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Post by mohs on Nov 5, 2022 11:50:26 GMT -5
assume crash position
If mohs is wiring ..mos
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Post by mohs on Nov 5, 2022 10:00:45 GMT -5
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Post by mohs on Nov 5, 2022 9:41:37 GMT -5
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Post by mohs on Nov 4, 2022 20:32:26 GMT -5
A rock to ponder I found this in the Salt River It was buried. That pale green face was showing Interesting. So I dug it out with my trusty crow The I hit with me hammer. Just a few whacks and it cracked clean and flat faced That surface green is throughout the whole rock  It good size rock Not very dense The rind on the rock is a smooth basalt gray. If I kept breaking or slabbing the rock The green mineral would stay consistent No reaction to acid Although that mineral (whatever it is) isn’t the main constituent of the rock It only seems to be a surface phenomena as you can see in the picture on the edge of the break the gray is predominant Anyway I really interested how this rock forms? Ingenuous or sedimentary? Or a combination ? And what the green mineral may be? Any ideas suggestions ideas thoughts ? Tanks \Ed |
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Post by mohs on Nov 4, 2022 12:22:34 GMT -5
The PhoenixZoo tour was rock’n So much to see - lots of changes- hadn't been in long time Plus the Zoo had a Dinosaurs of the Desert display It was really good. The animaltronics , sounds, eye movement Ect all Gave mohs to pause  Got a lots pictures so I'll be posting them here, there, and everywhere… |
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Post by mohs on Nov 3, 2022 19:11:55 GMT -5
Bungle in the Jungle
roar & pour
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Post by mohs on Nov 3, 2022 11:43:05 GMT -5
I'd rather be
w/ the animules
Pearl Jamm'n
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Post by mohs on Nov 2, 2022 18:55:09 GMT -5
and until then...
steppenwooollf
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Post by mohs on Nov 2, 2022 13:14:49 GMT -5
Welcome to RTH sweetpea your very descriptive w/ words maybe pictures are forthcoming ? more importantly were they self collected and what area are they from? if ya know EdMohs |
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Post by mohs on Nov 2, 2022 10:35:35 GMT -5
here is some schiller on Pennsylvania moonstone  orthoclase feldspar ? microcline ? the feldspar group is chemically complicated geological process sure do like the gleam in the desert rocks lot of that may be mica and chlorite which may not be part of the feldspar group |
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Post by mohs on Nov 1, 2022 21:00:59 GMT -5
Phoenix finally had some weather inversion   |
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Post by mohs on Nov 1, 2022 16:52:59 GMT -5
telephone ringing smooth ha  ha under  |
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Post by mohs on Nov 1, 2022 16:34:24 GMT -5
hey RickB I knew that line you can keep the dime was echoing somewhere in mohs brain |
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Post by mohs on Nov 1, 2022 16:27:17 GMT -5
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Post by mohs on Nov 1, 2022 14:36:58 GMT -5
yep I've gone through many a induction non stick pans hey I could try using one of those old pans! that an experiment I can do quick ! If i can find my dop wax ha I'm currently trying to do a clean out of my room Everything must go ! Hate letting the rock machinery go butte i think its time as there isn't much of that left....mostly and Vegas Jamese non stick cupcake cups  |
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Post by mohs on Nov 1, 2022 14:29:07 GMT -5
 gravity and slippery loosener Brilliant ! become more more necessary as we get older to !
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Post by mohs on Nov 1, 2022 14:28:37 GMT -5
gravity and slippery loosener Brilliant ! become more more necessary as we get older to !
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Post by mohs on Nov 1, 2022 10:43:41 GMT -5
just little paraffin Patty mixed in with the old dop wax really makes a big difference in the clean out i think or maybe some WD 40 ? well... don't want to get to crazy only tried it once tho at the end of my rock days my dop station was a real shallow type not a deep well enjoyed dopping although I did;t do it very often enough the hearts were double domed shined so had to dop both sides ... plus it was encouraging to hear about the copper handle idea and that most of the old dop wax gave  a little slippery loosener and you may of had a clean break of course the slippery loosener may have just caused the copper handle to pull out of the old dox wax  might have to scruff up that end of the handle science !! and all we want to do is grind a rock ....  |
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Post by mohs on Nov 1, 2022 10:14:48 GMT -5
Not right to have a fun thread And not have rock represented This is on of my faves of Papago Butte  ghostly mohstly in stone  |
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Post by mohs on Nov 1, 2022 9:51:48 GMT -5
o the paraffin solution  does make one wonder why they can;t make a nonstick fop surface kind of like stoneware pans another entrepreneurial idea,,, m  stky |
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