Rocks from my Father-in-law.

Original Admin has started giving rock gifts Member since March 2003 Posts: 3,278	Rocks from my Father-in-law. Jun 19, 2005 13:02:14 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Original Admin on Jun 19, 2005 13:02:14 GMT -5 Hi all - the rocks arrived today. Heres some pics. Not for tumbling of course They are from Mt Etna - Italy.

Original Admin has started giving rock gifts Member since March 2003 Posts: 3,278	Rocks from my Father-in-law. Jun 19, 2005 13:03:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Original Admin on Jun 19, 2005 13:03:38 GMT -5 Dam those pics are big - and I reduced them too. Will have to address that

Tonya spending too much on rocks Member since May 2005 Posts: 304	Rocks from my Father-in-law. Jun 19, 2005 13:48:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tonya on Jun 19, 2005 13:48:40 GMT -5 Wow, that blue one is real pretty. What is it? Tonya

Debs fully equipped rock polisher Member since February 2005 Posts: 1,252	Rocks from my Father-in-law. Jun 19, 2005 13:52:45 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Debs on Jun 19, 2005 13:52:45 GMT -5 Wow! Those are stunning!!! What kind of rocks are they? They are so cool.

Cher In Memoriam Tumbling is addictive - Resistance is futile - You will be assimilated Member since August 2004 Posts: 14,072	Rocks from my Father-in-law. Jun 19, 2005 16:23:22 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cher on Jun 19, 2005 16:23:22 GMT -5 Mark, those are beautiful! Do you have any idea at all what they are? Cher
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krazydiamond Global Moderator Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far. Member since June 2004 Posts: 9,636	Rocks from my Father-in-law. Jun 19, 2005 16:38:01 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by krazydiamond on Jun 19, 2005 16:38:01 GMT -5 i resize my digital images with paintshop pro, i use pixel width 800 x 600 height and maintain aspect ratio of 1.3333 to 1.. works for me. KD
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Rocks from my Father-in-law. Jun 19, 2005 18:34:18 GMT -5

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Post by Cher on Jun 19, 2005 18:34:18 GMT -5

I use Paint Shop Pro too, love the program. It's great as you
can export both jpegs and gif files and set the compression
(for jpegs) higher to really lower the files size. I use
between 400 and 600 pixels wide so they fit in the posts
even at smaller resolutions like mine (800 x 600).

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The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone
said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm
just not close enough to get the job done.
George Carlin

docone31 still telling self it's just a hobby Member since June 2003 Posts: 4,476	Rocks from my Father-in-law. Jun 19, 2005 19:25:43 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by docone31 on Jun 19, 2005 19:25:43 GMT -5 Those two blue ones kinda look like faceting stock. Way cool. What are they?
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Rocks from my Father-in-law. Jun 20, 2005 8:56:53 GMT -5

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Post by creativeminded on Jun 20, 2005 8:56:53 GMT -5

Those are beautiful.
I use Paint as well to reduce, and I go to image, stretch/scew and reduce to 50% horizontally and virtically and then I reduce it to 75% of the size and that usually works great for sending through e-mail and other websites.
Tami

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stefan Cave Dweller Member since January 2005 Posts: 14,113	Rocks from my Father-in-law. Jun 20, 2005 9:47:02 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stefan on Jun 20, 2005 9:47:02 GMT -5 WOWWZER that is some blue rock- Azurite?
	I can't tell if thats some Gneiss Schist, or that Schist is Gneiss. All I know is don't take it for Granite

sandsman1 In Memoriam RIP John "sandsman1" Member since December 2003 Posts: 11,341	Rocks from my Father-in-law. Jun 20, 2005 10:02:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sandsman1 on Jun 20, 2005 10:02:19 GMT -5 WOWWEEWOWWOW that last electric blue one is too cool man thats a great stone you got there ,, hey there all very cool but i got a thing for blue rocks hahaha
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Rocks from my Father-in-law. Jun 20, 2005 10:19:15 GMT -5

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Post by llanago on Jun 20, 2005 10:19:15 GMT -5

Mark, those are beautiful! Definitely NOT for tumbling!

I use the photo program that came with my digital camera. Didn't know you could use paintshop pro! I also use 400 to 600 pixels. I do wish everybody would take the time to learn how to resize their pics - it's not hard and sure makes it easier to actually view the pics. And sure messes up a thread when a huge pic is posted. Sometimes I can't even download the entire pic.

llana

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stefan Cave Dweller Member since January 2005 Posts: 14,113	Rocks from my Father-in-law. Jun 20, 2005 13:29:01 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stefan on Jun 20, 2005 13:29:01 GMT -5 Hey is there a way to resize in photobucket- I have the cheapy software that came with the camera and I don't see a resize option!
	I can't tell if thats some Gneiss Schist, or that Schist is Gneiss. All I know is don't take it for Granite

rockyraccoon no longer being taken for granite Member since December 2003 Posts: 7,980	Rocks from my Father-in-law. Jun 24, 2005 0:52:46 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockyraccoon on Jun 24, 2005 0:52:46 GMT -5 oh my gosh those are knockouts! kim

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Rocks from my Father-in-law. Jun 24, 2005 3:09:31 GMT -5

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Post by Original Admin on Jun 24, 2005 3:09:31 GMT -5

To be honest I dont know what they are, I'd guess at Quartz which has grown on the lava base - which in itself seems very brittle and porous (basalt?) - and yet the whole chunks themselves are heavy to hold.

I saw what I did with the photos - in paintshop it says at the top 1:3 - so I didnt have it at full size on the screen - it was shown at 3x size when I saved it - duh and the reduction was compression in terms of the jpg.

Yeah - not for the tumblers - I think if they went in there they would probably be mud within a week (I did that with some amber from a friend once!!)

They may end up on the fireplace for a while these.

phoenix1647 starting to spend too much on rocks Member since March 2013 Posts: 186	Rocks from my Father-in-law. Jun 24, 2005 7:26:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by phoenix1647 on Jun 24, 2005 7:26:20 GMT -5 cool pics Mark...some very nice show and tell pieces there. Pho

fatrichie has rocks in the head Member since July 2004 Posts: 651	Rocks from my Father-in-law. Jun 24, 2005 9:45:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fatrichie on Jun 24, 2005 9:45:55 GMT -5 Great rocks, I'll take 'em !!! BTW, Microsoft has a freeebie photo re-sizer for the windows XP photo viewer, I use it, I'll try to find a link and post it.