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Post by kap on Jul 22, 2014 9:58:36 GMT -5
I did not know Onyx could be translucent?
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Post by kap on Jul 22, 2014 9:51:03 GMT -5
I have chains on my big tumbler set up works great!
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Post by kap on Jul 21, 2014 20:24:17 GMT -5
Jame's I am willing to do my part in helping out the boaters!
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Post by kap on Jul 21, 2014 18:50:18 GMT -5
Are You a Rockhound or Just a Mineral Collector?
A rockhound is someone who shows extreme levels of interest in rocks and collecting while a mineral collector is considered someone who just "likes" minerals and rock. So, which one are you? If you're uncertain as to which camp you're really in, here's some surefire signs your level of interest in rocks has exceeded "casual" or "rockpup" levels and you've finally graduated to full-blown "rockhound." Check to see how many of the following signs apply to you, if it's over 10, then watch out! You're a ROCKHOUND!
The sign on the side of the highway says "Falling Rock" and you pull over to wait.
The severe sunburn from your vacation is a one inch wide strip of skin at the gap between the tail of your shirt and the top of your pants (also known as "plumbers sunburn").
Your friend shows you a "pretty stone" they've found, and you work hard to talk them out of it for yourself.
You care more about what happened to the diamond in the move "Titanic" than the people.
You hit your hand with your rock hammer, your mother screams it broken, and you reply it's a fracture, it has good cleavage, and has produced some unusual streaks in your underwear.
Your mother asks how the soup tastes and you reply, "variable color, greasy surface, low specific gravity, texture smooth with bits of ductile material."
You lick rocks to show off the wonderful colors.
Your family puts the birthday candles on a slab of amethyst instead of cake.
A truck throws a rock into the windshield of the family car and you examine the rock first.
You can pronounce the word "molybdenite" correctly on the first try.
You think the primary function of road cuts is for easy mineral collecting.
You own more pieces of quartz than underwear.
You associate the word "hard" with a value on the Mohs scale instead of "work".
The rockpile in your garage is taller than Shaq.
The local university's geology department requests permission to hold field trips in your back yard.
There's amethyst in your aquarium.
Your mother has had to ask you to move flats of rocks out of the tub so you can take a bath.
Your pets are named Rocky, Jewel, and Beryl.
First on your Christmas list is to attend the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show.
You've spent more than ten dollars for a book about rocks.
You find yourself compelled to examine individual rocks in driveway gravel.
You know the location of every rock shop within a 100 mile radius of your home.
When they haven't seen you for a week, the shop owners send you get well cards.
You're planning on using a pick and shovel while you're on vacation.
You can point out where Tsumeb is on a world globe.
You think Franklin, New Jersey might be a cool place to go on a vacation.
You associate the word "saw" with diamonds instead of "wood".
You've sewn a backpack for your dog.
You receive a letter from the county informing you a landfill permit is required if you want to put anymore rocks in your backyard.
Your Internet home page has pictures of your rocks.
You think pet rocks are a pretty neat idea.
Your teacher has asked you not to bring any more rocks to school until they have time to reinforce the floor.
You decide not to get married because you'd rather keep the rock.
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Post by kap on Jul 21, 2014 18:45:33 GMT -5
Everyone needs to watch this video it is great!
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Post by kap on Jul 21, 2014 17:27:59 GMT -5
Welcome from another eastcoaster! I,m in Ga. lots of great info found on here!
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Post by kap on Jul 21, 2014 14:11:13 GMT -5
Very Cool! Do you ever find other fossils like shark teeth and bones in the river?
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Post by kap on Jul 19, 2014 14:38:13 GMT -5
Diffidently looks like my house! And I hear the same thing when I go collecting!
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Post by kap on Jul 19, 2014 10:47:42 GMT -5
James you are killing me! I am dreaming about finding Coral already with out you posting these awesome pictures! Cant wait for the next couple of weeks to be over! I hope this rain we are getting now is the end for awhile!
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Post by kap on Jul 16, 2014 20:52:32 GMT -5
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Post by kap on Jul 16, 2014 20:45:40 GMT -5
Looks like Adventurine?
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Post by kap on Jul 15, 2014 17:09:39 GMT -5
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Post by kap on Jul 15, 2014 16:32:42 GMT -5
My daughter and son-in-law were high school sweethearts so I had known him a long time. When he came over to ask me about marrying our daughter we talked a little while, she was still in collage and he was in the Air force so I told him that I would like for them to wait until they got everything kinda straitened out with what they were going to do before they got married and he was OK with that. Then I told him she was my ONLY Baby Girl and always would be and that if he ever hurt her that the Army, Air Force, and Marines would not stop me from finding him! He looked at me for a minute and said that he knew that and it would never happen! They have been married 11 years now. The funny thing is he is more afraid of my wife than me!
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Post by kap on Jul 13, 2014 16:23:09 GMT -5
They find Shark Vertebra in the quarry's that I got to that look just like it almost always tube shaped like that.
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Post by kap on Jul 12, 2014 20:45:04 GMT -5
I agree it looks like some type of vertebra!
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Post by kap on Jul 10, 2014 14:07:23 GMT -5
I have the 2nd one finished it has Norenna Jasper Scales! Thanks for looking! Only 3 more to go!
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Post by kap on Jul 9, 2014 21:26:49 GMT -5
"I have had zero success asking for Oxalic acid by name"
You can ask for Wood Bleach at Hardware stores it contains the Oxalic Acid
But I like the Super Iron Out better!
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Post by kap on Jul 9, 2014 14:58:48 GMT -5
Bobby I dont know Fred and Barney seemed to get along pretty good with them!
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Post by kap on Jul 9, 2014 13:03:56 GMT -5
NICE! You are going to have to stop posting these pictures you are killing me! I want to go digging!
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Post by kap on Jul 8, 2014 20:43:11 GMT -5
WOW! You have got my full attention! I cant wait to get down there and load the boat! I even think the ones you call duds are awesome! I have a 20" saw and cant wait to crank it up! James are there a lot of the small pieces in the river I would love to get a bunch to tumble also! Thanks for letting us tag along with you! Keith
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