Post by puppie96 on Jun 11, 2005 3:03:19 GMT -5
Hi...I have been somewhat intimidated by the new camera, but I finally tried to take some rock pictures. I still have stuff to get worked out.
Anyhow, the first two here are pictures of rocks that all came from a larger chunk that I busted up. Found it at a local construction site, and it just LOOKED like a chunk of wood off the side of a tree trunk. All the veining, the texture of bark, etc. It was obvious it has soft spots, which people on the board have mentioned. But the weird part is that it is all made up of this kind of granular crystalline stuff -- mostly gold color, like a quartzy rock -- but all very crumbly. I tumbled it forever and lost a lot of volume. It rounded quickly but I kept trying to grind out the soft parts and gave up. The largest piece is the one that most shows the wood grain look. Of course, they are all much lighter when dry because of the soft parts and don't show their features as well.
Opinions wanted -- I assumed this was wood, but I've never heard of one with a crytalline make up like this.
This final one is another piece I had that I thought might be wood, opinions appreciated!
Thanks for looking!
Anyhow, the first two here are pictures of rocks that all came from a larger chunk that I busted up. Found it at a local construction site, and it just LOOKED like a chunk of wood off the side of a tree trunk. All the veining, the texture of bark, etc. It was obvious it has soft spots, which people on the board have mentioned. But the weird part is that it is all made up of this kind of granular crystalline stuff -- mostly gold color, like a quartzy rock -- but all very crumbly. I tumbled it forever and lost a lot of volume. It rounded quickly but I kept trying to grind out the soft parts and gave up. The largest piece is the one that most shows the wood grain look. Of course, they are all much lighter when dry because of the soft parts and don't show their features as well.
Opinions wanted -- I assumed this was wood, but I've never heard of one with a crytalline make up like this.
This final one is another piece I had that I thought might be wood, opinions appreciated!
Thanks for looking!
