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Post by stardiamond on Jun 4, 2021 14:24:43 GMT -5
This topic came to mind because I have recently worked on both so I am starting some list, feel free to add.
Messy:
1. Marcasite including Nipomo
2. Psilomene
Stinky:
1. Mescalero and Blue Dream - rotten eggs.
2. Leopard skin - Vegetative
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Post by fencejumper on Jun 4, 2021 17:43:11 GMT -5
This topic came to mind because I have recently worked on both so I am starting some list, feel free to add. Messy: 1. Marcasite including Nipomo 2. Psilomene Stinky: 1. Mescalero and Blue Dream - rotten eggs. 2. Leopard skin - Vegetative Peanut obsidian! (Pew)! |
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Post by stephan on Jun 4, 2021 18:18:13 GMT -5
Not exactly stinky, but Dino bone and turitella agate definitely have a distinctive “funny” smell
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Post by jasoninsd on Jun 4, 2021 18:30:45 GMT -5
This topic came to mind because I have recently worked on both so I am starting some list, feel free to add. Messy: 1. Marcasite including Nipomo 2. Psilomene Stinky: 1. Mescalero and Blue Dream - rotten eggs. 2. Leopard skin - Vegetative I think Zebra Stone is another one the smells like rotten eggs (sulfur smell) As far as messy - Silver Ore was a pretty messy one to work with. Oh, and so is Indian Paint Stone - big time. Not exactly stinky, but Dino bone and turitella agate definitely have a distinctive “funny” smell I think they both smell like burning flesh...so does Whale Bone... |
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Post by stephan on Jun 4, 2021 18:37:44 GMT -5
This topic came to mind because I have recently worked on both so I am starting some list, feel free to add. Messy: 1. Marcasite including Nipomo 2. Psilomene Stinky: 1. Mescalero and Blue Dream - rotten eggs. 2. Leopard skin - Vegetative I think Zebra Stone is another one the smells like rotten eggs (sulfur smell) As far as messy - Silver Ore was a pretty messy one to work with. Oh, and so is Indian Paint Stone - big time. Not exactly stinky, but Dino bone and turitella agate definitely have a distinctive “funny” smell I think they both smell like burning flesh...so does Whale Bone... Oh! I thought that was my thumb when I wasn't dopping....  Yup. I think you nailed it. That smell definitely seems to be there for a lot of shell or bone (organic* calcium: calcite, apatite or aragonite) in agate. *Organic in the chemistry/biology sense: contains carbon/derived from a living thing. Although, if it's old enough to be a fossil, it was probably also free-range. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 4, 2021 19:51:25 GMT -5
Not exactly stinky, but Dino bone and turitella agate definitely have a distinctive “funny” smell They smell like petroleum, as do many fossils.
Did you ever wonder why a dinosaur was the logo of Sinclair Oil?
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Post by oldschoolrocker on Jun 4, 2021 20:08:25 GMT -5
Malachite pretty messy. And for some reason it turns my water a really pretty blue color when use gem lube additive
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Post by opalpyrexia on Jun 4, 2021 20:26:49 GMT -5
Boulder opal is messy.
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Post by nik on Jun 4, 2021 21:02:59 GMT -5
Sanora dendritic rhyolite is definitely a mess to cut, and I'll offer a strong second for both boulder opal and psilomelane as well. I haven't found too many stones that smell too bad while grinding, although a couple pieces of Biggs I have smell a little like eggs.
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Post by mohs on Jun 4, 2021 21:23:02 GMT -5
A pleasant odor rock that I ground was Jet Smells like a forest fire Which isn’t pleasant if you’re threatened but at the cabber it was unique I really enjoyed  As anyone ever had that experience? Let mohs know |
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Post by stephan on Jun 4, 2021 22:29:45 GMT -5
Not exactly stinky, but Dino bone and turitella agate definitely have a distinctive “funny” smell They smell like petroleum, as do many fossils.
Did you ever wonder why a dinosaur was the logo of Sinclair Oil?
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Doesn’t really smell like oil to me. The burnt description is closer. Plus oil really comes from “swamp juice” — dead microbes (mainly) and plants (some). It predates dinosaurs by hundreds of millions of years, and can even be billions of years old. |
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Post by pizzano on Jun 5, 2021 11:05:15 GMT -5
Various types of Lavic Jasper material can be messy and have the Sulphur odor.....it stains and leaves your hands with a red/orange glow for a few days.....lol
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jun 5, 2021 15:08:30 GMT -5
Apache Gold is really messy.
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Post by opalpyrexia on Jun 5, 2021 16:57:50 GMT -5
Apache Gold is really messy. Thanks for the warning, Robin. I have a couple of slabs waiting, so now I'll be sure to dress appropriately when I get to them. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jun 5, 2021 23:10:48 GMT -5
Apache Gold is really messy. Thanks for the warning, Robin. I have a couple of slabs waiting, so now I'll be sure to dress appropriately when I get to them. Wear gloves if you can. That stuff will stain everything (kinda like boulder opal). |
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Post by RWA3006 on Jun 6, 2021 13:04:17 GMT -5
Coprolite was once messy and stinky, but in it's agate form isn't too bad. Once in a while I'll hit a crumbly pocket that seems a bit untidy.
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Post by victor1941 on Jun 6, 2021 15:47:09 GMT -5
Tiger iron is also quite messy.
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Post by broseph82 on Jun 7, 2021 8:06:09 GMT -5
Not exactly stinky, but Dino bone and turitella agate definitely have a distinctive “funny” smell Oh no, you can definitely call them stinky. Don’t hold back friend. lol Chiapas amber has a smell to it. Fordite will give you a fume headache after a while. Tiger iron is messy, Jaspilite (red stuff from Michigan) will bleed everywhere. Boulder opal is crazy messy both in the trim saw and on wheels. Hematite mess mess. I guess anything stone with hematite in it will be messy. Jet-messy. |
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 7, 2021 10:01:05 GMT -5
Red jasper from start to finish, is messy and bleeds red everywhere!
I got use to the smell of dino bone and fossils, while they are being cut or worked on wheels...
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Post by stephan on Jun 7, 2021 11:07:06 GMT -5
Not exactly stinky, but Dino bone and turitella agate definitely have a distinctive “funny” smell Oh no, you can definitely call them stinky. Don’t hold back friend. lol Chiapas amber has a smell to it. Fordite will give you a fume headache after a while. Tiger iron is messy, Jaspilite (red stuff from Michigan) will bleed everywhere. Boulder opal is crazy messy both in the trim saw and on wheels. Hematite mess mess. I guess anything stone with hematite in it will be messy. Jet-messy. I guess "stinky" is in the nose of the beholder. After enough time smelling things that grow in labs, the threshold gets higher, I suppose. DARPA once gave out grants to develop a stink bomb (truly!), but no one was able to find a universally offensive scent.  I will confirm that hematite-containing material is messy, as is a lot of red jasper. Crazy lace with red matrix, too, for that matter. I haven't worked with a lot of Fordite, but I've heard that if you get a lot of solvent fumes, then it's not the genuine, "old-stock" material, but, rather, recently "harvested." This younger material is supposedly also softer. |
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