einholt
noticing nice landscape pebbles
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Post by einholt on Aug 27, 2019 13:19:14 GMT -5
Not sure what kind of stone this is, but so far it looks to be making a mighty fine pick.
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einholt
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Post by einholt on Aug 27, 2019 13:23:07 GMT -5
Any help identifying it would be appreciated.
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Post by captbob on Aug 27, 2019 13:32:09 GMT -5
I'll venture a guess and say wave dolomite. Some times called rolling hills dolomite. Sometimes called Oaxaca Picture rock. From Mexico.
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einholt
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Post by einholt on Aug 27, 2019 17:07:29 GMT -5
Thanks, I received this in a bag of random slab pieces. We'll see how it polishes.
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Post by greig on Aug 27, 2019 17:24:04 GMT -5
Just a wild guess, but it looks like agate to me. Coyamito?
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Aug 27, 2019 18:36:14 GMT -5
I have to agree with captbob. Wave dolomite was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw it.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Aug 27, 2019 19:03:55 GMT -5
Is it hard or soft? That should tell you real quick if it's dolomite or agate. Agate should polish up better.
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Post by aDave on Aug 27, 2019 19:39:47 GMT -5
Is it hard or soft? That should tell you real quick if it's dolomite or agate. Agate should polish up better. Agree. captbob's suggested material is pretty soft. If that's what it is, I'm wondering how well it would do as a pick. To me (and I'm no ID expert at all), I thought the pick looked like some banded Rhyolite that I've picked up. That's much harder and might tolerate polishing and being a guitar pick.
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einholt
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Post by einholt on Aug 29, 2019 13:52:32 GMT -5
Pretty soft, I was able to scratch it with a knife. It didn't show any wear or scratches when I tried it out on my guitar, but I do have phosphor bronze strings (not sure how hard those are).
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Post by rmf on Sept 5, 2019 19:51:10 GMT -5
soft dolomite, = or harder than a knife Rhyolite
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