thewiz
has rocks in the head
"What good is money if you don't spend it"
Member since January 2004
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Post by thewiz on Mar 15, 2004 19:34:49 GMT -5
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Post by sandsman1 on Mar 15, 2004 19:59:55 GMT -5
thanks wiz i dont know what happend to the last pic thats the whole piece mosta what looks brown is a deep purple but anyway thats what i got from the gem shop i busted it up today and put a load in hahaha couldnt wait seeya john
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Post by creativeminded on Mar 15, 2004 20:04:27 GMT -5
Stop you're making me drool all over my key board. Gorgeous stones.  Tami |
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James
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since October 2003
Posts: 876
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Post by James on Mar 15, 2004 21:27:42 GMT -5
From the Gem Shop? How much did you buy? That stuff looks too nice to break up. It would look better slabbed.
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Post by stoner on Mar 15, 2004 21:36:29 GMT -5
Hey John, "Mooking good". Those are some beautiful rocks. It's hard to tell from the pics, how big are they?
lster, Ed
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Banjocreek
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since March 2003
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Post by Banjocreek on Mar 15, 2004 21:52:35 GMT -5
"Killer Mook" buddy...
That is some nice looking stone.
You sure have a knck for getting quality.
Good photo's too!
Have Fun- I expect some good shots of the end result too ya know!
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Post by sandsman1 on Mar 16, 2004 1:39:47 GMT -5
the bottom pic was the full 5lb in one piece the top two are just a nice chunk that dint fit in 6lb barrel prob not more then a lb or so but the color was great i asked for purple if they could and they sent such a nice piece i realy didnt wanna bustit up but i couldnt wait any longer i have two new blades on order and there both due next week from two dif places i was lookin at it sit there today and said hell wit it and got the rock hammer out and chisel i sat on floor and whacked it up in nice big bite size pieces my back hurt so much by the time i finished i could hardly get back up off the floor what ever you all do dont mess up your back it realy sucks but bangin stuff after a perkaset pain killer was realy fun hahahahaha seeya-s---john
it was from the gem shop more then i like to pay for rocks but i hafta say every whack i took at it i was sayin out load ooohhhh aaaahhhhh cause it kept gettin nicer and nicer so all and all it was worth it ill prob buy some more hahaha ill get wiz to post a pic when it comes outa 60/90
hey banjo i just throw it on the scanner i dont have a camera that will work up close im suprised it didnt go through the glass hahaha
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llanago
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since January 2004
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Post by llanago on Mar 16, 2004 9:08:56 GMT -5
I have a 3-1/2 # chunk of mook in waiting. Hope it is as nice as those pics. It's been hard keeping my mitts off, but have been trying to decide what to do with it. Have about decided to cut it in half with the saw (when I have learned how to use it!) then bust up one half with the hammer and use the saw to cut smaller pieces of the other half. Then I will use the dremel to shape those pieces before tumbling them. I am thinking I should be able to shape them with a silicone carbide grinding wheel or burr, but if that doesn't work, I will try my new diamond burrs.
Wish I had all that neat equipment to make slabs and such, but I don't, so just gotta do the best I can do with what I got.
Of all the rocks I have seen, I do think the mook is one of the prettiest. Just hope this one I have is a beautiful as yours and the ones William (or maybe it was James, or Don) posted the pics of.
Got that Old Timers Disease and can't remember who posted the first pics of the mook. I HAD to have some and bought the only piece of it they had left at the rock shop. It was my lucky day!
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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 16, 2004 9:17:40 GMT -5
Hey Ilana. If you want to grind with your dremel, the diamond burrs should work, but so will the green carbide grinding wheels. The green carbide will rip off material from a mohs 7 rock with no problem.
Ron
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RiverOtter
spending too much on rocks
Member since January 2004
Posts: 339
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Post by RiverOtter on Mar 16, 2004 10:17:40 GMT -5
That's your mook John!?! That is gorgeous. Just what I've been looking for. I had hesitated buying any from the Gem Shop because their pic doesn't show any with the purple in it. And personally I think the purple is what makes it so pretty because it contrasts with the other colors so well. Now I'll have to order some from them. Did you email them with your preference for the purple in the stone or call them?
