Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 7, 2016 13:22:05 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Been raining so not much going on. I've been trying to cut into some of the oddball Rio finds. This one had big orbs on the exterior but inside the markings are very vague. Appears to be a close relative geologically to Cheetah and Tiger tail jasper. Dark spots appear to be hematite....Mel  |
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timloco
has rocks in the head
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Post by timloco on Mar 7, 2016 14:16:12 GMT -5
Wow that's bright! Does the hematite shine up at all?
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 7, 2016 15:55:36 GMT -5
Judging from past experience with the hematite in Tiger tail jasper, the hematite polishes out nice and silver colored in this type material....Mel
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 7, 2016 20:42:56 GMT -5
Nice odd ball!
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Post by captbob on Mar 8, 2016 9:23:43 GMT -5
All these slabs you have been cutting would make one heck of a fireplace surround. Like a brick faced fireplace but with Rios.
Or, maybe re-tile a walk-in shower with them!
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