hummingbirdstones2
fully equipped rock polisher
Vince A., 1958-2023
Member since August 2018
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Jan 20, 2020 12:29:33 GMT -5
Robin and I were looking at what we brought home with us from Quartzsite 2020 and had to laugh when we remembered our first trip in 2011. We were so happy nine years ago with "all the good stuff" we got there that year. So I put together photos of the "progression" from then 'till now.
The Imperial Jasper slab (lower left) in the first photo is about 6x6". The Crazy Lace (left center) of the second photo is about the same. Either one would fit on just the flat upper face of the Chrysocolla in the third photo. The Chrysocolla chunk (including the pointy tapered end) is 7x9" and 5" thick, and there's 114 more pounds keeping it company in those two flats.
Granted, when we met we didn't have slab saws. We only cut opal before then. So this thread is here for anyone just starting out who might have a fear of accidentaly getting buried under a rock pile. In their own home.
Quartzsite 2011
Quartzsite 2012
Quartzsite 2020
(We might have to rent a truck next year...)
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 20, 2020 12:43:54 GMT -5
Timely post. We have so many new members just starting out. I have never been to Q, but the evolution of my purchases is similar.
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Post by captbob on Jan 20, 2020 13:26:47 GMT -5
What is the largest rock in the box on the right?
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 20, 2020 13:38:15 GMT -5
What is the largest rock in the box on the right? That's a piece of Hampton Butte wood (14" x 10" x 8") that we got from Tony catmandewe .
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Post by MsAli on Jan 20, 2020 19:59:45 GMT -5
I feel that's how my purchases have gone as well😂
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RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
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Post by RWA3006 on Jan 27, 2020 13:20:19 GMT -5
Abandon all hope ye that enter therein. There is no cure.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 27, 2020 14:08:01 GMT -5
Abandon all hope ye that enter therein. There is no cure. True that, RWA3006!
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Fossilman
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Member since January 2009
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 28, 2020 10:36:17 GMT -5
Nothing better than rock piles in the yard (Front and back)...
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Post by knave on Jan 28, 2020 12:30:59 GMT -5
Nothing better than rock piles in the yard (Front and back)... Piles of rocks. We picked rock out of the fields on a yearly basis as a kid. I would ride in the loader bucket of the old 185 Allis and we had to pick rocks. Hot dusty work. Wonder how many good ones I threw on the pile. Can’t believe what we called the big ones. Didn’t know what I was saying.
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RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
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Post by RWA3006 on Jan 28, 2020 22:01:34 GMT -5
Nothing better than rock piles in the yard (Front and back)... Piles of rocks. We picked rock out of the fields on a yearly basis as a kid. I would ride in the loader bucket of the old 185 Allis and we had to pick rocks. Hot dusty work. Wonder how many good ones I threw on the pile. Can’t believe what we called the big ones. Didn’t know what I was saying. I did that too when I was a kid, except we used a lumber skid built like a low sled and pulled by a horse. The old timers around here called it a stone boat. Lots of ground was made farmable that way. We often had to repeat the rock gathering every spring because the rocks would frost heave to the surface in cold weather.
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Post by mohs on Jan 28, 2020 22:26:03 GMT -5
Like hearing stories of kids moving rocks Reminds me of favorite waitress at She knew I was a rock hound And she told me how her father was a prospector He took all of her brothers and sisters out to the desert dig And told them: ‘ see all those rock there?’ Those are Indian Love Stones Now move all those effing rocks ! " Cracked me up and she was hash slinging babe... mohs
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