Otter
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donwrob
has rocks in the head
Member since June 2003
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Post by donwrob on Mar 16, 2004 11:27:44 GMT -5
John, that is one pretty piece of Mookaite buddy. I am no authority on Mook, but I can tell you I have handled a mess of it in the last several years. It is by far one of my favorite stones, probably tied in 1st place with flintridge. And that piece you have is a winner John. Mook is a funny stone, very tempermental, and hard to work with at times. A lot of it is junk, full of fractures, laden with a chalky like cortex and slag that can run on the inside as well as on the surface. It is not easy to find good solid pieces period. Let alone ones with color like that. Like I said, I have gone through a lot of mook to find the pieces I used to make the arrowheads in the pics below. These are a couple of my favorite pics from the last couple of years, all Mook. I thought I'd post them so you could get a look at Mook jasper how I usually use it. Cheers for finding a super piece of Mook, talk to you later, Don  This is a trick photo, there are actually only 10 points on here and I mirrored them to make this pic.  the next pic is of the only one of the above points that I still own. I kept him because of the alien image on it. Can you see the long necked guy with the big snoze?  One more, here is a leaf blade. Hidding in some fall foilage, this was a real colorful piece and seemed to match the leaves pretty well.  |
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Post by rockyraccoon on Mar 16, 2004 12:00:01 GMT -5
wow don those are awesome. you could lose that one in the leaves!
kim
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Post by creativeminded on Mar 16, 2004 12:54:36 GMT -5
All I can say is WOW!!! very impressive. Tami |
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James
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since October 2003
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Post by James on Mar 16, 2004 13:16:51 GMT -5
Don, you are amazing! What tribe are you from?  |
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thewiz
has rocks in the head
"What good is money if you don't spend it"
Member since January 2004
Posts: 735
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Post by thewiz on Mar 16, 2004 13:23:21 GMT -5
don i do work from building homes to putting in new cement street crubs. i'd like to hear about the tools you use for this kind of work. you had said before something about my screen name fitting me well. there is people i've know for years that only know me by thewiz "the wizard" for the way i can get things fixed. it still amazes me when i see work like what you have done.
great work thanks for shareing them with us
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Post by sandsman1 on Mar 16, 2004 14:53:41 GMT -5
dam don there aint a big enuff WTG to cover that art work they are way cool lookin and the alien looks like the one that bugs bunny fights on the moon hahaha too cool think it was bugs maybe daffy but it looks just like one of them been awile since i seen good cartoons fantastic work is all i can say--seeya ---john
otter
if i remember right i think i put it on the order form so prob the order puller seen it and was nice enuff to pick a super piece for me
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Post by rockyraccoon on Mar 16, 2004 20:06:47 GMT -5
where'd you get the tigers eye john? you sure have some nice rough!
kim
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Post by sandsman1 on Mar 16, 2004 20:14:51 GMT -5
im sorry i think i told wiz wrong its tigeriron from the gem shop seeya john
its like layers of metal and real heavy i dont even know if ya can tumble but its cool lookin hahahaha
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llanago
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since January 2004
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Post by llanago on Mar 17, 2004 0:46:44 GMT -5
Don, I am drooling over that mook! It is so pretty. Hope the piece I got is just close to being that nice.
Ron, I have already worn a silicone carbine grinding wheel down to a nub cleaning up some really cool pieces of flint before it goes into the tumbler. Works great - and that dust gets everywhere! Also managed to grind away a bit of my thumb! LOL!
I love my dremel and can't wait to play around with the diamond burrs. Just got them today and need to get some oil.
At one of the rock shops I went to when I first got into this tumbling thing, the lady that owned the shop also made jewelry and all sorts of neat stuff. She uses baby oil with her dremel. I have been trying to decide what kind of oil to get. On the thread about cutting rocks with a diamond blade, somebody mentioned mineral oil. Sandsman1 said tool cool, but I don't know when I can get back to the rock shop to get any of that and I am anxious to play around with the burrs. Any recommendations on the oil?
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Post by sandsman1 on Mar 17, 2004 1:09:18 GMT -5
try the hardwhare store they might have tool cool or ask to read the can on cutting oil that might work too its good for drilling so it should work for grinding seeya john
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