nixie
off to a rocking start
Member since March 2017
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Post by nixie on Mar 17, 2017 23:43:23 GMT -5
I was googling some rocks I had recently found trying to identify them.this site came up and had many helpful tips.
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 19, 2017 11:29:29 GMT -5
I was googling some rocks I had recently found trying to identify them.this site came up and had many helpful tips. WELCOME! Thanks for doing the poll. Yes, there are years of good info here. Hope to see more of you. If you post pictures of your rocks in the rock id section, I'm sure someone can help. |
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Fossilman
Cave Dweller 
Member since January 2009
Posts: 20,722 
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 20, 2017 12:25:11 GMT -5
Yuppers,had to go and look to see how many years it's been since I joined up.....Been around eight years now...
For me that is a long time to be joined up,with anything...LOL
Been with many rock clubs and forums,most waste away or I just quit,because of the way some people treated you,for asking questions about rocks and etc!!!
Seemed to be,if you didn't have the degree to ID rocks,than you shouldn't be out there looking for them! I told them where they could look for their rocks-LOL !!!!
This forum is top notch and have made many friends on here,met a few too................I have had people ask me to come on over to other forums,I just tell them no thanks,I like this one.....
I am on a few rock forums,but RTH is top dog!!!!
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Post by Nikky on Mar 26, 2017 18:11:47 GMT -5
Google search for identifying certain stones.
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Post by Pat on Mar 26, 2017 20:56:53 GMT -5
Google search for identifying certain stones. Did you get the answers? |
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hobbyhorse
off to a rocking start
Member since March 2017
Posts: 1
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Post by hobbyhorse on Mar 29, 2017 12:59:32 GMT -5
Just want to keep up in a new hobby after retirement. For years folks said I'd lost my marbles, want to replace them with rocks :
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 29, 2017 13:28:59 GMT -5
Just want to keep up in a new hobby after retirement. For years folks said I'd lost my marbles, want to replace them with rocks : LOL! Welcome to the forum! |
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rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since July 2009
Posts: 236
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Post by rollingstone on Mar 31, 2017 0:40:24 GMT -5
What brought me here? That was originally back in 2005, I was getting back into tumbling after a long hiatus, and began looking around online for info and came across this place. At that time the board had about 130 members, now there are over 8,000. There was a fellow back then, James, who posted some pics of tumbled Ocean Jasper. I was instantly hooked and for the next few years I slowly accumulated rough ocean jasper in small batches on ebay so that I could tumble the amazing orby stuff myself (I think I ended up tumbling 3 batches). James moved on from tumbling to creating intricate obsidian arrowheads and spear-tips of astonishing quality, then left the group. I was hooked on tumbling and ebay by then and ran through all sorts of amazing material. Then the group hit a bit of a dark period, where things got negative and people including myself took things too personally. So I quit. Eventually I returned, don't recall what year, but now I visit occasionally, in bursts. I think I'm listed as having a bit over 200 posts, but there were another 1,000 or 2,000 that were lost to the internet goblins when I quit this board for awhile. I don't tumble very often anymore, but maybe once a year or so I go over some old rough and take a barrel from rough to polish.
-Don
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Post by Pat on Mar 31, 2017 0:43:15 GMT -5
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susnlar
off to a rocking start
Member since March 2017
Posts: 6
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Post by susnlar on Apr 1, 2017 21:12:51 GMT -5
My husband and I are very amateur rockhounds. For our 31st anniversary we went on a trip to Gila, New Mexico to las casitas de Gila, little b&b where there was plenty to find and the owner, a geologist who directed us to some cool places. After mailing home nearly 100 lbs of rocks (our mailman probably thinks we are dumber than 3 boxes of rocks!) I s-tumbled onto this site while looking up more info on our rocks and polishing information. So glad to find this!
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Post by Pat on Apr 1, 2017 21:25:55 GMT -5
You came to the right place!
Welcome!
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coleopterist
off to a rocking start
Member since April 2017
Posts: 2
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Post by coleopterist on Apr 2, 2017 23:18:59 GMT -5
I stumbled upon this site by accident, while researching Howardite/Rattlesnake jasper/agate. I have just cut a 12 pound piece into slabs. A lady on the site had milk crates full of the material and was wanting to verify what it is. It is: Howardite/rattlesnake material, and is very desirable and very expensive material. She has a gold mine in the milk crates.
I am an old rockhound, but have only spent the last two years obtaining rock, cutting slabs, cabs, and polishing. My wife does beautiful wire wrapping. I have over 3,000 slabs of well over 100 types of material. I love to trade rough and slabs with people. I am new to tumbling, and will start my very first batch this week.
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Post by Pat on Apr 2, 2017 23:30:15 GMT -5
Wow! You have a very good start!!
How many beetles do you have?
Welcome!
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Post by melhill1659 on Apr 3, 2017 14:50:59 GMT -5
I stumbled upon this site by accident, while researching Howardite/Rattlesnake jasper/agate. I have just cut a 12 pound piece into slabs. A lady on the site had milk crates full of the material and was wanting to verify what it is. It is: Howardite/rattlesnake material, and is very desirable and very expensive material. She has a gold mine in the milk crates. I am an old rockhound, but have only spent the last two years obtaining rock, cutting slabs, cabs, and polishing. My wife does beautiful wire wrapping. I have over 3,000 slabs of well over 100 types of material. I love to trade rough and slabs with people. I am new to tumbling, and will start my very first batch this week. Welcome to the forum and good luck with the Tumbling! |
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jet
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since April 2017
Posts: 103
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Post by jet on Apr 11, 2017 14:43:30 GMT -5
I buy stuff from Phillip Stephenson (www.rarerocksandgems.com) and he has you guys listed in his links section.
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 11, 2017 14:56:44 GMT -5
I buy stuff from Phillip Stephenson (www.rarerocksandgems.com) and he has you guys listed in his links section. Welcome! I have bought rocks from him, too. He has some nice stuff. So, do you cab? |
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jet
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since April 2017
Posts: 103
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Post by jet on Apr 11, 2017 15:48:12 GMT -5
I buy stuff from Phillip Stephenson (www.rarerocksandgems.com) and he has you guys listed in his links section. Welcome! I have bought rocks from him, too. He has some nice stuff. So, do you cab? I do. Though Manthing claims I mostly hoard and expects to come home and find me sleeping on a pile of shinys dragon style any day now. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 11, 2017 15:53:43 GMT -5
Welcome! I have bought rocks from him, too. He has some nice stuff. So, do you cab? I do. Though Manthing claims I mostly hoard and expects to come home and find me sleeping on a pile of shinys dragon style any day now. LOL! I think most of us have some of that hoarding instinct in us! ...Must have the preciouses.  |
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Tommy
Administrator 
Member since January 2013
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Post by Tommy on Apr 11, 2017 16:12:51 GMT -5
I buy stuff from Phillip Stephenson (www.rarerocksandgems.com) and he has you guys listed in his links section. Its good to know who my competition is for his anti-sniper sales heehee. I usually get there 15 minutes late and all the good stuff is gone  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 11, 2017 16:21:33 GMT -5
I buy stuff from Phillip Stephenson (www.rarerocksandgems.com) and he has you guys listed in his links section. Its good to know who my competition is for his anti-sniper sales heehee. I usually get there 15 minutes late and all the good stuff is gone Got that right! Only once was I able to get anything I wanted. |
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