ubermenehune
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Post by ubermenehune on Sept 5, 2016 12:03:28 GMT -5
Will consider a SFRB or MFRB depending on price. Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2016 13:42:04 GMT -5
Do you mean Nevada?
Wonderstone is a trade name applied to leisegang rhyolite found on wonder mountain in Fallon Nevada.
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ubermenehune
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Post by ubermenehune on Sept 5, 2016 14:25:31 GMT -5
Could be. Removed state if that's the case. I've only seen it advertised as Utah wonderstone.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2016 16:36:03 GMT -5
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Post by Toad on Sept 5, 2016 17:34:22 GMT -5
JUst sold the last of mine. Sorry.
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zarguy
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Post by zarguy on Sept 5, 2016 17:51:29 GMT -5
Salina, Utah has wonderstone. It's got a different color palette than the Fallon, NV stuff. New Mexico also has a Wonderstone. A guy who mines & sells it used to post on here. It might be NMStone?
Lynn
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Post by orrum on Sept 5, 2016 18:32:17 GMT -5
Google candy rock to find the guy who sells on here. He n wife have a website.
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bsky4463
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Post by bsky4463 on Sept 5, 2016 19:27:25 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 0:43:15 GMT -5
Salina, Utah has wonderstone. It's got a different color palette than the Fallon, NV stuff. New Mexico also has a Wonderstone. A guy who mines & sells it used to post on here. It might be NMStone? Lynn The new Mexico material has a trade name. "Rock candy" and NM Stone Supply is your guy. I stand by my statement. "Wonderstone" is/should be Fallon material. New Mexico has a name. Utah needs its own. All three are rhyolite. We don't need a second general name. Just locality specific trade names. |
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Sept 6, 2016 6:58:27 GMT -5
bsky wonderstone. Love this stuff, no holes/no pits/few cracks. Thanks again Andy. Montana rhyolite !!  |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 6, 2016 8:07:27 GMT -5
Wow James, impressive batch of rhyolite. Must be very high silica, fine grained stuff as that took a beautiful finish....Mel
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bsky4463
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Post by bsky4463 on Sept 6, 2016 8:08:19 GMT -5
jamesp you did that batch proud....looks yummy! Thanks for the props. They have been calling this local occurrence "wonderstone" here in MT for a long time, but I am no authority on names and I have no desire to get in the way of @shotgunner 's rant point.  Sabre52 you nailed it Mel, the key is finding this type of material with high silica to get the good shine. Cheers
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Sept 6, 2016 22:21:01 GMT -5
jamesp you did that batch proud....looks yummy! Thanks for the props. They have been calling this local occurrence "wonderstone" here in MT for a long time, but I am no authority on names and I have no desire to get in the way of @shotgunner 's rant point. Sabre52 you nailed it Mel, the key is finding this type of material with high silica to get the good shine. Cheers A cab out of the rind thru these rings would be off the chart. These cobbles are not heat treated. The tumbles above were heat treated at 600F for almost 3 days. Heated or not heated it is very attractive rock.    And heated for easy comparison. Heat brought out more purple. Deeper reds. Yellows to orange.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2016 22:27:22 GMT -5
Those are better than nevada material. May have a box on the way too! Ha! Its wonderful!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Sept 7, 2016 6:57:30 GMT -5
Those are better than nevada material. May have a box on the way too! Ha! Its wonderful! The arrowhead knappers ever get ahold of that rhyolite they would beat Andy's door down. It was the most controllable and homogenous stone i have ever broken with a hammer. Honestly. I could sell a freight truck full of it. Knaps as well heated as it does unheated. The heat makes it have two completely different color personalities. Doing tumbles, you could strike chips off with the layers, across the layers, or any angle adjacent to. Had more fun making sexy color patterned chips than tumbling it. Long travel chips, 4-5 inches long, rare property. From a monetary standpoint, i rank it #1 as a product to sell, market would be to knappers. They buy heavy. |
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