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Post by Peruano on Dec 30, 2014 16:23:53 GMT -5
Stimulated by bcrockhound's Puerto Vallarta beach rocks, I thought I'd show some of the beach rocks and pebbles I've sawed and polished from Guaymas (actually San Carlos) Sonora, Mexico. The beach is delightful with a good sampling of rhyolites, agates, and some stone like shells. Some of the agate-like stones after running in the vibratory tumbler. Before tumbling they looked like this. Some of the more contrasting rhyolites (I once thought these to be fossil shells but convinced myself otherwise. Obviously sliced from small rounded beach stones. i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj311/rababikes/lapidary/sancarlos%20beach/DSC_0023_zpsb75d7a8a.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Some have more striping than others. This is a rhyolite husk on a pearlescent matrix (agate-like) These stones have some much activity, I've sliced even tiny ones. And I can't resist showing a couple of the shells that got me interested in staying on the beach and continuing to search for rocks and shells. The darker one has been treated with leather dye, but the other is as natural as it was when it rolled out of the surf. [/a]
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Post by gingerkid on Dec 30, 2014 18:48:20 GMT -5
Really nice, Peruano! The trio displayed on the wood look a lot like mushroom rhyolite. Love the rhyolite pieces (awesome color and patterns), the ones with the pearlescent matrix, and the shell that you dyed with leather dye.
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bcrockhound
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Post by bcrockhound on Dec 30, 2014 21:44:16 GMT -5
Those rhyolites are really nice!
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Post by snowmom on Dec 31, 2014 7:10:25 GMT -5
those are great Tom, The ones with the swirls remind me of stromatolites, the fact that the white has swirls too, makes me think of them, and the material seems similar to Kona Dolomites in colors... could it be fossilized stromatolite of some sort? Whatever it is, it is beautiful and quite different! And the shells are wonderful. thanks for the post!
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Post by snowmom on Dec 31, 2014 7:46:13 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2014 23:28:37 GMT -5
Live the stained one. Came up real nice.
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