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Post by rockjunquie on May 6, 2022 19:51:40 GMT -5
Thanks for posting the pix of your experiment. That material is soooooo unusual!
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Post by jasoninsd on May 6, 2022 21:50:01 GMT -5
Thanks for tagging me. I've wondered a couple times if you had tried the colored water yet or not. I'll keep my eyes out for the results.  |
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Post by rockjunquie on May 7, 2022 9:06:16 GMT -5
I think I would be worried that it was toxic- esp the yellow stuff.
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Post by CLErocks on May 7, 2022 9:47:46 GMT -5
I’ve got nothing to add, except this is fascinating!!
Thanks for the super cool share!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on May 7, 2022 9:48:15 GMT -5
Thanks for posting the pictures of your experiment. It's so interesting seeing what soaking it in water does. I'll be watching for the colored water test results.  |
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Post by oldschoolrocker on May 7, 2022 12:28:06 GMT -5
I think I would be worried that it was toxic- esp the yellow stuff. Ya know I thought about that afterwards and washed my hands. But I probably should have been/be more careful since really dk what I'm dealing with |
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Post by oldschoolrocker on May 7, 2022 12:30:18 GMT -5
Thanks for tagging me. I've wondered a couple times if you had tried the colored water yet or not. I'll keep my eyes out for the results. I sanded down the one on left in the pictures on 220 soft wheel and currently soaking. Il check on it in about a week and see what I got! Il be sure to tag you when I do! |
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Post by oldschoolrocker on May 7, 2022 12:30:56 GMT -5
I’ve got nothing to add, except this is fascinating!! Thanks for the super cool share! Thanks! I thought so as well. Glad you enjoyed it! |
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Post by oldschoolrocker on May 7, 2022 12:31:39 GMT -5
Thanks for posting the pictures of your experiment. It's so interesting seeing what soaking it in water does. I'll be watching for the colored water test results. Thanks for looking! Il be sure to tag you as well with results next week! |
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Post by oldschoolrocker on May 16, 2022 20:10:12 GMT -5
Ok jasoninsd and hummingbirdstones here are the results...soaked a little less than a week in water colored blue with food coloring.one dry and one wet pic..   I will say the pics look a bit better than in hand. I scrubbed it with soap and toothbrush and didn't seem to affect it. Thanks jasoninsd for the suggestion! I'm going to play around with this material some more and see what I can come up with! |
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Post by liveoak on May 16, 2022 20:30:06 GMT -5
That looks pretty cool -but will the surface take a polish.
the dry photo looks kind of rough.
Patty
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Post by rockjunquie on May 16, 2022 20:32:00 GMT -5
Do you have any idea what it is? Maybe those are asbestos fibers?
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Post by oldschoolrocker on May 16, 2022 20:58:52 GMT -5
That looks pretty cool -but will the surface take a polish. the dry photo looks kind of rough. Patty The stone itself takes a polish but the growths from soaking in water grind off. The stone is super rough. Basically all of the colored fibers are raised surface. |
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Post by oldschoolrocker on May 16, 2022 21:02:23 GMT -5
Do you have any idea what it is? Maybe those are asbestos fibers? I do not. I posted the rock in an I'd thread and @jadedvision replied with the below info. That's all I've been going off of. Probably should do more research tho. @jadedvision said:The dark colored needles are likely horneblende, the metallic look is owed to manganese in the horneblende. The rock as a whole might be gneiss, schist, or amphibolite. All of those can contain a lot of horneblende. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on May 16, 2022 21:52:56 GMT -5
I really am surprised that the blue took in that stone as well as it did. I think it looks cool, even if it has a texture.  |
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Post by liveoak on May 17, 2022 6:11:00 GMT -5
I wonder if you should seal the surface (acrylic spray, epoxy, etc) so you can preserve the color.
It's pretty cool and a pity for it to wind up as just an experiment on the shelf :-)
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2022 15:36:16 GMT -5
That’s really cool! Hope you show more of your “experimenting” with it!
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Post by jasoninsd on May 17, 2022 20:29:28 GMT -5
oldschoolrocker - How freakin' cool did that turn out!!! Now that you know it works...it's going to open up all kind of other cool color options.
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