Post by rollingstone on Aug 21, 2004 3:18:00 GMT -5
I've been organizing my photo files, including these photos. These stones were part of the same batch as the amethyst photos and petrified wood photos that I've posted over the past week. This is the other stuff that was in the barrel...a real dog's breakfast!
First the group photo.
A better look at the rose quartz. Some of it looks kind of dark, but that is only because it is thin and clear, so shows the dark background through the stone.
These are just some river rocks that I thought looked kinda nice. Obviously some kind of quartz, but I don't know what gives them the splashes of red and other colours. These were rounded by the river, so spent only a short time in coarse grind.
Not 100% certain what these stones are, as I found them in local river rock. I believe they are pieces of quartzite. The green stuff I originally hoped might be jade, but ends up looking more like pukestone. However, I still like the red stones.
This is some rutilated quartz. These are the few pieces that made it through the coarse grind already, I have more to finish at another time. Note that you really need a clear matrix rock to show up the rutile crystals, the cloudier rocks look more like ordinary quartz. Considering this, BearCreek's water-clear rutilated quartz is something beyond amazing.
Here's a better shot of the clearest piece of rutilated quartz from this tumble.
And here's the very last of the barrel....BC jade (green), a tiny piece of orthoclase feldspar (pink), and some completely unknown river rock, perhaps carnelian?
That's all folks! Now I've got to focus on my next batch of stones. If they take as long as the last batch, look for me to post up some pics around Christmas
First the group photo.
A better look at the rose quartz. Some of it looks kind of dark, but that is only because it is thin and clear, so shows the dark background through the stone.
These are just some river rocks that I thought looked kinda nice. Obviously some kind of quartz, but I don't know what gives them the splashes of red and other colours. These were rounded by the river, so spent only a short time in coarse grind.
Not 100% certain what these stones are, as I found them in local river rock. I believe they are pieces of quartzite. The green stuff I originally hoped might be jade, but ends up looking more like pukestone. However, I still like the red stones.
This is some rutilated quartz. These are the few pieces that made it through the coarse grind already, I have more to finish at another time. Note that you really need a clear matrix rock to show up the rutile crystals, the cloudier rocks look more like ordinary quartz. Considering this, BearCreek's water-clear rutilated quartz is something beyond amazing.
Here's a better shot of the clearest piece of rutilated quartz from this tumble.
And here's the very last of the barrel....BC jade (green), a tiny piece of orthoclase feldspar (pink), and some completely unknown river rock, perhaps carnelian?
That's all folks! Now I've got to focus on my next batch of stones. If they take as long as the last batch, look for me to post up some pics around Christmas
Think I'm just gonna bust up my last batch (they were so cracked and too big for my puposes anyway) and start over.
and let us have a look!
