lancemountain
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since March 2017
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Post by lancemountain on Feb 9, 2020 15:52:41 GMT -5
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Post by fernwood on Feb 9, 2020 16:04:02 GMT -5
The colors and the shine!
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Post by RocksInNJ on Feb 9, 2020 16:05:00 GMT -5
Beautiful stuff with a great shine. Very nice job.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 9, 2020 16:16:53 GMT -5
Really nice, shiny batch of wood! Great job.
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Post by knave on Feb 9, 2020 16:19:01 GMT -5
Great job with that!
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shardy
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since October 2019
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Post by shardy on Feb 9, 2020 16:46:37 GMT -5
Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by aDave on Feb 9, 2020 16:54:33 GMT -5
Well done with yours. Where is it from? I have not had much luck with the Northern AZ pet wood, as most of it tends to fracture. Sure, I get lucky with some pieces, but it's been more of an uphill battle for me.
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nileriver
off to a rocking start
Member since December 2016
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Post by nileriver on Feb 12, 2020 9:42:48 GMT -5
Well done with yours. Where is it from? I have not had much luck with the Northern AZ pet wood, as most of it tends to fracture. Sure, I get lucky with some pieces, but it's been more of an uphill battle for me. I'm curious as to it's origin, as well. (Great job on it, BTW lancemountain). It looks like AZ wood, much like what I have, which was self collected at Noah Dobell's place, although a few of your pieces are atypical to what I collected. My experience with it has been like Dave's. Most of it is riddled with cracks. I don't think mine is cracking during tumbling; I believe the fractures were present when I picked them up off the ground in AZ. And I too have a few that come out flawless (maybe 1 in 10-15), but that is after many, many episodes in the coarse grind. Most of it I've moved on to the next stages, just accepting the flaws, as after a while you can tell that they will never grind out. Some of my favorite pieces are actually the ones that show some bark. But, yeah, the colors are amazing. And, where it is smooth, it takes a shine as well as anything I've ever polished. |
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MommaGem
spending too much on rocks
Member since April 2019
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Post by MommaGem on Feb 12, 2020 12:29:06 GMT -5
Those are really stunning - fantastic job!!  |
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Post by aDave on Feb 12, 2020 13:26:27 GMT -5
I'm curious as to it's origin, as well. (Great job on it, BTW lancemountain ). It looks like AZ wood, much like what I have, which was self collected at Noah Dobell's place, although a few of your pieces are atypical to what I collected. My experience with it has been like Dave's. Most of it is riddled with cracks. I don't think mine is cracking during tumbling; I believe the fractures were present when I picked them up off the ground in AZ. And I too have a few that come out flawless (maybe 1 in 10-15), but that is after many, many episodes in the coarse grind. Most of it I've moved on to the next stages, just accepting the flaws, as after a while you can tell that they will never grind out. Some of my favorite pieces are actually the ones that show some bark. But, yeah, the colors are amazing. And, where it is smooth, it takes a shine as well as anything I've ever polished. That's funny (ironic), as your story is mine - exactly. Got our wood at Dobell's, and your experience with it, as well as your observations about lancemountain's wood are what I was thinking as well. |
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Post by Peruano on Feb 12, 2020 14:55:25 GMT -5
I've been told by folks that had more experience than me with Arizona petrified wood that the stuff collected from near the surface is more prone to having fractures (freezing and thawing as well as heating and cooling in summer), but that from deeper and less exposed to such threats is often better. I also realize that some is just porous and hence hard to cab. That said a good piece of petrified wood from the colorful wood formations near Petrified Forest are spectacular and pleasing. Some of my favorite cabs and scenes are in such wood. Its a delight.
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Post by aDave on Feb 12, 2020 15:12:59 GMT -5
I've been told by folks that had more experience than me with Arizona petrified wood that the stuff collected from near the surface is more prone to having fractures (freezing and thawing as well as heating and cooling in summer), but that from deeper and less exposed to such threats is often better. I also realize that some is just porous and hence hard to cab. That said a good piece of petrified wood from the colorful wood formations near Petrified Forest are spectacular and pleasing. Some of my favorite cabs and scenes are in such wood. Its a delight. That's an interesting observation about climate affecting the wood in relation to its location, but it would seem to make sense. I agree with your comments about the colorization of the wood from that area. I typically don't hang onto rock specimens, but I've got one piece from Dobell's that is a fave of mine that I'll be keeping as is. It's a baseball size piece of limb with bark where the wood is primarily blue with some yellow and red. We picked up quite a variety. Sorry for the hijack lancemountain.  |
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