Experiment Part 2

puppie96 driving up their electric bill Member since November 2003 Posts: 2,773	Experiment Part 2 Nov 1, 2005 2:29:25 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by puppie96 on Nov 1, 2005 2:29:25 GMT -5 Okay, I couldn't stand it so I took photos to see how much difference there is. I believe the photos are better.

rollingstone
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Experiment Part 2 Nov 1, 2005 4:05:36 GMT -5

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Post by rollingstone on Nov 1, 2005 4:05:36 GMT -5

Photos are definitely better. If it were me.... I would NOT slice it... I think you are likely to find the same inside as is shown on the outside. So unless you are planning to make cabs or something like that, why break up that magnificent egg shape? My 2 cents.

gemmaster
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Experiment Part 2 Nov 1, 2005 6:24:42 GMT -5

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Post by gemmaster on Nov 1, 2005 6:24:42 GMT -5

i concur with the rolling stone something that well fashioned by nature should be lkeft as made, it appears to be a quartzite stream cobble you might get a better polish by further tumbling but unless you can tumble sizeable chunks ino , , is a bragging rock as is . my 3,4,5 ,25, and 100 cents. gemmaster

rockds still telling self it's just a hobby Member since September 2005 Posts: 4,130	Experiment Part 2 Nov 1, 2005 10:05:09 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockds on Nov 1, 2005 10:05:09 GMT -5 i think i would leave as is also
	Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand. Ignorance and Prejudice and fear walk hand-in-hand.

creativeminded still telling self it's just a hobby I am a crazy crafter. Member since January 2004 Posts: 4,524	Experiment Part 2 Nov 1, 2005 10:08:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by creativeminded on Nov 1, 2005 10:08:33 GMT -5 I think you ought to leave it. Tami
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rockyraccoon no longer being taken for granite Member since December 2003 Posts: 7,980	Experiment Part 2 Nov 1, 2005 10:37:42 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockyraccoon on Nov 1, 2005 10:37:42 GMT -5 i vote leave it too puppie. kim

stefan Cave Dweller Member since January 2005 Posts: 14,113	Experiment Part 2 Nov 1, 2005 11:52:51 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stefan on Nov 1, 2005 11:52:51 GMT -5 I vote SMACK IT - Now what do I win? NO Wait- Leave it (as in leave it at the end of my driveway!) that is one pretty cool rock!
	I can't tell if thats some Gneiss Schist, or that Schist is Gneiss. All I know is don't take it for Granite

jdennis Guest	Experiment Part 2 Nov 1, 2005 12:08:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by jdennis on Nov 1, 2005 12:08:53 GMT -5 is that the one you liberated lol its beautiful !! but if your like me & you just cant stand not knowing whats inside the why not bust it open it is a rock and there are plenty of them

puppie96
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Experiment Part 2 Nov 2, 2005 2:39:31 GMT -5

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Post by puppie96 on Nov 2, 2005 2:39:31 GMT -5

Thanks for all the input! I think you are right, the perfect natural shape as well as the surface patterns are probably the best argument against cutting it. I am not going to tumble it anymore. In real life it is a great mirror polish, plus it has those vugs which I've tried to grind out, but they are if anything getting bigger, so I'm thinking that the outside surface might just grind away.
No this is not the rock I liberated, which is more the size of a cement block!

puppie96
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Experiment Part 2 Nov 2, 2005 2:39:55 GMT -5

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Post by puppie96 on Nov 2, 2005 2:39:55 GMT -5

Thanks for all the input! I think you are right, the perfect natural shape as well as the surface patterns are probably the best argument against cutting it. I am not going to tumble it anymore. In real life it is a great mirror polish, plus it has those vugs which I've tried to grind out, but they are if anything getting bigger, so I'm thinking that the outside surface might just grind away.
No this is not the rock I liberated, which is more the size of a cement block!