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Post by Charles Sroczynski on Apr 18, 2005 19:57:15 GMT -5
I've lived in Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. for the past twenty years...I do not know of any local areas for rockhounding so I do mine on vacation out Western US. Got a lot of Jasper and Agate from Utah and NM last year. Plus Petrified Wood from Southern Utah which I am tumbling now...This year I'll try my luck around Yellowstone NP and I'll try to find time for Ruggles Mine in NH and some Herkermer Diamonds in NY
csroc
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Post by nepherite on Apr 20, 2005 16:11:21 GMT -5
Hi All ! I love this website, its very informative. I found this a site a few weeks ago while recoving from minor surgery. I been hooked ever since! I live in san jose california and spend a lot of time diving for jade in big sur. You can still find nepherite jade on the beaches, its usually best after large swells. I am new to tumbling and still learning , its a lot of fun !    |
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Apr 20, 2005 16:32:07 GMT -5
Hi Nepharite,
That rock looks wonderfull raw hope you can show us the polished version,
Hope you get fully recovered soon,
Yours
Jack
Yorkshire UK
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Post by nepherite on Apr 20, 2005 18:25:28 GMT -5
Hi Jack, Here are the polished photos, it took me around 100 hours to complete. Tony    |
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Post by sandsman1 on Apr 20, 2005 21:48:32 GMT -5
wow tony another killer piece very cool
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Apr 21, 2005 2:31:41 GMT -5
Hi Tony,
That's fab its so beautifull they look big have you a big tumbler?
The shine is unbelivable how do you get it as good as that?
Have a good day,
Yours
Jack
Yorkshire UK.
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Post by nepherite on Apr 21, 2005 15:58:16 GMT -5
Hi Jack, They don't make a tumbler that big, i wish they did. I polished it using a mk grinder with flexable diamond pads and water hose hook up . Its a long process as i spray paint in between pads so i don't miss anything. I start with a rough grind hard diamond disc (80). Then the flex pads up to 8500 grit. This picture down below is my trophy rock, it took me 200 hours to polish over a year, it weighs 230 pounds.    |
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Post by sandsman1 on Apr 21, 2005 16:38:13 GMT -5
wow tony they just keep gettin bigger and better hahaha thats some rock man very nice
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Post by nepherite on Apr 21, 2005 16:44:35 GMT -5
Well thats the biggest one i have, i will never part with it. It took me 2 days to get out of the ocean, and 9 hours to roll/ carry up a 180 ft cliff.
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Apr 22, 2005 16:01:42 GMT -5
Hi Tony,
Im flabagasted at that rock its lovley you must be very proud of it.
They look so natural as well , tumbled stones all take on a set shape but thats so uneque & extreemly beautifull
Happy Grinding.
Jack
Yorkshire UK
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Duckbean
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Post by Duckbean on Apr 23, 2005 20:06:19 GMT -5
Hi every one, great idea Cher! I'm in central ohio. What we got I'm not sure!Heard about amything, rocks dropped off by the glaciers. Best known for Flint Ridge flint down south I guess.
Bob
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Post by Fidalgo Island Rock hound on Apr 24, 2005 11:49:37 GMT -5
I used to live in NW Washington state, just blocks from Guemes Channel. I would find granite, jasper, agate, some jade, quartz and lots of glacial till. My area was carved by glaciers and it showed if you went out to the San Juan Islands. Tiger Eye and amethyst could be found out in the foothills of the north Cascades. Now I live on the high plains of NE Colorado and I haven't a clue what these rocks I've found are.  I'll post a picture after I've gotten them polished and hopefully someone can tell me what they are. Thanks, Wendy |
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Post by jlc0321 on Sept 19, 2005 20:42:52 GMT -5
Oakland County, Michigan
Like Ron said, just about anything, thanks to the glaciers
that plowed across the state.
