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Post by kk on Jul 10, 2014 10:22:35 GMT -5
Went on a walk today with my daughter and the dogs. Easy walk to an isolated bay and beach. We saw quite a number of things that are new to me despite of living here for so long. One of the surprises was the flower and fruit of a so-called Peanut tree. Shells that I had never seen before and clean semi-translucent white quartz pebbles that should hold up nice for carving. Plus the usual, some wood-rats, the occasional lizard, and a couple of Chinese black cobras (one, a good 6 foot) One thing that stood out among the boulders of granite was a strange material embedded in the granite faces. Seems to come in lumps and the weathering can affect it in quite a different way despite of being right next to each-other. Took a piece with me and will give it a try to cab tomorrow. Usually there is less quartz content than in my sample as seen in the picture. Does anyone know; a.) how did this material get embedded in the granite and b.) what is it? Somehow it feels heavy and as I had to use another rock to chip it away, it smelled brimstone. The other question I have today is as to how to polish shells. It is rather rare in HK to find shells that have not been ripped open by predators, plus size like this in good condition is pure luck to find. I would like to turn this into a pendant for my daughter with having someone to construct hands and face in silver to peer out from the hole. Thank you for any help that you might be able to give, remain herewith, Kurt
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roundrock
noticing nice landscape pebbles
Holding on to the Stone of Destiny
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Post by roundrock on Jul 10, 2014 12:54:17 GMT -5
Kurt, I've never tried to polish a shell, but I found that if you occasionally wipe them with baby oil it will keep the colors vibrant and somewhat shiny. Not sure how that would work for doing a pendant, but if no other way is discovered it might be worth a try.
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Post by kk on Jul 10, 2014 17:06:39 GMT -5
Thanks Donny, will see how it goes. Thus far, I got no instruction from anyone across the net. ill start with the cab and then do an actual search for some advice at Google later today.
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