ArkieRockhound
freely admits to licking rocks
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Post by ArkieRockhound on Apr 16, 2005 16:35:58 GMT -5
Well, here is a picture of my still unbroken garden rock. It's bigger than it looks in the picture.  It looks to be very hard, not grainey at all. Looks like it would take a polish, but it won't fit in my tumblers.  Trish |
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Voodoo Rage
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since February 2005
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Post by Voodoo Rage on Apr 16, 2005 18:24:36 GMT -5
I had a similar rock in my yard. It was very orange and looked like it had promise. I busted it up and it was just white quartz with a dark rind on it...  |
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Post by sandsman1 on Apr 16, 2005 20:01:36 GMT -5
take a hand sledge and hit that sucker right in the middle and break it in half so you can see whats inside it looks cool
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ArkieRockhound
freely admits to licking rocks
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Post by ArkieRockhound on Apr 16, 2005 20:10:36 GMT -5
Tried that! It didn't work.
Trish
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Post by sandsman1 on Apr 16, 2005 20:19:06 GMT -5
hahaha you must be a little bitty thing ask the first guy that gos buy to take a whack at it,, make sure you lend him your safety glasses
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ArkieRockhound
freely admits to licking rocks
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Post by ArkieRockhound on Apr 16, 2005 20:23:31 GMT -5
I Wish!!!
Trish
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deepsouth
fully equipped rock polisher
He who rocks last rocks best
Member since January 2004
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Post by deepsouth on Apr 16, 2005 21:04:16 GMT -5
Trish has a wish.........may her wish come true......... here comes a man out of the blue, a man with a sledgehammer. And he means business, I saw him whacking this big hard piece of Rhodonite. and HARD it was !! the sledgehammer bounced back with force. The man won in the end and some rhodonite was taken home.  I sure hope you will find the man with the sledgehammer Jack |
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ArkieRockhound
freely admits to licking rocks
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Post by ArkieRockhound on Apr 16, 2005 21:18:32 GMT -5
Is that what it is? Rhodinite?
Trish
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Post by Cher on Apr 16, 2005 23:48:18 GMT -5
I think Jack meant that was Rhodonite in the picture he put in. I don't know what your's is but that is one cool lookin' rock! Those colors are just neat ... I'd be finding some way to look at the inside.
I'd check like I mentioned to see if you have a local machine rental place for a small jack hammer ... or just keep whackin' it's got to give eventually.
Cher
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Post by creativeminded on Apr 17, 2005 10:03:34 GMT -5
I would say your rock looks alot like hematite that has been smoothed and has rusted with the weather.
Tami
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