MichiganRocks
starting to spend too much on rocks
"I wasn't born to follow."
Member since April 2007
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Post by MichiganRocks on Mar 1, 2004 16:01:14 GMT -5
Here is a picture of some tiger eye from Hewy that he collected from the Wittenoom area of Australia. Paul lives not far from a place called "The North Pole" which is where the oldest rocks in the world have been found. ![]() iavbbs.com/nichols/tiger eye.jpg[/img] |
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Post by sandsman1 on Mar 1, 2004 19:21:05 GMT -5
hey hewy your a lucky man thats some realy great rocks if i could go find rocks like that id quit my job and become a rock hound full time hahaha oh wait i havent worked in 3 yrs back is broke so ill just hafta settle for your pics keep sending them and welcome seeya john
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Post by rockyraccoon on Mar 2, 2004 22:24:57 GMT -5
how much does that rock weigh hewy? those on the side look pretty great too!
kim
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Pdwight
has rocks in the head
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Post by Pdwight on Mar 3, 2004 0:40:48 GMT -5
How much to ship some to Rocky and I to polish ??
Dwight P
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Post by rockyraccoon on Mar 3, 2004 10:02:02 GMT -5
is this sometimes called tiger iron? i've seen pictures that look like this that are called tiger iron.
kim
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MichiganRocks
starting to spend too much on rocks
"I wasn't born to follow."
Member since April 2007
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Post by MichiganRocks on Mar 3, 2004 10:07:55 GMT -5
I think that they are varieties of banded iron. Particular mineral combinations give diferent color schemes that lend to different names. Similar to agate only agate normally occurs in nodules. (I think!)
Ron
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Post by creativeminded on Mar 4, 2004 12:06:39 GMT -5
That is a nice chunk of Tiger eye. Thanks for sharing.
Tami
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