rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Mar 7, 2005 16:28:35 GMT -5
Hi again, here are the rest of the agatized petrified wood pics. I was happy with the whole batch, but these are my favourites. The recipe was given in another thread. A quarter is shown in some of the pics for scale. This is an overview of some of my favourites:  A bit closer:  Some of the stones have quite tight banding:  Some stones have much wider banding:  I really like the patterns on these ones:  This shot shows the hexagonal pattern on the dark brown stones better:  These ones have some weird eye-like pattern that goes right through the stone. I don't know what caused it, but I think it's cool.  That's it! Thanks for looking. |
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Post by krazydiamond on Mar 7, 2005 16:56:12 GMT -5
those are ABSOLUTELY fabulous!  ;D beautiful patterns and banding and, well, just WOWSER! i take back what i've been thinking about pet wood! great job, rollingstone! KD |
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WyckedWyre
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Post by WyckedWyre on Mar 7, 2005 17:00:33 GMT -5
Hey, those are relly purty. You inspired me to charge up a barrel full of petrified wood today.
BONUS - Sometimes when I get home after a day of collecting and I get to really LOOK at my rocks, I find some knapped pieces. Artifacts. Shhhhh. Don't tell anyone. S
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Post by Cher on Mar 7, 2005 18:08:20 GMT -5
WOW! Incredible shine!! You have some absolutely gorgeous
stuff in there. Great job, I love the way the rings show the varying
widths ... awesome, just awesome. Thanks for the pics!!
Cher
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Post by earthdog on Mar 7, 2005 18:16:53 GMT -5
The words, "ABSOLUTELY fabulous" don't even do those right. I was thinking more on the lines of, exquisite, pulchritudinous, glorious, resplendent, and even, splendiferous! I think you are gonna push alot over the edge with those, and there will be alot more barrels rolling with pet. wood around the world next week...  |
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Post by hermatite on Mar 7, 2005 19:45:40 GMT -5
drooooool
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Post by gaetzchamp on Mar 7, 2005 20:03:38 GMT -5
Rollingstone-
So do you have a "before" picture? I'm really interested in how they looked before (and at different stages) during the whole process. I want the juicy details my friend.
I've got a bundle in coarse right now. Been in the vibe for close to a week now and I'm concerned if they'll polish up nice or not. They really look like they've got some serious fractures throughout and lots of "scaling". I'm planning on leaving them in coarse for a month or more if necessary. But I know I don't want to waste my time if I've got "junk" rough to begin with.
If you could please elaborate on what you did and for how long, I'd appreciate it.
BTW, great job with those.
Gaetz
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Post by gaetzchamp on Mar 7, 2005 20:05:51 GMT -5
OOPS-
I guess I missed the "part 1" section. Will keep my big fingers shut now!!!!
Gaeter
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Post by cookie3rocks on Mar 7, 2005 21:16:03 GMT -5
  I am so DYING HERE! I LOVE PETWOOD! And I just got a whooole big mess of it. Oh, gracious, that's beautiful. Give me a week and I'm all over a new batch. YUMMMY! cookie |
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Post by sandsman1 on Mar 7, 2005 21:49:47 GMT -5
dam rollin very cool lookin wood you did a great job-- i realy like those dark ones and the one with the cell looking design
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Post by Tweetiepy on Mar 7, 2005 22:23:15 GMT -5
Those sure are amazing - excellent shine - I just got close to a pound of the stuff. Broke some of it up, and it's black inside, I hope this disappears with the tumbling process. They look like mohagony yummy
Hope they look something like that - I'm gonna give my dad a piece of it if it turns out good. He's a woodworking kind of guy!
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Post by Banjocreek on Mar 7, 2005 22:59:57 GMT -5
You did a super job on that stuff!!That is so much different than what I am used to seeing as petrified wood here in Arizona.
I had a friend send me some, and I collected a bunch a few weeks ago.
I can only hope they turn out that good.
It is some amazing looking stuff.
It's hard to believe those are rocks by looking at them.
They look like super glossy chunks of Black Oak and toasted Pine or something.
Now THAT'S what I'm talkin about!
Very Nice!
-Banjo
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Post by rockyraccoon on Mar 8, 2005 3:49:12 GMT -5
superb batch  ! i just love the petrified wood! kim |
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Post by Rose on Mar 8, 2005 5:43:24 GMT -5
Wow what a shine  |
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Post by chassroc on Mar 8, 2005 10:03:45 GMT -5
Hey Rollingstone,
That is the "Woodiest" petwood I've seen. Awesome shine!, great bands and patterns
csroc
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Post by Tweetiepy on Mar 8, 2005 10:16:49 GMT -5
Where did you get/find such fine specimens???
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Post by 69beeper on Mar 8, 2005 10:45:21 GMT -5
WOW .. !!! I'm blinded!! That is simply gorgeous!!! GREAT JOB!! - *2 thumbs up* Your batch gives me a whole new outlook on petrified wood!! Jimmy |
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Mar 8, 2005 13:10:26 GMT -5
Thanks everyone for all the very generous compliments!!! Earthdog -- pulchritudinous... wow, thanks! -- I must confess I had to look that one up in a dictionary to see if it was even a word! Gaetzchamp -- sorry, I don't think I have any before pics. You mentioned you have some in coarse with fractures and scaling... it's really hard to know if those are keepers or not... I think you just have to keep rolling them and then decide after they've been through a couple cycles in coarse. I mentioned that I do a lot of culling of my petwood but I've been collecting and tumbling it for awhile, and everytime I do some I get a better handle on which pieces will tumble well and which are duds. You don't want to throw out any that will tumble well, so give them a bit of time and it should become clearer if they are smoothing well or just continually fracturing. Tweetiepy -- I find these pieces locally. I'm in Alberta, and petwood is the most reliable stuff I find for tumbling. Well, I often test out other local materials too, but so far nothing can match petwood. Now I need summer to come so I can get out looking again (kind of like an easteregg hunt for adults!). I don't think you will find any in Ottawa, but in the western half of the continent it's fairly common. Pho has shown some amazing pics of petrified logs he's found -- I don't find anything like that, just tumbling size pieces. |
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Post by stefan on Mar 8, 2005 13:12:50 GMT -5
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Mar 8, 2005 15:44:50 GMT -5
Gaeter, you still reading this thread? I went through some old photos and did manage to find one photo of some of the rough used for this batch.... this is the rough that ended up as dark brown stones with a hexagonal pattern on them -- two of them are shown in the second-last photo. Although the dry rough didn't show the pattern at all, when it was wet I could make out faint hints of the pattern... I'm actually not sure that I would have tumbled these pieces otherwise. Anyway, I find it interesting that something so bland to start off with could turn out so interesting in the end. The magic of tumbling!  |
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! i just love the petrified wood!
