deserthound
spending too much on rocks
Member since December 2013
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Post by deserthound on Sept 28, 2014 12:00:34 GMT -5
first chance i've had to play with this stuff..pretty hard, i started with 100 grit belt very slow shaping ..i think i need to invest in a high dollar diamond grinding wheel.. it will polish up nicely..very hard to capture all the colors blue white pink red yellow..
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Post by pghram on Sept 28, 2014 13:09:10 GMT -5
Nice colors & patterns.
Rich
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 29, 2014 10:20:23 GMT -5
I don't think I have ever seen any with that pattern and colors as in the first pic. I like that a whole lot! I reminds me of a blue mookaite.
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Post by snowmom on Sept 29, 2014 14:04:06 GMT -5
wow, we have rhyolite here, but NOTHING like that! colorful+
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adrian65
Cave Dweller
Arch to golden memories and to great friends.
Member since February 2007
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Post by adrian65 on Sept 29, 2014 22:07:36 GMT -5
Beautiful material. Some of those slabs have such a striking change of color, almost looking like fordite. But, being natural, that abrupt color change is even more interesting.
Adrian
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Post by mohs on Sept 29, 2014 22:52:14 GMT -5
yep that some delicious rhyo
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Deleted
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2014 0:41:17 GMT -5
Those are some of the nicest Rhyolite's I've ever seen.
Wow.
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herchenx
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Member since January 2012
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Post by herchenx on Oct 1, 2014 18:35:08 GMT -5
What everyone else said, I've never seen rhyolites like those!
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