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Post by mohs on Oct 16, 2021 21:41:02 GMT -5
Well Mohs you knows a guy with a saw or four. Indoor shop is fully functional now, working on setting up outdoor big rock tools and winter work area as well. O I haven't forgotten ya Lee and a rock'n saw man you be ! the best I learned a lot now that summer as come & gone I'll be on the road and if your ever in the hood spend a couple hours w/ me in some of my buttiful rocky niches i thought I knew this place time & wheels really getting around,,, |
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Post by mohs on Oct 17, 2021 15:59:07 GMT -5
O.k. I need idea on how to split/break a big rock in the field the one piece of crhysschoola is at least 100 pounds I could hardly move it w/my crow bar it pretty solid piece easy access want break it to see if lapidary worthy before I put to much effort into it... ideas...  |
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Post by mohs on Oct 17, 2021 19:35:29 GMT -5
 Not sure I knows what I doing upload from smarty Anyway this is what I want split |
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Post by RickB on Oct 17, 2021 21:19:40 GMT -5
Looks like an old fashioned sledge hammer could do the job. Can't see any of the other sides but any cracks that a chisel can fit into would be the way to start. Looking at the top of this photo I think that is a crack you can work on. Should be able to take that whole top off for starters.
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Post by mohs on Oct 17, 2021 21:42:20 GMT -5
your right Rick !
I was watching rock splitting
you tube
using those feather wedges
but I like the cold chisel idea
actually broke a lot of those rocks today
with my crow bar and just dropping them
they are pretty weathered
and the insides seem to be a caliche
not so great
this one seem pretty solid
hopefully in couple days
I'll be hammering on it...
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Post by mohs on Oct 18, 2021 12:18:30 GMT -5
hey rick and all dis the rock I stashed and recovered jus a quick Elf pic  blue azure mafic matrix,,, mostly |
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Post by mohs on Oct 18, 2021 19:50:21 GMT -5
Went out and cold chisels on my hunk of chrys Of course I forgot my safety  Buute it was just an exploratory tinkering My cold chisel width is just 1” Need a 2 1/2” to be more effective Cheap skate that I am & being that this is all experimental Not willing to pay 9 dollars at Harbor Freight I’ll look in pawn shops ect Nonetheless Can tell the hunk is rock solid Solid with what -is the question Nothing like breaking rocks Good work-- if ya can get it ... |
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Post by Rockoonz on Oct 18, 2021 21:06:56 GMT -5
mohs I have more chisels than I need, and old jackhammer bits too, you can have one. Wider just spreads out the force of the hammer more, targeting a line of impact spots where it looks to be crackable usually works better. If you have a crack, a truck or trailer leaf spring piece ground to almost a point on the end is perfect for popping a fault. I just found an interesting wedge at a sale, after I figure out if the steel is hard enough it might get ground into another "hard rock" tool.
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Post by mohs on Oct 19, 2021 9:31:28 GMT -5
Good info Lee! Not sure what I'm doing besides trying to split a big rock Its pleasant. Sit out at the bottom of the Salt River & tinker on big chrys. Just like the Hohokam did! Things come around  I also found the little waterfall & green zone back there These really big orange dragons were fluttering around They didn’t want to cooperate for a photo Buute they won’t elude me for long  |
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Post by mohs on Oct 19, 2021 17:02:18 GMT -5
Broken piece of the RiverView Chrys  Lousy photo This is not the Crys chunk I’m tinkering on I broke this piece w/my crow bar probably lots of fractures in the rock not much bling Buute I am encouraged to polish a piece thought the matrix was rhyolite Closer inspection some sort of quartzy feldy magmamistic fine grained mineralistic matter surprising how many different types of matrix material, w/all the copper derivative coloring, is in that excavated pile |
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Post by mohs on Oct 22, 2021 15:15:14 GMT -5
Gneiss morning stroll Succeeded in chippy the chrys  Solid-- yet unfortunately not ooh & ahh quality Picture not great picure for what I'm trying to show the matrix good size crystals in fine grain powdery grayish white Thought the crystal were quartz Butte quick scratch test Seem like high carbon steel scrapes it/ Could be a feldspar? What ever it is-- its pretty darn hard Thanks for looking … |
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Post by fernwood on Oct 22, 2021 15:33:01 GMT -5
Congrats on getting a piece off. It looks pretty. I wonder if there is more turquoise color at the other end.
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Post by mohs on Oct 23, 2021 11:47:32 GMT -5
Good question fernwood Beth There is turquoise shading in that area Yet it seems like everything -so far -is just a surface coating. The oxides didn’t penetrate the matrix deeply and meta crystallized darn These rocks were excavated. I suppose the excavators had done assay work on the quality of these rocks How the copper oxide bubbled and seeped over so large an area, with so many types of host rocks; is boggling I’ll keep searching for the gem interesting geology Nonetheless... |
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Post by mohs on Oct 25, 2021 16:24:39 GMT -5
Chipped this rock and the baby blue goes all the way through  liked the color so much brought the rock along on the rocky trail w/ Palo dendronchrology |
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Post by mohs on Nov 10, 2021 11:43:50 GMT -5
Hi guys This is just perfectly ordinary rock  I’m easily impressed Butte this desert varnish boulder Is a billboard size What a hunk! Thanks for looking |
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Post by RickB on Nov 10, 2021 11:54:47 GMT -5
You're gonna need a bigger LadMo Bag
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Post by mohs on Nov 10, 2021 12:03:46 GMT -5
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Post by Son Of Beach on Nov 10, 2021 13:57:46 GMT -5
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Post by mohs on Nov 10, 2021 13:59:16 GMT -5
On my hike I crow/cracked a deep lifted olivine seam Think it mostly deep olivine With a fair amount of silicon, horne and/or biotite blend  More importantly perhaps It motivated me to spin up the Lortone So I just did some rough window'n grind Obviously not fine lapidary material  Butte Mohs likes it ! |
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Post by mohs on Nov 10, 2021 17:52:27 GMT -5
yo very gneiss ! is that egor ? |
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