vtnewbie
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Post by vtnewbie on Oct 8, 2012 20:01:46 GMT -5
this is some of the stuff my son and i find here on river banks its so dark it looked black until the flash hit the fractures Attachments:
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itsandbits
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Post by itsandbits on Oct 8, 2012 20:08:06 GMT -5
really neat wrap effect, that sure is a dark green
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vtnewbie
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Post by vtnewbie on Oct 8, 2012 20:10:07 GMT -5
thanks im not very good at the whole wrapping thing but yeah i have a few other larger pieces just as dark makes me wish i had a saw and could cut a few slabs
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Post by talkingstones on Oct 9, 2012 4:57:31 GMT -5
That's a nice piece and a very cool stone!!!
Cathy
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Post by Tonyterner on Oct 9, 2012 9:14:56 GMT -5
Very nice. Is the stone hard?
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itsandbits
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Post by itsandbits on Oct 9, 2012 9:20:41 GMT -5
what did you use to smooth it down or did you collect it looking like that?
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Post by mohs on Oct 9, 2012 11:37:20 GMT -5
nice work!!
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vtnewbie
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Post by vtnewbie on Oct 10, 2012 11:07:26 GMT -5
we find them sort of prepolished from the river, but i also use wet dry sandpaper to finish them if i had a cab machine it would be alot easier. they are all different hardnesses some spots that have magnitite in them are a bit harder and some are almost clear like the one in the pic. its free form found it that shape and just finished polishing it by hand could be better though Attachments:
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hubrocks
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Post by hubrocks on Oct 10, 2012 13:46:43 GMT -5
Nice ! The second stone looks like it has some pink in it?........Hub
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vtnewbie
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Post by vtnewbie on Oct 10, 2012 17:15:28 GMT -5
its just the way the light is its really a yellowish color i think its like a sand inclusion or something ,i have another that has a small vein of asbestos fiber in it needless to say i dont mess with that peice. Attachments:
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