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Post by Cher on Aug 7, 2004 15:14:34 GMT -5
Hi Rock Gurus. Hope you don't mind a newbie looking for help. I was out digging around the other day and found this green rock. I wet it in the picture to try and bring out some of the color better but it's really green. Stuck out like a sore thumb on the side of the gravel pit. There are red flecks in it also. Can anyone suggest a good source to try and identify it? Apprecite any help, I've got a few others I'd like to try and identify also. (I go out agate hunting but have a bad habit of picking up the curious also.)
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deepsouth
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Post by deepsouth on Aug 7, 2004 16:29:18 GMT -5
Welcome to this forum Rosebud, like you we all start from scratch, nose down to the ground and pick up any rock we fancy even though we do have some specifics in mind It sure is a neat rock in your picture , and someone along the line will be able to tell you what it is. People do tend to take a chip of the old block.....eh....rock so as to show it's innerworkings for easier identification. Have fun under the sun Jack
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Post by Cher on Aug 7, 2004 16:56:17 GMT -5
Hi Jack, Thanks for the welcome! Should I put on my safety glasses and give it a whack? I'd hate to smoosh it completely but I can see the benefit of being able to see what's inside. Cher aka RosebudMN
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Post by krazydiamond on Aug 7, 2004 18:55:54 GMT -5
no clue what it is, Cher, but looks kinda neat....is it a one of a kind thing or can you find more out there?
get a cold chisel and some safety glasses, wrap it up in a plastic bag or rags and a cardboard box and take a whack at it..or wait til you get your tumbler and just see what you get....
have fun, KD
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Post by cookie3rocks on Aug 7, 2004 20:28:31 GMT -5
How big is it, Cher? If it's good sized I'd wack it. Don't want to tumble too big a piece anyway. But, personaly, I've come to like my rocks a little smaller than I did when I first started out. Up to you. ! want a waving smiley! howed you do that? I like smileys ;D cookie
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Post by Cher on Aug 7, 2004 20:51:03 GMT -5
KD. It's 1 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 inch thick (I need to learn to use a tape when taking pics). I didn't see anything else like it around the area I was in. I had been searching that area for about 1/2 hour and saw only this one. It was partially buried but still stuck out like a green neon light. Unfortuantely, the side of the gravel pit I was climbing decided it didn't want me there and sent me on a ride. ouch! I'm really curious about whats making the red flecks in it so might just have to give it a whack. Don't have a cold chisel, just a hammer but that should work. Definitely will wrap it though, I've seen how rocks can explode. Hi Cookie, I like smileys too. Found this one at the best smileys place and fell in love. Sometimes I get in a mood and make them myself. Cher
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deepsouth
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Post by deepsouth on Aug 7, 2004 21:05:19 GMT -5
Hi Cher, nice smiley.... I just use the ones available here ;D As KD said already yes safety glasses. They are essential in many environments where one is grinding or whacking ...smashing things up. You haven't got a saw by any chance that would make a nice cut in that rock? That way you could polsih a slab or so. have fun Jack
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Post by Cher on Aug 7, 2004 21:20:53 GMT -5
Oh how I wish I did, I'd love to see it cut rather than smashed. I just can't figure how to get it to sit still while I attack it with my skilsaw so looks like the hammer is my only option.
Hehehe I have one browser window open to the front of the forum, one open at about page 42, while I read the past posts. One thing good I also found was about using a steel plate or something to smash it on. Hubby might not have been too please with me cracking the sidewalk to bits either.
Cher
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Post by cookie3rocks on Aug 7, 2004 21:57:04 GMT -5
Oh yeah, my husband was not pleased about the side walk. I moved it over to a slab that had been poured for a shed that never happened. cookie
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Post by BearCreekLapidary on Aug 8, 2004 1:22:28 GMT -5
Hello Cher, It looks like some kind of quartz or an agate of some sort, from the exterior. The green could be alot of things ... possibly serpentine? but the exterior doesn't look roght for that . A nice looking stone anyway! Enjoy, John
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Post by connrock on Aug 8, 2004 12:59:27 GMT -5
Hi Cher, Don't forget to wear a "good" pair of work gloves along with the safety glasses. I can't swing a hammer for beans with a glove on my right hand,(my sore left hand will attest to that), so I only wear the left one. The glove will not only cushion the blow of the missed strike,,,,LOL it will prevent you from getting a "rock sliver" which is VERY hard to get out and seems to HURT forever!! Tom
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Post by Cher on Aug 8, 2004 13:40:31 GMT -5
I did it, it's smooshed. I put the picture in the member's photo forum, post is titled "Green Rock Smooshed".
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RiverOtter
spending too much on rocks
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Post by RiverOtter on Aug 9, 2004 1:37:57 GMT -5
Speaking of whacking rock. I bought a piece of Mook awhile back. Unfortunately it was too big to fit in the saw. So hubby's method to break it into smaller chunks was of course to whack it. He took a five gallon bucket, placed a piece of old trolley car track inside the bucket, placed the mook on top of the track and whacked it with a post pounder! It worked really well. And kept all the shards inside the bucket.
Otter
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