jmwhosh
off to a rocking start
Member since November 2019
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Post by jmwhosh on Nov 7, 2019 13:18:21 GMT -5
Hi all, my name is Josh, I'm out in Utah. I'm totally new to this rock thing. My wife is from Gastonia North Carolina and has been a closet rock lover for a while (something I just learned). Last time we were out visiting her family we went to the Emerald Hollow Mine with our kids and bought a couple buckets of dirt for them to look through. They all (four of them) came home with various bags of rocks. One thing that we like to do is get Christmas ornaments on a trip or that represent our trip. For this trip to Carolina I thought I'd try and make some ornaments out of the rocks they collected at Emerald Hollow. We ended up with a lot of tree agate, ukanite, some tigers eye (I think), some petrified wood, rose quartz, some amethysts maybe (purple crystally type) and a bunch of others.
I'm trying to figure out the best way to make these into an ornament. I have a lot of wood working tools but not so much lapidary so right now my go to is the dremel. anyway, I'm trying to figure out cabs and how to get a good polish on the stones (ended up buying some sort of 7 set paste to use with felt wheels to try and polish), and I'm excited to have found a group that I can become a part of.
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stonemon
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2017
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Post by stonemon on Nov 7, 2019 21:27:26 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum from western Oregon!
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RWA3006
Cave Dweller
Member since March 2009
Posts: 4,125
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Post by RWA3006 on Nov 7, 2019 21:36:49 GMT -5
Welcome, and where in Utah are you? I'm in Utah also. You can find some great tutorials here on how to work on your rocks. Many helpful members here on RTH.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Nov 7, 2019 22:12:00 GMT -5
Welcome from Northern Arizona!
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Fossilman
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2009
Posts: 20,666
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Post by Fossilman on Nov 10, 2019 17:59:00 GMT -5
Howdy from Oregon..
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Post by TheRock on Nov 23, 2019 11:41:35 GMT -5
to RTH Forum from ~Duke in SW/Michigan
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jimaz
spending too much on rocks
Member since July 2018
Posts: 460
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Post by jimaz on Nov 23, 2019 23:16:58 GMT -5
Welcome from southern Arizona.
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EricD
Cave Dweller
High in the Mountains
Member since November 2019
Posts: 1,142
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Post by EricD on Nov 23, 2019 23:37:32 GMT -5
Welcome from Montana. Ornaments from rocks. Hmm. Might get into wrapping your polished rocks, then jewelery perhaps someday!
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Post by As I in does tries! on Nov 28, 2019 0:07:48 GMT -5
Greetings and welcome from Scotland on the other side of the pond!
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