Rotary large rocks 2: quartzite
Sept 12, 2020 19:54:56 GMT -5
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Post by Bob on Sept 12, 2020 19:54:56 GMT -5
Maybe I shouldn't have titled my other intro on this topic monster rocks. I have just used the word big this time. Perhaps someone can tell me what is big for tumbled rocks? Baseball or larger? Or what?
Here is my favorite piece of quartzite. It is opaque. I found it very near the KS/CO/OK tristate junction. It is 2lb 3oz and 5" long and the shape of a goose or loon egg. It didn't look to me like a rock that would take a shine, because I can see the sand grain interstices with my bare eyes, but to my surprise, it did polish though not a high shine. People love to hold this rock. I think it took about 9 months. I like the patterns in it.
Here is my favorite piece of quartzite. It is opaque. I found it very near the KS/CO/OK tristate junction. It is 2lb 3oz and 5" long and the shape of a goose or loon egg. It didn't look to me like a rock that would take a shine, because I can see the sand grain interstices with my bare eyes, but to my surprise, it did polish though not a high shine. People love to hold this rock. I think it took about 9 months. I like the patterns in it.