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Post by yeahda1 on Sept 22, 2005 14:48:59 GMT -5
I'm from northern lower michigan local stones are mostly petoskey and fosils with chert ,jasper, and ocasonaly lake superior agate being the best but alot of colorful beach stones
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Post by rockds on Sept 26, 2005 11:50:56 GMT -5
just found a some great stuff an recent construction site. The city put up a building asnd dumped all the dirt moved from the site to the back of the property. Me and the dogs rummaged around and found some good looking stuff, don't know all the names but did get a 5 lb chunk of granit
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Post by gemmaster on Sept 28, 2005 12:54:07 GMT -5
i am from jawjah here we have flint, cherts, jaspers, agates, pet. wood, and georgia queen ipicture jasper a 2002 discovery made by me in central ga. , some killer ltumbling rock ,mineralswres and other delights, g pink lemonade star rose quartz, beryl, aquas, and too much tropical steam heat highly sweaty, lonely philosophiocal artist/scholars, still crazy after all theese years . and you? gemmaster j
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sperwhich i discovered and mined some killer star rose quartz ;pinklemonaide' some beryl, aquamarine
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Post by cuervo73 on Oct 13, 2005 2:02:51 GMT -5
I live about 4 blocks from Sandia Peak here in Albuquerque NM. The West face of the mountain is pink granite mostly... boulders and boulders of it everywhere. I have to drive about 15 - 30 miles to get jasper, agate, turritella, and pet wood, mostly from terraces above and all along the Rio Grande Rift Valley. Most rock along here are smooth and round, having been tumbled for eons and left in gravel beds hundreds of feet thick.  cuervo |
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Post by Alice on Oct 14, 2005 7:11:35 GMT -5
I'm in the Montreal,Quebec, Canada area
Nothing special up here as far as rocks go.
Lots of Mica, granite, quartz, slate, sand stone, fossils..... Though some are very pretty they're nothing to be envious of
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Post by LCARS on Oct 17, 2005 1:46:11 GMT -5
I'm in beautiful Victoria B.C. Canada
What do we have to offer to rock hounds?
Here are some of the more common finds...
(1) Dallasite:
Near "Mile 0" at the beginning of the Trans-Canada highway in the heart of Victoria is a beach known for this mineral washing up on it after storms.
Dallasite can also found sparcely on most South Island beaches if one knows how to spot it.
(2) Muir Creek fossil bed:
A 25 minute drive West of Victoria and a mere 10 minutes past Sooke B.C. is a beachside bed of exposed ocean fossils that lure many a rock hound to the intertidal zone where collection of fossil specimens can not be regulated. Most of the fossil bed is buried under private property but the section of beach where the exposed bed is being eroded by the sea is open to the public to enjoy & collect samples. Access is tide dependant so it is not easy to pay it a visit.
(3) Rhodonite:
Hill 60 in Cowichan Lake is the largest producer of Rhodonite. Subject to several mineral claims, Hill 60 is actively being mined for this mineral. An additional source of rhodonite is found on Saltspring Island, north of Victoria in the strait of Georgia. The site is called "Patricia" and is also subject to private claims. Rhodonite can be collected from these claims for a fee charged by the claim owners. Rhodonite can sometimes be found washed up on Sidney Island or on North-East beaches on South Vancouver island.
(4) B.C. Jasper
Beach combing is a popular past-time for many local resident rock hounds & craft makers. Red/Blue B.C. Jasper can often be found in small quantities in local beaches on Vancouver Island. It is a remarkable stone consisting of dark blue patches in a hard red quartzite substrate.
There are other minerals found throughout the area but the above mentioned are just a few of the more well known popular targets for rock hounds. Beach glass can be found in abundance in different colors and makes for an excellent tumbling project.
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Post by lotarocks445 on Oct 17, 2005 19:22:15 GMT -5
from New Mexico got chert , jasper, agate, including fire agate floright obsidian, most any thing i thing the state is just A big rock pile but we dont get the rain some do
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I'll post a picture after I've gotten them polished and hopefully someone can tell me what they are.
