My rocks from South Africa came in

RedwoodRocks
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My rocks from South Africa came in Jun 21, 2004 1:50:58 GMT -5

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Post by RedwoodRocks on Jun 21, 2004 1:50:58 GMT -5

I hope all the dads got to spend some time with your kids. We spent the day at my brother's house swimming and eating. I know that grandpa just loves spending time with his grandkids!

I took some pictures of most of the rocks I got from Gerdus.

Here is one of my favorites- blue lace agate. This is a light blue banded agate

My wife really liked the sunset jaspers with bands of yellow, reds and brown.

Here is the stitchtite. This is a lavendar colored stone that John was talking about.

Blue and yellow tigereye

Botswana Agate. Mostly smaller stones, no whole nodules, but there is some nice banded stones.

The African turquoise

Koi Jasper. At least I think this is the koi Jasper. The rocks were mixed in the drums. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Unakite.

Amazonite.

Adventurine

Sodalite. Same as the picture in the earlier post

I have a few others - Zebra Jasper, Budstone, Red and white jasper and Autumn Jasper. My boss called to review a presentation for tomorrow so I didn't get to the above rocks. Will try to take pictures and post later this week.

Are we successful if we don't have time to play with our rocks? Not sure of the answer, but is worth considering.

Cal

stoner
no longer being taken for granite

THE EARTH IS JUST A ROCK TUMBLING THROUGH SPACE

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My rocks from South Africa came in Jun 21, 2004 2:03:43 GMT -5

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Post by stoner on Jun 21, 2004 2:03:43 GMT -5

Hey Cal. Nice rocks. I really like the amazonite. My slab saw is available if you want to slab some of your rocks or just cut them up into tumbling size pieces. I also made a 10" slab/trim saw that works well on fist sized pieces and smaller.

Congrats on your new arrival. Are you handing out cigars?

later, Ed

donwrob
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My rocks from South Africa came in Jun 21, 2004 7:30:11 GMT -5

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Post by donwrob on Jun 21, 2004 7:30:11 GMT -5

Great lookin rock Cal, I like the sunset jasper too, looks knappable. I would like to see about getting a few pieces of it to try and I'd be willing to make your wife an arrowhead from a piece and send it back. IM me if you are interested in parting with a few pieces Cal, talk to you later, Don

sandsman1 In Memoriam RIP John "sandsman1" Member since December 2003 Posts: 11,341	My rocks from South Africa came in Jun 21, 2004 9:35:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sandsman1 on Jun 21, 2004 9:35:24 GMT -5 hey cal lookin good you got some great rock there you gotta be loving every min of this hahaha i see like 4 kinds id like to have some of so give me a yell when ya get it all settled
	GOT TO KEEP THE LOONEYS ONNNN THE PATH john-- NOMAD--- U.S.A. -- IN GOD WE TRUST

creativeminded still telling self it's just a hobby I am a crazy crafter. Member since January 2004 Posts: 4,524	My rocks from South Africa came in Jun 21, 2004 9:41:57 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by creativeminded on Jun 21, 2004 9:41:57 GMT -5 Those are really nice rocks, I know you are going to have some fun with them. Tami
	Necessity is the mother of invention

rockyraccoon
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My rocks from South Africa came in Jun 21, 2004 11:26:22 GMT -5

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Post by rockyraccoon on Jun 21, 2004 11:26:22 GMT -5

cal those are some great rocks you have there! of course i went to search to see what a zebra jasper looks like and yep you guessed it there's the skull

www.freespiritrocks.com/SKU158.jpg

so i go to this site to see what's up with this skull thing and they have a little explanation about what i would expect and lots more skulls

www.freespiritrocks.com/fossilsandskulls.html

"feets don't fail me now" ;D

kim

WilliamC
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My rocks from South Africa came in Jun 22, 2004 15:35:20 GMT -5

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Post by WilliamC on Jun 22, 2004 15:35:20 GMT -5

Greetings All,

Wonderful news that your rocks came in, I'm glad I'm not the only one here foolish enough to buy in bulk

Any chance you might want to do some trading? I've got some verdite, carnelian, leopardstone, butterjade, koi jasper (yes that's the right identification for the picture you have) and autumn jasper, all from Gerdus. I'd love to get some of the sunset jasper, amazonite, sodalite, or whatever you have enough of so that you can swap for something else. Drop me a message if you are interested, I haven't been posting much lately but I still look on the site every couple of days or so.

WilliamC

krazydiamond Global Moderator Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far. Member since June 2004 Posts: 9,636	My rocks from South Africa came in Jun 22, 2004 15:44:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by krazydiamond on Jun 22, 2004 15:44:24 GMT -5 outstanding photos, i'm positively green. KD
	Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine!

deepsouth fully equipped rock polisher He who rocks last rocks best Member since January 2004 Posts: 1,256	My rocks from South Africa came in Jul 1, 2004 4:51:54 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by deepsouth on Jul 1, 2004 4:51:54 GMT -5 Hi All , Great rocks .... and envy is another word Jack

thewiz has rocks in the head "What good is money if you don't spend it" Member since January 2004 Posts: 735	My rocks from South Africa came in Jul 1, 2004 20:02:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by thewiz on Jul 1, 2004 20:02:27 GMT -5 dark green here