cobbledstones
spending too much on rocks
Member since January 2014
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Post by cobbledstones on May 28, 2014 9:39:02 GMT -5
Ok so I found a small stream next to my office that has a lot of tumbler sized pieces of zeolite. They are pretty cool, and almost look like coral/thomsonite, but are a translucent white color. I have been going there for a while now on my lunch break and my desk drawer is getting pretty full so its time I did something with them. Has anyone tried to tumble zeolite before? It is pretty soft, somewhere around 3 on the mohs.
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Post by gingerkid on May 28, 2014 9:54:08 GMT -5
Hi, cobbledstones! Do you have any pics of the zeolites? Zeolites are one of my favorite minerals to collect. They are rather fragile. Is some tumbling media made from synthetic zeolite?
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cobbledstones
spending too much on rocks
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Post by cobbledstones on May 28, 2014 11:58:06 GMT -5
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cobbledstones
spending too much on rocks
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Post by cobbledstones on May 28, 2014 13:23:35 GMT -5
thanks Mark, maybe I should take a step back and try to get a positive ID on these.
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Post by gingerkid on May 28, 2014 14:07:39 GMT -5
Hi, cobbledstones! I'm not sure if those are zeolites or not, and hope our experts can help id them from your photos. They kinda look like horn coral or something?
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