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Post by opalpyrexia on Mar 19, 2017 22:17:33 GMT -5
My rock knowledge is really limited. Quite a few years ago, before I even thought about lapidary, I found this while walking on a Puget Sound shore. I can scratch both the green and the white with quartz. Also, if you were to slice it up, what direction would you saw? I haven't sliced it up yet because it's a bit too big for my little trim saw. Thanks.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Mar 20, 2017 5:44:22 GMT -5
looks similar to the dallasite that bcrockhound was finding up in Brittish Columbia. This is a photo from his website Chuck
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Post by opalpyrexia on Mar 20, 2017 9:57:28 GMT -5
Thanks, Chuck. It certainly looks like it. That's what it must be. I found this web page that has an animated gallery of dallasite photos (takes a while to load), but several of them look exactly like my rock: bcrockhound.com/dallasite/
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Mar 20, 2017 10:05:27 GMT -5
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Post by opalpyrexia on Mar 20, 2017 10:18:37 GMT -5
Nice work!! Now I'm really anxious to put my sample to the saw! Thanks for taking the time to help me out.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 20, 2017 12:39:59 GMT -5
We find this material in Oregon too,most of ours is green jasper/white quartz............It tumbles great..... I have some Dallasite,its close in comparison,but not quite!!! Cutting the material you have with give you a better ID though......Good luck
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Post by Peruano on Mar 20, 2017 13:01:08 GMT -5
My first thought was Dallasite. It tends to undercut a bit, but it is an easy cab and the end result is desirable. Enjoy.
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bcrockhound
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Post by bcrockhound on Mar 24, 2017 13:13:24 GMT -5
Hey Opal, definitely looks familiar. Might be dallasite or might just be quartz and basalt. Definitely find that stuff in a lot of rivers and whatnot around BC.
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