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Post by flintfish on Jul 30, 2007 16:43:07 GMT -5
Hi folks - newbie here - Just wanted a bit of clarification please!
What's Druzy? is this rock which is a bit kinda variable in it's hardness? Sort of soft or brittle in one place and 'ard as nails close by? I had some red jasper with lovely transparent fractures running through it but it's a swine to polish nicely, the cracks cause it to break up in places, would this be druzy?
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rallyrocks
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Post by rallyrocks on Jul 30, 2007 16:57:21 GMT -5
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Post by flintfish on Jul 31, 2007 0:24:39 GMT -5
AH - Thats made good sense - thanks for ths pointer. I was getting a bit confused. Thanks.
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rallyrocks
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Post by rallyrocks on Dec 3, 2008 19:43:53 GMT -5
It was bugging me that since our little spammer attack last weekend this has been listed as the top thread in this forum even though the last post here was a year ago.
well now it isn't that old anymore.
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greeneyes
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Post by greeneyes on Oct 24, 2010 14:26:26 GMT -5
what is the tool they use to hold rocks up at the grinder. please tell me. sandy
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Post by Hard Rock Cafe on Oct 25, 2010 12:46:30 GMT -5
Hi Greeneyes, welcome!
This is kind of a strange thread for that question, but the answer is "dop stick", if I understand your question.
Chuck
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rykk
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Post by rykk on Jan 15, 2014 5:04:04 GMT -5
Actually, the word "druzy" is misused - and mispelled - a thousand times a day! And, for some reason, it bugs me no end. A crystal lined void/vug in a rock is called a "druse". That's a noun, folks. As in, "the slab has a sparkly druse in the center". The word used to describe a rock or slab with this crystal structure is "drusy". An adjective describing a slab with a druse or multiple druses. As in, "a very drusy slab of Agua Nueva Agate"
The word, "Druze", is the name of a religious sect in Syria and the surrounding countries. Therefore, "druzy" would be the word used to describe someone who appears or acts like they are of the Druze sect. NOT to name crystal pockets within a rock...
C-ya,
Rick
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Post by johnjsgems on Jan 16, 2014 16:34:07 GMT -5
Rick, if you think you can correct all the misspelled names and definitions among rock hobbyists you will be busy a long time.
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rykk
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Post by rykk on Jan 16, 2014 21:41:32 GMT -5
Yeah, just had to vent I reckon. :-)
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Post by johnjsgems on Jan 16, 2014 23:51:24 GMT -5
You are correct at any rate. How about when people call nodules geodes?
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Post by gemfeller on Jan 17, 2014 0:06:01 GMT -5
It’s really pretty simple. This is a druse:  This is a Druze:  And this is a Doozy:  I’ve had some drusy’s that were doozy’s but Druzes look too damned scary to insult in the slightest way. Rick from the Left Coast |
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 17, 2014 9:31:18 GMT -5
*L* So now I guess we can't use agatey, jaspery, funky, cranky, sarcastibitchy etc. I like to use made up adjectives *L*...Mel
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rykk
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Post by rykk on Jan 18, 2014 3:28:01 GMT -5
johnjsgems - I reckon a geode is a nodule with a vug in the center, right? And if that vug is lined with slacker quartz crystals, I reckon it would be a geode with a druse. In other words, a drusy geode since drusy is the adjective to describe a rock with a druse.
Hmmm... my shoes are getting downright ancient, especially the soles. Reckon I have a druzy in my shoozy? It's kinda big - I reckon that shoozy's druzy is a doozy! Hope I don't get any in my pocketsies!
Rick
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