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Post by velodromed on Oct 19, 2023 20:22:59 GMT -5
Yeah it really would! Fossilman - Do you think this could be Dino Bone? (Please see the above pictures which are bigger and better. ) The cellular structure looks spot on to me...  If so I’ll have to rename it Dino (from the flintstones)  |
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Post by velodromed on Oct 19, 2023 20:41:10 GMT -5
This one is tumbling beautifully! It’s been around three months now and needs at least another two. My wife finally admits it was worth keeping (she did not like it when we first found it lol). It will be one of my ‘nightlight rocks’, since it lights up and glows beautifully with a small bulb underneath. I’ll set it up in the living and family rooms of the new house. I’ll do this with half a dozen or so larger rocks, scattered about. I think it’ll give a nice soft glow so when the kid gets scared in the middle of the night, she can easily find her way to our room.   |
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Post by velodromed on Nov 15, 2023 22:00:28 GMT -5
I love a nice piece of banded chert! This one may be small but it has some of the finest banding I’ve found locally. It’s one of the rocks I ran for 18 days in the ‘60 grit AO in the rebel 17’ experiment. I was excited to see so much detail come out. The back looks to be just as good, but it’ll take awhile longer to uncover. I’ll be tumbling this one more carefully now, in a 3lb tumbler. Figure about 6-8 weeks or so in 60/90 course, then the vibe to finish.   |
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Post by hplcman on Nov 16, 2023 10:41:31 GMT -5
That banded chert has the potential to be stunning when it's done! I look forward to watching your progress on it!
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Post by velodromed on Nov 16, 2023 15:40:58 GMT -5
That banded chert has the potential to be stunning when it's done! I look forward to watching your progress on it! It really does! It’ll be sitting for a couple weeks till a barrel is free but I’ll definitely update once it’s further along. |
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Post by velodromed on Nov 17, 2023 21:51:05 GMT -5
It was hard not to find this rock while we were exploring the field around our new place. It’s very interesting. Though it looks like it, it is not crumbly at all. It’s hard, solid and rather heavy. I’m guessing the bright orange color is from heavy iron oxide staining of some sort. I think I’ll tumble it since I can’t cut it.   |
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Post by velodromed on Nov 29, 2023 7:08:45 GMT -5
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Post by hplcman on Nov 29, 2023 8:46:42 GMT -5
I think that's a really cool rock! I love tumbling tocks where you think you see some potential through a layer of weathered skin and then BOOM! It's beautiful after stage 1. A lot of the rocks I find in the old train track ballast are like that. They start off gray and turn a brilliant green after stage 1. |
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Post by velodromed on Nov 29, 2023 9:49:21 GMT -5
I’d done an end cut on this fossil rock that the kid found awhile back and it polished beautifully translucent, with the small fossil critters clearly visible inside. I’m hoping this main part of the rock polishes up similar. It’s been through 7 or 8 course runs and figure it needs 4 or 5 more before moving on to the vibe.  |
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Post by velodromed on Nov 29, 2023 15:18:50 GMT -5
Porphyry of some sort (if that’s the correct term…)? The kid and I found it the other week. It’s been through 2 course stages so far.   |
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Post by dillonf on Nov 29, 2023 20:57:19 GMT -5
I love a nice piece of banded chert! This one may be small but it has some of the finest banding I’ve found locally. It’s one of the rocks I ran for 18 days in the ‘60 grit AO in the rebel 17’ experiment. I was excited to see so much detail come out. The back looks to be just as good, but it’ll take awhile longer to uncover. I’ll be tumbling this one more carefully now, in a 3lb tumbler. Figure about 6-8 weeks or so in 60/90 course, then the vibe to finish. I've picked up a large amount of Texas banded chert, and that's one of the best specimens I've ever seen! Awesome find! |
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Post by dillonf on Nov 29, 2023 20:58:23 GMT -5
It was hard not to find this rock while we were exploring the field around our new place. It’s very interesting. Though it looks like it, it is not crumbly at all. It’s hard, solid and rather heavy. I’m guessing the bright orange color is from heavy iron oxide staining of some sort. I think I’ll tumble it since I can’t cut it. I'm interested to see what you reveal in this one! |
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Post by dillonf on Nov 29, 2023 20:59:05 GMT -5
There is some awesome color in this one. |
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Post by velodromed on Nov 29, 2023 23:30:32 GMT -5
