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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2014 18:40:20 GMT -5
sorry guys if this is the wrong section I wasn't sure...going through my collection was wanting help figuring out what I have, I think some good stuff...not really thinking about tumbling these espically the + 5lb metal one obviously...just curious, they all look special to me.....Chris
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2014 19:09:10 GMT -5
im wishfully thinking, but maybe a ruby in there...the purple one either glass or fluorite? the big thing probally is iron or lead my luck,.....the smalled brownish one meteorite?=D probally not though....and the bottom some dark crystal?
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Post by Minnesota Daniel on Mar 5, 2014 20:54:28 GMT -5
I'd guess the big chunk is a piece of slag iron. The next one though looks like agate. In the three views of it I think I see a waxy luster, air bubbles like you'd expect to see in the husk, and maybe a bit of limonite on the surface. The next one is likely slag glass. The last one is anyone's guess. Knowing their place of origin can go a long way towards identifying what they might be, and especially what they almost certainly are not. Any idea where these came from? BTW, the place to ask ID questions is in the Rock Identification Library, down in the General Section.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2014 21:11:16 GMT -5
no that's the problem they are hand me downs
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Post by Condor on Mar 5, 2014 21:13:02 GMT -5
Picture #1...old piece of meatloaf. Picture #4...old Russet potato. Picture #7...old piece of steak.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2014 21:13:15 GMT -5
ok im still learning ill post there next time! sorry
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2014 21:16:06 GMT -5
sorry condor
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Post by Minnesota Daniel on Mar 5, 2014 21:48:42 GMT -5
Anytime someone posts a picture of a rock that looks anything like bacon, it definitely gets pointed out. Your meatloaf is almost certainly not a first -- no need to apologize.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2014 21:54:48 GMT -5
should i keep looking into it? (im going to anyways) but is that just a joke or am i being told its rubbish? ps thanks for looking.....i just don't get the food terms
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Post by Minnesota Daniel on Mar 5, 2014 22:32:40 GMT -5
When we have no idea what the rock might be we often name it for the food it most looks like. It's a joke. It happens all the time. We do it in fun.
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Post by washingtonrocks on Mar 6, 2014 18:40:14 GMT -5
They look to be iron sulfides. Either Pyrrhotite or Chalcopyrite. Cool rocks!
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Post by panamark on Mar 6, 2014 19:02:24 GMT -5
should i keep looking into it? (im going to anyways) but is that just a joke or am i being told its rubbish? ps thanks for looking.....i just don't get the food terms Please do keep posting and don't worry- a lot of us here have "unique" senses of humor. You will probably be joining in the joking before you even know it.
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Post by Condor on Mar 6, 2014 20:25:54 GMT -5
should i keep looking into it? (im going to anyways) but is that just a joke or am i being told its rubbish? ps thanks for looking.....i just don't get the food terms Not rubbish at all Tumbleon. Check this out. It's quite cool. Www.rockfoodtable.comCondor
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2014 16:31:19 GMT -5
Hey guys thanks! I wasn't offended or anything lol just simply confused
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Post by Starguy on Mar 8, 2014 15:04:06 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure the center stone in the 6:24 PM photo is a corundum crystal. It should be very hard as a test. They will scratch anything but diamond.
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Post by aimeesrockworks on Mar 8, 2014 16:56:57 GMT -5
Is 6:23 not obsidian? Just an edge piece? I don't think I've ever seen slag glass and natural obsidian side by side so maybe there are some clues in there I'm not seeing.
Mmm... bacon rocks.
(Hey wait, it does!!)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2014 19:58:04 GMT -5
hey guys, just got back home from working LONG DAY but thanks for keep helping me put the pieces together, I espically thank you for semi concluding my guess on what I thought was a ruby or atleast in the family it is a crystal I can tell in the light, the bottom zigzag stone is too....and have the shape almost like a stop sign they stand up tall...hope they are all something good.......once again thanks im wore out, a 2 hour job today ended up being a full hour shift plus over time Chris
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2014 20:00:08 GMT -5
aimee soon as I find out ill let you know...I want to know more than anyone=]
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