marissasully
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Post by marissasully on Aug 11, 2021 16:55:11 GMT -5
Any ideas? I think it’s beautiful. Found in Lake Michigan
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Post by Peruano on Aug 11, 2021 17:20:18 GMT -5
I see why you are attracted to the stone. Lots of color, pattern, and contrast. Two options for you to consider: 1. If its soft, it could be a serpentine. 2. If its hard, it is likely to a quartzite (granular structure internally will not be visible in a polished beach stone except where there is a chip of break. Other possibilities exist, and since you love it, you should continue to read books, and explore websites that discuss great lake rocks to get better fix on its nature. Enthusiasm is welcomed, but on occasion we may encourage you to chip or cut or polish your rock to find out more about it and sometimes loving your rock discourages such exploratory actions. Hence my recommendation is to collect multiples, one to love and one to study.
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marissasully
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Post by marissasully on Aug 11, 2021 18:37:46 GMT -5
Thank you!! This is currently in its last stage in the rotary tumbler. Unfortunately I don’t have anything to cut into it with. It is definitely hard and not at all soft! I’d say it’s around a 7 on the Mohs scale.
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fuss
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Post by fuss on Aug 12, 2021 0:27:14 GMT -5
Those Lake Michigan tumbled pebbles can be darn near impossible to identify correctly at times.
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marissasully
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Post by marissasully on Aug 12, 2021 11:25:17 GMT -5
Yes they can be!!! I’m glad I’m not the only one 😅
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Post by rmf on Aug 17, 2021 20:33:23 GMT -5
looks like brecciated quartzite.
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zdafaallah
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Post by zdafaallah on Aug 26, 2021 15:32:07 GMT -5
Marissa, I use an app called "Rock Identifier". It's pretty accurate. When I use to identify your rock from the picture, it tells me it's Agate as a vaireity of Chalcedony. I hope this helps ps. I am new to this, about 9 months into hounding and tumbling and have already built my own tumbler
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