vera
spending too much on rocks
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Post by vera on Dec 23, 2016 20:43:28 GMT -5
Hi, I'm Vera and not only am I a rock addict, but it has been passed to me from my grandmother, who got it from her grandmother. I found out this summer my 12 year old grandson is a rockhound, so of course he is receiving a tumbler and supplies for Christmas. I have not actually tumbled any stones for about 30 years and have no idea where the old contraption is, so I informed my husband that he got me a tumbler for Christmas as well. At least I have lots of rough to start with since I pick up pretty rocks about every where I go. I have been reading for a while without joining and may not participate a great deal due to lack of time, but I really appreciate a lot of the threads and plan to keep reading. If you don't use it, you tend to lose it and I haven't used it in a very long time.
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Post by wigglinrocks on Dec 23, 2016 20:54:26 GMT -5
Welcome from WI , you're going to love this forum . Members her are the best
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zarguy
fully equipped rock polisher
Cedar City, Utah - rockhound heaven!
Member since December 2005
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Post by zarguy on Dec 23, 2016 20:56:25 GMT -5
Vera, Welcome from Cedar City Utah. My grandma's name was Vera, but she wasn't a Rockhound. Sounds like your husband knows what's good for him. You "inform" him & he gets you what you want. I "inform" my wife & get weird looks. Lynn
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Post by vegasjames on Dec 23, 2016 21:21:32 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum and Happy Holidays.
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Post by Pat on Dec 23, 2016 21:51:35 GMT -5
Welcome from California and merry Christmas.
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Dec 24, 2016 0:40:28 GMT -5
Hello Vera welcome to the crazy wacy world oops i mean the RTH!
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 24, 2016 14:51:01 GMT -5
Howdy Vera,from another rock addict from Oregon...........
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Post by drocknut on Dec 24, 2016 20:28:57 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum from Arizona. Keep rockin'!
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vera
spending too much on rocks
Member since December 2016
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Post by vera on Dec 26, 2016 13:13:57 GMT -5
Thanks for the welcome. I forgot to mention that I live in the worst state for collecting hard rocks. Here in the state of West Virginia the government says we have no gemstones, so our state rock is actually a fossil. I think the state simply hasn't been searched well because I have found quartz crystals near the Opequon Creek and milky quartz along the Shenandoah River near Harpers Ferry. Just this past summer I found what I believe is calcite with metal threads on my brother-in-law's farm in Morgan County. On another note, the rock tumbler, supplies and rocks I got for my grandson was a big hit. We spent yesterday breaking rocks and geodes into good sizes for tumbling. Both of my sons even got into it along with all four of my oldest son's boys. Perhaps I have encouraged some new rockhounds. ;-)
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Post by Jugglerguy on Dec 26, 2016 15:05:14 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum from Michigan. Our state rock is the Petoskey stone, a fossilized coral, so don't feel too bad. We have lots of fun rocks in the state, and we still chose a fossil. I happen to like Petoskey stones a lot, so I don't mind at all. We do have a state gem too, the greenstone (Chlorastrolite).
Sounds like you're already having a lot of fun with your new tumbler. Which one did Santa bring?
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Dec 27, 2016 11:36:28 GMT -5
Welcome from N.CA!
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Post by roy on Dec 27, 2016 11:47:37 GMT -5
welcome to the RTH good peeps here
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vera
spending too much on rocks
Member since December 2016
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Post by vera on Dec 30, 2016 10:55:27 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum from Michigan. Our state rock is the Petoskey stone, a fossilized coral, so don't feel too bad. We have lots of fun rocks in the state, and we still chose a fossil. I happen to like Petoskey stones a lot, so I don't mind at all. We do have a state gem too, the greenstone (Chlorastrolite). Sounds like you're already having a lot of fun with your new tumbler. Which one did Santa bring? I don't remember the brand and have not gotten to play with mine yet, in fact it is still in the shipping box. Both the one for my grandson and the one I got are the same. They have dual 3 pound barrels. The rocks and geodes we broke on Sunday were ones I bought on ebay to get my grandson started with his tumbler. I have a bad back and way over did it Sunday , so today is the first morning since then that I rolled over in bed without pain. Hopefully it will warm up enough for me to go outside and break some rocks for my tumbler.
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Post by johnjsgems on Dec 30, 2016 14:03:38 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum!
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metalsmith
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Post by metalsmith on Jan 1, 2017 5:19:41 GMT -5
Welcome along. I hail from Yorkshire, England.
The rocks here are pretty uninteresting, except the 360 m.y. old limestone full of fossils. Luckily the Wolds and coast an hour or so away has a nice shiny version of lignite coal and carnelian washes with the longshore drift.
Time to get it out of the box!!
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 2, 2017 12:53:05 GMT -5
Howdy neighbor! I feel your pain. We have no rocks here in Virginia Beach, either. Well, there is supposed to be some unakite in the mountains, but I'm not crazy about it.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 3, 2017 12:08:34 GMT -5
A shame the east is cursed with few pretty rocks. No problem, they are just a keyboard away. Lots of good suppliers right here on RTH. Sounds like you have a gang interested. That should get something going.
Welcome from Georgia.
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vera
spending too much on rocks
Member since December 2016
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Post by vera on Jan 4, 2017 14:31:49 GMT -5
The east coast actually has quite a few nice rocks, just not in WV. I have panned gold in Virginia as well as collected sapphires, rubies and a lot of different quartz stones. North Carolina gave up rubies, sapphires, smoky quartz and many other minerals. The key to those states is to get away from the ocean and go inland. The problem with WV is that it was an inland sea at one time and the silt covered the good stuff so it is very deep in the earth. The crystals I have found here are the remnants of thermal vents. Some of the thermal vents are still active, such as at Berkeley Springs where people from all over the east coast would come to bathe in the waters during the 1700's and 1800's.
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