jone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by jone on Aug 12, 2023 8:58:56 GMT -5
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Time
starting to spend too much on rocks
Making something positive out of COVID restrictions by learning to create jewelry out of stones.
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Post by Time on Aug 12, 2023 9:27:23 GMT -5
Very interesting patterns, it would be interesting to know how they formed.
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Post by Rockoonz on Aug 12, 2023 9:57:17 GMT -5
Time coquina is a marine fossil.
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jone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by jone on Aug 12, 2023 10:12:37 GMT -5
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Time
starting to spend too much on rocks
Making something positive out of COVID restrictions by learning to create jewelry out of stones.
Member since September 2021
Posts: 154
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Post by Time on Aug 12, 2023 12:32:29 GMT -5
Time coquina is a marine fossil. I think I have a piece that I found here in Central Texas. Mine is on the yellow side of the color range and not as hard as I would like for sawing. It has all the patterns that look like a collection of broken up small shells glued together. Now I know what to call it.
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scotydog826
starting to shine!
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Post by scotydog826 on Aug 12, 2023 12:49:35 GMT -5
I just started some last week myself
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Post by Rockoonz on Aug 12, 2023 13:00:06 GMT -5
Time coquina is a marine fossil. I think I have a piece that I found here in Central Texas. Mine is on the yellow side of the color range and not as hard as I would like for sawing. It has all the patterns that look like a collection of broken up small shells glued together. Now I know what to call it. Most coquina is in limestone so that may be what you found.
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Time
starting to spend too much on rocks
Making something positive out of COVID restrictions by learning to create jewelry out of stones.
Member since September 2021
Posts: 154
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Post by Time on Aug 12, 2023 15:53:25 GMT -5
I think I have a piece that I found here in Central Texas. Mine is on the yellow side of the color range and not as hard as I would like for sawing. It has all the patterns that look like a collection of broken up small shells glued together. Now I know what to call it. Most coquina is in limestone so that may be what you found. We do have plenty of limestone, like most of the central US, which I expect this piece came from. It great to find some of the more special stones within the mass of limestone that covers the area.
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 12, 2023 21:27:16 GMT -5
jone - Those shaped up super nice though!!
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jone
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since February 2023
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Post by jone on Aug 13, 2023 11:41:25 GMT -5
I tried to kick it up a notch with mineral oil - the one on the right with very light coating seems to bring out color and contrast more. Is this cheating?
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 13, 2023 20:58:55 GMT -5
I tried to kick it up a notch with mineral oil - the one on the right with very light coating seems to bring out color and contrast more. Is this cheating? YES! LOL - Just teasing! There are a lot of people who use mineral oil on their Fairburn Agates rather than tumbling them...
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Post by liveoak on Aug 15, 2023 7:21:52 GMT -5
I tried to kick it up a notch with mineral oil - the one on the right with very light coating seems to bring out color and contrast more. Is this cheating? Cool Rocks
Now, I've never actually tried it on rocks, around here we find a lot of shells.
But instead of mineral oil, which I found can collect dust, etc, we use a floor polish .
It works the same way as mineral oil, you just wipe it on & wipe it off kind of thing, but the difference is, this stuff dries on the surface.
Patty
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