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Post by NatureNut on May 18, 2012 23:19:33 GMT -5
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Post by paulshiroma on May 18, 2012 23:22:35 GMT -5
Wow, Jo! These are beautiful. I really like all the stuff in the "miscellaneous" category! Those came out great. Thanks for sharing the photos. Paul
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on May 19, 2012 1:32:03 GMT -5
That is an inspiring tumble! Wow, incredible and amazing diversity.
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jason12x12
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Post by jason12x12 on May 19, 2012 1:32:12 GMT -5
love the variety of those stones thanks for all those pictures
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meta99
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Post by meta99 on May 19, 2012 6:57:57 GMT -5
Those are great! I love 'self-collected' rocks! And that has to be bone....wonder where it came from?! Sue
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carloscinco
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Post by carloscinco on May 19, 2012 7:38:56 GMT -5
Smorgasbordic. Great tumble and photos. Thanks for the post.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on May 19, 2012 8:41:53 GMT -5
Thanks for posting all the great pictures. I liked the colors of the Australian Dendritic Opal, I don't see that color in tumbled stones very often.
Chuck
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Post by rockrookie on May 19, 2012 9:33:51 GMT -5
Nice batch , Jo !!!! wow . what variety !!! --paul
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Post by gr on May 19, 2012 9:45:18 GMT -5
What a veriaty of cool stone. 18th pic from the bottom is my favorite. Do you know what it is?
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Post by NatureNut on May 19, 2012 14:32:58 GMT -5
Not a clue. Just something I picked up around the vendor sites in Quartzsite. Its a cool one. Same with the Dino Bone. It's a tiny little thing. Probably picked it up somewhere in Q. Jo
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Post by Pat on May 19, 2012 15:35:40 GMT -5
I never tire of looking at posted pictures of tumbled rocks since I don't tumble them. There are a lot of beauties in your batch.
What do you do with them?
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2012 16:25:45 GMT -5
Beautiful batch but I have to argue with you on favorite. The yellow with all the roots growing in it is awesome. And the saw cut standing upright would look like a dentists chair with my head as low as it could go trying to get away. lol Jim
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Post by NatureNut on May 19, 2012 17:16:43 GMT -5
Haha... here, I'll put the chair up for you...
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Post by talkingstones on May 19, 2012 17:52:32 GMT -5
Jo, GREAT batch! Lot's of really nice pieces!!! Where in NJ did you find citrine?
Cathy
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Post by gr on May 19, 2012 18:02:55 GMT -5
Jo, my miss count. It's the 19th one I'm lookin at. cream color with the spiderweb lookin stuff
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Post by NatureNut on May 19, 2012 18:31:00 GMT -5
Hi Pat, I try to be like some of the cool members on here (like Randy) and have a bunch of lesser expensive, more affordable pendants made from tumbled stones with glue-on bails. That's what I do with the ones I preshape with my saw.
I use the rounded tumbled stones in different ways, in sculptures and projects, give them out when we do shows, and share them with the big and little kids we meet on our travels. I sort out the pitted ones (which I could rebrake, cut or grind out and re-run) and give them to my son-in-law who likes to put them on top of the soil of his potted plants in his apartment. He really delights when I send him a new bag.
Lastly, when we come through Winslow, we visit with some friends who do Native American pottery. They use the traditional method of pottery making using the same methods their ancestors did. They used tumbled stones to polish their pieces and they like to look through my stones and pick out particular stones that are fine grained with a high polish and have a shape that will be useful to them. It's really an honor to have them use my stones in their work and I really value their friendship.
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Post by Pat on May 19, 2012 18:54:31 GMT -5
Thanks for the interesting explanation. I had never heard of the use in pottery.
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Post by NatureNut on May 19, 2012 18:56:51 GMT -5
GR, I'm thinking it's an Imperial Jasper. If not then it's probably a piece of Rhyolite I collected near the Kofa Mountains. Long shot is Bruneau.
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Post by snuffy on May 19, 2012 19:00:24 GMT -5
Thats a great batch Jo. The 2nd pic is an unusual color combination,nice!
snuffy
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Post by NatureNut on May 19, 2012 19:16:42 GMT -5
Thanks Snuffy. It's a tiny bit greener than in the pics. Jo
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