled "dendridic". Did I get it right the second time?

Rickster ~~ I think you mean "Provenance" not "Providence", although both are important. Laughing

Here's a similar example. Alan applied the word in this auction which is where I learned it. (And the mib is in the mail and on the way. Very Happy

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example of a "dendridic flame" on an Alley mib:

John

chucks_mibs · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:32 pm Post subject:

Here’s one of mine. I have been on a mad witch hunt for these!

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acraven · Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 1

I think the word would be "dendritic", from "dendrites", a mineral term.

Ann Craven
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browse4antiques · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 552

It just means "branching". It's used to describe many "branching" things, probably best known in describing the branching connections among brain neurons (dendrites). ... Roger

chucks_mibs · Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:08 pm Post subject:

Well Roger, here’s another example that got to my dendrites and which probably caused my hand to reach for my wallet......lol

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