dillonfThanks! I’m excited about these latest finds for sure. I love the rocks we find around here. That banded chert is beautiful, the brecciated jasper is quite unusual and the orange rock isn’t very orange anymore lol. I’m hoping something interesting is still underneath but am a bit doubtful now… 
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Post by velodromed on Nov 29, 2023 23:34:14 GMT -5
I just found this one and posted it under the ‘what is it?’ section. Pretty sure it’s dendritic opal and I can’t wait to get it in the tumbler!   |
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Post by velodromed on Nov 30, 2023 7:42:22 GMT -5
Seeing and reading all of this keeps me inspired to keep going at this rockhounding and tumbling thing. I just got the Thumlers Tumbler Model B and I have a big load of rocks just like the ones seen in this thread going through Step One right this very moment. You know, watching your progression since you posted this on my Texas rocks thread awhile back…makes me feel good. Keep on rolling bud. You’re doing great! |
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Post by velodromed on Nov 30, 2023 11:10:02 GMT -5
I think that's a really cool rock! I love tumbling tocks where you think you see some potential through a layer of weathered skin and then BOOM! It's beautiful after stage 1. A lot of the rocks I find in the old train track ballast are like that. They start off gray and turn a brilliant green after stage 1. Have you posted pictures of the train track ballast that you’ve humbled? I think I remember it…? |
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Post by hplcman on Nov 30, 2023 12:09:07 GMT -5
I think that's a really cool rock! I love tumbling tocks where you think you see some potential through a layer of weathered skin and then BOOM! It's beautiful after stage 1. A lot of the rocks I find in the old train track ballast are like that. They start off gray and turn a brilliant green after stage 1. Have you posted pictures of the train track ballast that you’ve humbled? I think I remember it…? Not specifically, though I should have because I have found a lot of interesting rocks back there. I think this ballast may have come from a quarry near Lake Berryessa, considering all of the jasper and stuff I find in it. Here are a couple posts that show rocks I found in the ballast. I have about 40 pounds of ballast rocks I want to tumble, so I'll work those into the mix and take some before and after pictures to post on here. The unfortunate thing is these rocks have had a tough life (probably went through a rock crusher to get them ready for their life as ballast) and are pretty fractured sometimes, so it's hard to tumble them out.. Or I need to be more selective with what rocks I tumble!  forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/post/1240061/threadforum.rocktumblinghobby.com/post/1289318/threadAnd boy, looking at those pictures... I would totally handle them differently today than I did back then. I'm happy to still be learning! |
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Post by velodromed on Nov 30, 2023 12:43:16 GMT -5
Have you posted pictures of the train track ballast that you’ve humbled? I think I remember it…? Not specifically, though I should have because I have found a lot of interesting rocks back there. I think this ballast may have come from a quarry near Lake Berryessa, considering all of the jasper and stuff I find in it. Here are a couple posts that show rocks I found in the ballast. I have about 40 pounds of ballast rocks I want to tumble, so I'll work those into the mix and take some before and after pictures to post on here. The unfortunate thing is these rocks have had a tough life (probably went through a rock crusher to get them ready for their life as ballast) and are pretty fractured sometimes, so it's hard to tumble them out.. Or I need to be more selective with what rocks I tumble! forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/post/1240061/threadforum.rocktumblinghobby.com/post/1289318/threadAnd boy, looking at those pictures... I would totally handle them differently today than I did back then. I'm happy to still be learning! I’ve been to that lake! Lived 20 years in the SF south Bay area and did a lot of roaming around during that time, mostly taking part in mountain bike races. I was younger and far less broken, so could do that back then lol. I did see your second post and even responded to it. That is one impressive rock, looked a bit like a Wonderstone I thought. That first one is interesting also, never seen something like it. |
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Post by velodromed on Dec 2, 2023 7:03:52 GMT -5
I’ve got all three chunks of the Texas moss agate tumbling now. It is one of the most beautiful rocks I’ve come across. I can’t believe that none of this showed in its rough form, so after I broke it, I threw the pieces into the yard for over most of the year. It just looked like a red sparkly rock with some blue marks. Jason knew what it was, thankfully. I finally posted pics in the ‘what is it?’ section a couple months back. Here’s a couple of 30x close ups.   |
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