midnitedlght
off to a rocking start
Member since November 2004
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Post by midnitedlght on May 21, 2005 20:20:11 GMT -5
HI THERE YALL! I AM FINALLY CLOSE TO THE END OF MY CANCER TREATMENTS AND CLOSER TO DOING SOME SERIOUS ROCK HUNTING AND A TUMBLING! I THOUGHT THAT MY FIRST BATCH WOULD NEVER GET DONE,,,IMPATIENT SOUL THAT I CAN BE SOMETIMES, BUT WHEN THEY REACHED THEIR FINAL STAGE, I FELL IN LOVE WITH ALL OF IT AND WITH EVERY LITTLE ROCK. I SPEND HOURS ON THE BEACHES IN NO. CALIF. AND ALWAYS IN NEED OF A BIGGER BUCKET WHEN I'M DONE! NOW I NEED SOME ADVICE ON WHICH BOOK WOULD BE AFFORDABLE TO ME AND TEACH ME THE DIFFERENCES IN THE ROCKS, HARD, SOFT, ETC. I NEVER EVER PICTURED SO MANY DIFFERENT LAYERS IN ONE ROCK, ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. NOW I HAVE TO GET SERIOUS A FINALLY LEARN HOW TO WIRE WRAP SOME OF THESE GEMS I'M CREATED. ANYONE WITH ANY TIPS FOR ME, PLEASE DO REPLY, I'M A THIRSTY FOR ALL THIS KNOWLEDGE, AND I'M 50 YRS OLD! MERCY MARIE, NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN!
THANKS TO ALL FOR BEING HERE FOR ME WHEN I NEED YOU.
SINCERELY, TOMMYE
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Post by sandsman1 on May 21, 2005 21:47:09 GMT -5
WELCOME back TOMMYE and glad to hear your treatments are allmost over and you sound like your ready for some rockhounding so it all musta went well and im glad for ya
i usta have a page on a field hardness test that you could carry around it had a few dif things in it like a nail and penknife and a piece of quartz and by those few things you could tell what the mohs hardness was of most rocks instantly-- i have since looked for it and cant find it but maybe someone on the board has it still i think at one time i posted it --- well anyway welcome back and dont be a stranger jump in when the spirte moves ya hahaha
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Post by sandsman1 on May 21, 2005 21:59:32 GMT -5
here i just found this i dont know if its the same one but you can make your own mohs tester to take with you or use at home checkit out
Hardness of some other items:
2.5
Fingernail (will scratch 1-2 hardness)
2.5–3
Gold, Silver
3
Copper penny
4-4.5
Platinum
4.5
Iron
5.5 Knife blade
6-7 Glass
6.5 Iron pyrite
7+ Hardened steel file
heres another one
GeoMan's Field Hardness Kit
Hardness Item Comments
2.5 Fingernail We all have 10 of these to wear out before taking off our shoes.
3.5 Penny Sometimes all we have left.
4.5 Knife The hardness of a blade can vary wildly depending on the quality of your knife. Check yours before going into the field so you'll know.
5.5 Glass There's usually a chunk of glass available.
7 Quartz A piece of quartz can be found almost everywhere.
Breakage pattern
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