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Post by fernwood on Sept 23, 2017 8:38:26 GMT -5
Have found a lot of these. Broken ones have the feel of Flint. The orange/yellow veins are the same as the Jaspers I find in Central WI. One of the gray banded ones pictured. Sorry for the sun angle. Any thoughts? Thank you. Group photo of about half of them. Shows the gray banding. Unbroken with yellow-orange banding.
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 23, 2017 12:05:56 GMT -5
Black chert. Folks call it flint but black flint is usually associated with chalk while chert is with limestone. We have a very similar local type folks call Edwards Blue Flint but it is actually a black and gray chert.....Mel
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Post by fernwood on Sept 23, 2017 14:18:17 GMT -5
Thanks. Is it lapidary worthy?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2017 20:16:22 GMT -5
Thanks. Is it lapidary worthy? The limit is your creativity, abilities and you finding the way to market the product. If you can make all that happen, it's gold. If not? Who would buy it? Today it's an ugly potato rock not worthy of bending over to inspect. Tomorrow, it may be the hottest thing around. I reference "Chocolate Diamonds" as a comparative. An industrial stone sold at waste costs, then crafted and marketed by skilled entrepreneurs, became a huge success....
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Post by fernwood on Sept 24, 2017 4:48:32 GMT -5
I am likin' the colors and patterns. Something mystical about black rocks. They are going in my collection of worthy items.
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