llanago
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Post by llanago on Apr 2, 2005 20:12:11 GMT -5
This is a rather good size chunk of pet wood that was collected in the petrified forest before it became a national park. It is yummy!  You really can't see what a shine it has but to give you an idea, that lighter area along the bottom is the reflection of the bubble wrap it was sitting on. We were going to split it and each take a half, but I really don't think we should cut it. This is a "specimen" not something that should be cut up. Don't ya'll agree? Can ya'll see the fish? Actually there's two of them - one big one and a smaller one. llana |
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phoenix1647
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Post by phoenix1647 on Apr 2, 2005 20:19:15 GMT -5
I think it should be left as it is now..not cut up. Very nice rock....love those colors and yes..I can see both of the little fishies....
Pho
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Post by Cher on Apr 2, 2005 20:26:04 GMT -5
WOWOWOW Heavens no it shouldn't be cut up, it's gorgeous. Hubby says it looks like one of the Apollo capsules flaming it's way back to earth. Hard to believe it was once a tree, what absolutely gorgeous colors.
Cher
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Post by cookie3rocks on Apr 2, 2005 20:31:27 GMT -5
GET THE SAW! GET THE OIL! WHERE'S MY HAMMER? YEEE HAAAW! I know, I know, but wouldn't it be fun  cookie |
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JKowalski33
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Post by JKowalski33 on Apr 2, 2005 20:56:26 GMT -5
well look how thick it is, couldn't you make it into 2 or 3 slabs, and then you could see more of it. not as much would be just hidden on the inside
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Post by sandsman1 on Apr 2, 2005 21:35:20 GMT -5
llana see those fracture lines i wouldent cut it because i just went through that with some wood,, i slabed it and it looked great but with alittle presure it just crumbled and it would be a shame for that piece to break up its alot nicer then the stuff i was cuttin
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Post by krazydiamond on Apr 2, 2005 21:49:30 GMT -5
i see one big ol' gator head..
beautiful colors. great piece of rock. um, wood, um..you know.
KD
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Post by stoner on Apr 2, 2005 23:59:36 GMT -5
HOLY S@#T. That is beautiful. Not what I had pictured. Excuse me while I pick my lower jaw up off the keyboard. I'll send ya an IM.
Ed
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Post by rockyraccoon on Apr 4, 2005 8:30:50 GMT -5
beautiful! so where is the mud wrestling match going to be to determine who gets the rock ?  no really, who gets the rock lol? kim |
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Post by creativeminded on Apr 4, 2005 8:33:51 GMT -5
That is a beautiful piece of pet wood.
Tami
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chassroc
Cave Dweller 
Rocks are abundant when you have rocktumblinghobby pals
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Post by chassroc on Apr 4, 2005 13:20:18 GMT -5
Llano,
Love that rock, especially as a speciman, The bark on the outside really authenticates the piece...the shine is awesome, I can see you, oops, I mean a triggerfish from the lower left corner going up to the right( I wonder if you even saw that one!) and another fish in the middle with a purple eye.
csroc
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deepsouth
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Post by deepsouth on Apr 7, 2005 2:51:58 GMT -5
A beautiful rock Llana.
I agree with Sandsman....leave it as is.
Too nice to tamper with.
Jack
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llanago
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Post by llanago on Apr 7, 2005 21:43:16 GMT -5
It really is a beautiful rock. The colors are really vivid and the shine is mirror. It's much too pretty to cut. And, as Sands said, with the fractures running thru it, it might not cut very good without really messing it up. I am not willing to take a chance on ruining it by trying to cut it. no really, who gets the rock' Stoner gets the rock 'cause he paid for it. I should have already had it packaged up and in the mail to him, but I have been a bad girl. I set it on top of a shelf while I hunted for a box to pack it in last weekend, then got sidetracked and didn't find the box I was looking for until Tuesday. Since Tuesday I have been so stinkin' tired I haven't even had the energy to pack it up. Need to get that done before Stoner puts me on the three thumbs down list!  It is going to be hard to part with though. It is sitting between a big vase full of rocks and two stackable glass bowls of rocks and looks real pretty sitting there! Guess I will just have to take a pic, make a frame for the pic, and put the pic where the rock is. llana |
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no really, who gets the rock lol?
