Beautiful 8-pound piece of epidote!

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Cody starting to shine! Member since September 2020 Posts: 27	Beautiful 8-pound piece of epidote! Apr 5, 2021 14:42:52 GMT -5 RickB, paulshiroma, and 6 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cody on Apr 5, 2021 14:42:52 GMT -5 Found at a quarry in Michigan,
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Jugglerguy gets rocks for Christmas Alpena, MI Member since December 2011 Posts: 6,874	Beautiful 8-pound piece of epidote! Apr 5, 2021 15:00:23 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 5, 2021 15:00:23 GMT -5 That's a nice one! Are you going to slab it?
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Beautiful 8-pound piece of epidote! Apr 5, 2021 15:37:31 GMT -5

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Post by Cody on Apr 5, 2021 15:37:31 GMT -5

Apr 5, 2021 15:00:23 GMT -5 Jugglerguy said:

That's a nice one! Are you going to slab it?

I wish! Sadly I don't have a saw of any kind. For now I'm going to clean it up and keep it around as a specimen I think. I have a slight interest in polishing it but I only have an angle grinder and no fancy polishing tool.

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Jugglerguy gets rocks for Christmas Alpena, MI Member since December 2011 Posts: 6,874	Beautiful 8-pound piece of epidote! Apr 5, 2021 16:52:31 GMT -5 rockjunquie and jasoninsd like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 5, 2021 16:52:31 GMT -5 Do you have a tumbler that it will fit in? I did one by grinding it first and then tumbling it. It turned out great.
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rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 34,990	Beautiful 8-pound piece of epidote! Apr 5, 2021 17:05:36 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Apr 5, 2021 17:05:36 GMT -5 That's a big un!

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Beautiful 8-pound piece of epidote! Apr 5, 2021 17:12:41 GMT -5

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Post by hummingbirdstones on Apr 5, 2021 17:12:41 GMT -5

Nice chunk of rock! Great find.

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Beautiful 8-pound piece of epidote! Apr 5, 2021 17:41:47 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones and jasoninsd like this

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Post by greig on Apr 5, 2021 17:41:47 GMT -5

It looks like ambergris, one of those (expensive) things a whale sometimes cough up. ;-)
Seriously, nice specimen. Perhaps, you can get it cut at a local club or rock shop?

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jasoninsd can identify rocks - even green ones I Wish I Knew Half The Stuff I Thought I Knew 30 Years Ago! Member since July 2020 Posts: 18,424	Beautiful 8-pound piece of epidote! Apr 5, 2021 17:42:48 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jasoninsd on Apr 5, 2021 17:42:48 GMT -5 Nice Find Cody!
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Beautiful 8-pound piece of epidote! Apr 5, 2021 19:33:50 GMT -5 via mobile Jugglerguy likes this

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Apr 5, 2021 16:52:31 GMT -5 Jugglerguy said:

Do you have a tumbler that it will fit in? I did one by grinding it first and then tumbling it. It turned out great.

I wish but I've only got a Lortone 33b which came with twin 3 pound barrels, this monster is a bit too big for that sadly.

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