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Post by snowmom on Jan 16, 2015 7:30:17 GMT -5
Yesterday I got an envelope in the mail containing a beautiful pendant created by Tommy Lay using some of the WTF breccia which Shotgunner had given him. It is just beautiful, and there is no way to explain how much it means to me! Inside the wrap is a piece of rock which has been mystifying and which so many of you (led by Shotgunner) have given thoughts and opinions on this forum thread
forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/68554/wtf-breccia-snowmom
to help me understand it. We thought we had figured it out and narrowed it down to a form of kimberlite, but Tommy's cab has exposed new questions. In the very center of that cab there is a slightly bronze colored fleck which shows metallic edges, and there are tiny metallic flecks in 3 other places in the cab as well. These look just like the metallic flecks that JamesP discovered in a piece of impactite which I sent him
forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/69142/snowmom-swap?page=5
These photos don't begin to do justice to the pendant, my camera is very limited, as are my abilities to use it. You can see the small bronze spot between the two center prongs, but I could not get a photo to show the metallic glint of the specs that are present. The polishing of the cab has brought out the deep green in what looks at first in the rough as black. Very interesting. I can look at this for a lifetime and keep finding something new!
So, back to the drawing board, the rock the cab is made of may be impactite after all. (does kimberlite ever have metal flecks in it?) More research needs to be done, but the wonderful pendant will always be a treasured possession and symbolizes the help and friendship so many of you have given, and will always have wonderful associations in my mind and heart of the generous outreach of all of you who have brought me along, fed my mind, helped me, worked with me, given me beautiful rocks and pendants, and more than that encouragement and kindness. Thank you Shotgunner and Tommy, way more than I can put into words.
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Post by bcrockhound on Jan 16, 2015 11:33:25 GMT -5
Awesome cab, congratulations. Tommy and Scott are too kind. That's a great pendant and will make an excellent memento and milestone in your hounding.
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Post by gingerkid on Jan 16, 2015 12:21:12 GMT -5
Wow, that is beautiful, snowmom, and would've loved to have seen you when you discovered what was in the envelope. That is very thoughtful and sweet, @shotgunner and Tommy! Y'all rock!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2015 13:12:36 GMT -5
Ohh... P'shaw!! That is all Tommy. 100% I just gave him the stone. Of course, I thought he'd make a cab. I had zero clue he'd wrap and gift it to you Deb. RE: kimberlite:metals Google it. I'm sure nothing has changed. They even use these metal anomalies as a way to detect kimberlite. 500++ kimberlites currently known in Canada. 10 minutes of googling for kimberlite metals shows nickel, cobalt and chromium are likely suspects. Copper too. Both as sulphides and as metal. Some are so rich in nickel they have risen to the level of "prospect" in which economic analysis is being done to determine feasibility of moving forward. It makes sense since the earth core is iron|nickel and kimberlite rises from deep in the earth that there would be metals or metal sulphides present. The sulphides do tend to look metallic think pyrite!BTW some kimberlites are also rich in platinum ores and native gold. not saying this piece is, but some are
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Post by snowmom on Jan 16, 2015 15:08:29 GMT -5
Makes sense to me, didn't do a hunt this morning, this first post was during my first cup of coffee... I see what you mean. more stuff to ponder. Thanks again!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2015 15:31:41 GMT -5
Better pics This pic, to my eye on my monitor, best illustrates the color of this stone. I think think it looks like "pseudo-fossils". It also shows the material "orange-peeled" a little bit under Tommy's capable hands. Makes it a rock with varying hardness. But we knew that. If it had diamond that would prove varying hardness!! lol Need to teach Tommy about vertical format - lol
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Post by Tommy on Jan 16, 2015 15:35:41 GMT -5
Haha yeah force of habit. I use horizontal format due to Etsy's thumbnail cropper. Vertical format photos get terribly chopped off.
Thanks Scott!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2015 16:01:28 GMT -5
Haha yeah force of habit. I use horizontal format due to Etsy's thumbnail cropper. Vertical format photos get terribly chopped off. Thanks Scott! Kudos to you for being a generous and creative gentleman.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2015 16:11:52 GMT -5
And talented.
I forgot talented.
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Post by Tommy on Jan 16, 2015 16:49:25 GMT -5
Okey, enough is enough haha. Seriously though it was nothing - I was glad to participate in the @shotgunner snowmom rock identification mission. Sorry it took so long.
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Post by snowmom on Jan 16, 2015 17:00:04 GMT -5
I love having good photos of these, I have copied and saved them in my files, they are great for reference when I want to go back and check details... those are great! You both have to be on the good Karma plus side bigtime. (happy me)
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 16, 2015 22:23:05 GMT -5
Beautiful!!!
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Post by jamesp on Jan 17, 2015 10:21:17 GMT -5
Tommy's cab beat my tumbler to the finish line. Was late in the discussion...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2015 19:36:02 GMT -5
Tommy's cab beat my tumbler to the finish line. Was late in the discussion... But your tumbles will beat my sphere. I started the sphere cutting and sent a cheek piece to Tommy to play with. His job is the fastest of the three. Well, Deb does have a slab I cut her. But it's not polished.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 17, 2015 20:21:04 GMT -5
Tommy's cab beat my tumbler to the finish line. Was late in the discussion... But your tumbles will beat my sphere. I started the sphere cutting and sent a cheek piece to Tommy to play with. His job is the fastest of the three. Well, Deb does have a slab I cut her. But it's not polished. Nice to spoil snowmom. Well done mate.
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Post by snowmom on Jan 18, 2015 4:56:43 GMT -5
Tommy's cab beat my tumbler to the finish line. Was late in the discussion... But your tumbles will beat my sphere. I started the sphere cutting and sent a cheek piece to Tommy to play with. His job is the fastest of the three. Well, Deb does have a slab I cut her. But it's not polished. shotgunner, you're making a sphere? I want to see !
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2015 11:25:49 GMT -5
But your tumbles will beat my sphere. I started the sphere cutting and sent a cheek piece to Tommy to play with. His job is the fastest of the three. Well, Deb does have a slab I cut her. But it's not polished. shotgunner, you're making a sphere? I want to see ! Slowly. Yes you will see.
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Post by leadbelly713 on Jan 20, 2015 13:48:34 GMT -5
I don't know much about kimberlite other than it can be a host rock for diamonds. When I was long haul trucking, there was an active mining operation off hwy 287south of Wyoming on the Colorado side where they were mining diamonds from kimberlite pipes. Nice cab by the way. Robert.
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