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Post by Alice on Aug 8, 2005 13:55:34 GMT -5
I find many of these. Some are too large to bring home, some are to small to even bother with, some are tumbable size, and some slabable size. Some are plant life (Like in the picture... at least I'm assuming it's plant life), and others are full of tiny shells. I haven't put one through polish yet, but it takes about 2 weeks to get a good shape... faily soft, so it might not take a polish at all.   Credit card sized card for size reference  This is another one I found today  anyway... just thought I'd share Alice |
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Post by stefan on Aug 8, 2005 14:57:17 GMT -5
Cool- I cabbed some stuff like your first pix- took a pretty good shine- but I lost all "fossil" detail in the cutting and grinding process!
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Post by Alice on Aug 8, 2005 15:01:24 GMT -5
Some of the fossils in these rocks are surface fossils. Meaning they can be just erased away if you rub long enough (in your case, grind).
The big one above... the fossils seem to be pretty thick. At least 1/4 " thick.
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Post by joe on Aug 8, 2005 23:07:17 GMT -5
Those are some cool looking rocks! What type of stone are they? Any idea of the MOH hardness? Even if you can't polish them, they're still keepers. Nice finds.
Joe
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Post by Alice on Aug 8, 2005 23:32:49 GMT -5
Thanks Joe,
I have no idea what type of rock they are, or how hard they are.
The big one (First picture) maybe 3 or 4?
The smaller one is harder (last picture) is about a 5 or 6?
The big one's kind of cool. it's flat on one side, and it can be proped up without using a stand. So it's kind of like a display rock right now, sitting on my shelf.
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Post by Cher on Aug 8, 2005 23:58:17 GMT -5
Nice rocks, be interesting to see if you can do anything with them.
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Post by joe on Aug 9, 2005 0:05:25 GMT -5
Another member had drilled holes in a piece of pet wood and made a penholder. If the rock sits well all by itself, maybe you could make somthing like that. Maybe you could use it as a "showcase" rock to put your polished stones on it to show them off.
Collect 'em while ya can, 'cause they're cool! Joe
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Post by Alice on Aug 9, 2005 0:27:14 GMT -5
Thanks Joe I don't know what I plan on doing with the big one yet. If the other's polish well, then I just might do something with it. If not, then it'll just sit there on the shelf and take up space  Cher, I'll keep everyone posted when I put them into polish (the others that are being worked on). I haven't done an entire load of local rocks yet. I just throw in an odd one here and there in other loads as fillers. I'm waiting till I have a barrel full and throw them all into polish at the same time. |
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Post by Alice on Aug 9, 2005 1:09:48 GMT -5
LOL, see 10 letter Y's in that rock. Can you find them?
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Aug 9, 2005 9:18:42 GMT -5
I went home last night and started grinding some fossilized coral I have- It is shining up sooo nice- It is gonna make a cool pendant (if I ever finish it!)
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Post by Alice on Aug 9, 2005 12:14:35 GMT -5
you're gonna have to keep yourself busy with that barrel rolling for another 4 weeks. You can finish it during that time can't you? |
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Post by joe on Aug 10, 2005 0:20:43 GMT -5
I can only find 7 letter Y's in the top pic. Another one is questionable. But 10 of them??  Joe |
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Post by stefan on Aug 10, 2005 8:48:16 GMT -5
Yea only 5 more weeks (actually 4.5)
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Aug 10, 2005 17:06:56 GMT -5
Stefan,
Great Fossils! You mentioned you were working on some Fossilized Coral...This stuff looks Super Cool when all polished. Keep us updated on your progress.
Steve
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Post by Alice on Aug 10, 2005 22:42:02 GMT -5
Actually I found 11 Joe. I found another one while I was making them off for you  |
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Post by joe on Aug 10, 2005 23:55:49 GMT -5
Alice, you must be a lot of fun to watch clouds with! I never saw those Y's comin'. Thanx for posting the "puzzle rock". Joe |
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Post by Alice on Aug 11, 2005 23:42:55 GMT -5
LOL Joe
I just have too much time on my hands
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