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Post by snowmom on Dec 8, 2015 9:17:55 GMT -5
found waiting for me with all my mail when i returned from an extended stay in Illinois. Beautiful pendants made from the black rocks i find here, in exchange for some of the rough. Minnesota Iron range stuff including mary ellen jaspers, taconite and banded iron. Those traded for more black rocks and some fossils. lucky me!
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Post by snowmom on Dec 1, 2015 6:38:56 GMT -5
Late to the party, Happy belated birthday... hope it was great. Best wishes for many more happy & healthy!
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Post by snowmom on Dec 1, 2015 6:29:46 GMT -5
gorgeous... lovely stuff!
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Post by snowmom on Dec 1, 2015 6:27:38 GMT -5
wow
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Post by snowmom on Nov 30, 2015 20:44:16 GMT -5
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Post by snowmom on Nov 30, 2015 20:16:52 GMT -5
fantastic! cwdiver, its just beautiful! Fossilman Mike I thought of you the minute i saw this, remembering you have done cubes too...
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Post by snowmom on Nov 28, 2015 8:01:09 GMT -5
my dad always wanted to wear a beard but couldn't due to uniform codes until he retired. he was never without a beard once he retired. I married a man who has always worn a full beard. I have never seen him without it. our daughter was afraid of clean shaven men when she was little, they looked unnatural to her. Looks like a good beard, fun to explore the options... Congrats on the new grand daughter! always good to have more people to love.
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Post by snowmom on Nov 28, 2015 7:41:22 GMT -5
happy birthday dave and Tela, two of my favorite RTHers... hope you each had a great one.
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Post by snowmom on Nov 28, 2015 7:24:04 GMT -5
tragic on many levels. thanks for posting this. enlightening
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Post by snowmom on Nov 28, 2015 7:13:53 GMT -5
that thing messes with your mind, distorts depth perception... absolutely wonderful
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Jasper
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Post by snowmom on Nov 28, 2015 6:54:09 GMT -5
dazzling color! beautiful!
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Post by snowmom on Nov 22, 2015 7:58:42 GMT -5
lovely! they are so detailed, and they flow... the scene on the back is wonderful, kind of emphasizes the water related theme. oh, and I can't wait to see more as the Daniel piece progresses! That's going to be beautiful!
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Post by snowmom on Nov 20, 2015 8:37:10 GMT -5
late to the party but wanted to send best wishes. hope it was a great one!
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Post by snowmom on Nov 20, 2015 5:49:47 GMT -5
beefjello, those are spectacular! I have seen photos of kimberlite that strongly resemble the second one. all beautiful!
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Post by snowmom on Nov 20, 2015 5:47:24 GMT -5
Here's a beauty that the kiddoes brought by the other day. Not only is it a breccia sealed with nice red and gold jasper but some of the included fragments are themselves brecciated so the whole thing looks like some kind of stone jig saw puzzle....Mel brecciated breccia thats an awesome piece of rock there.
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Post by snowmom on Nov 17, 2015 18:53:06 GMT -5
#1 has me drooling, #2 a dandy. beautiful material and your usual beautiful work. Don't ever stop again, i have missed seeing these!
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Post by snowmom on Nov 17, 2015 18:50:05 GMT -5
Jamesp concrete cabs, who woulda thought?
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Post by snowmom on Nov 17, 2015 18:49:24 GMT -5
Fossilman Mike, those got my attention. Glad to see you back at the saw and polishing things... watching with interest!
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Post by snowmom on Nov 17, 2015 18:48:21 GMT -5
those look like mostly granites and a few conglomerates. I know many will undercut, the soft parts coming out before the harder parts are ready, but some will polish fine. Then you will know which ones to hunt for especially for tumbling. Jamesp has been tumbling granite for quite a while and has some threads about it, check them out if you haven't already! keep rolling!
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Post by snowmom on Nov 17, 2015 8:40:38 GMT -5
JamesP... all a visual delight. Really, you made these all in concrete, cut and tumbled them? Very cool results. No cussing from here! Glad you and MoonRock resurrected this thread. It needs to continue.. MoonRock, for a first batch, those are looking darn nice. mine did not fare so well.. some real nice ones in there! welcome to the boards.
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