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Post by cabby on Jul 19, 2024 11:27:23 GMT -5
I seem to really suck at identifying my rocks! Finally giving up on doing it myself lol. If you could tell me what resources you found some of these in, that would help a lot! #1 arroyo? Palomino? Neither? Arroyo Jasper. Thank you, tribeunited ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1721406005/olk0cw6gdfzpnavmcvgd.jpg) #2 no clue! Only vague guess is gunnery point. Hardness 7. Does react to acid but that could be the dendrites. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1721406092/emex2kyahez2rrcrjqhq.jpg) #3 dolomite. Does it get a name? ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1721406144/naaebji33f1d6uvqvjkd.jpg) #4 sunset jasper? Owyhee, maybe? ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1721406207/kqxmsnwwvvk6wgw5ld80.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1721406208/nzlm9shyzer0tglxtvsa.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1721406211/fhyxpcpghhlvad8mxikd.jpg) some that I cut today and haven’t tried finding yet… #5 ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1721406301/cidkzbnpl82ba9samplf.jpg) #6 absolutely love this one!!! Graveyard point plume, thanks realrockhound![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1721406351/gpc2ie32k68jg5m3oqzv.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1721406351/ud4cputq81qwv9p3txb6.jpg) 6.5 more graveyard, thanks realrockhound ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1721406392/be52ds5xvv0pxdjtutuz.jpg) #7 also right up my alley! And more graveyard, courtesy of realrockhound![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1721406432/shbtykfxvkextpew7wtp.jpg)
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 19, 2024 11:42:29 GMT -5
Ohhh. So you’re a plume admirer as well I see??
Also the one you really like is OG graveyard point.
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Post by cabby on Jul 19, 2024 11:54:29 GMT -5
realrockhound uhhhh then is this label wrong? Or just has that much variety? Is 6.5 also graveyard point? ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1721408050/ygxpyv0bfpz7coz5kvv6.jpg)
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 19, 2024 11:57:22 GMT -5
realrockhound uhhhh then is this label wrong? Or just has that much variety? Is 6.5 also graveyard point? ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1721408050/ygxpyv0bfpz7coz5kvv6.jpg) It is graveyard. 6.5 and 7 appear to be graveyard as well
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Post by cabby on Jul 19, 2024 12:04:09 GMT -5
…lemme guess. The one that just came off the saw is as well? ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1721408642/w4wzkeyoqu2jlno1qofo.jpg)
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 19, 2024 12:13:15 GMT -5
…lemme guess. The one that just came off the saw is as well? ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/forum-rocktumblinghobby-com/image/upload/v1721408642/w4wzkeyoqu2jlno1qofo.jpg) yup
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Post by cabby on Jul 19, 2024 12:28:16 GMT -5
realrockhound thank you! Good thing I REALLY like these! Or bad thing, since I don’t need this much but I don’t want to part with it either. The idea of someone chopping up the first one to cab it makes me wanna cry!
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 19, 2024 12:35:03 GMT -5
realrockhound thank you! Good thing I REALLY like these! Or bad thing, since I don’t need this much but I don’t want to part with it either. The idea of someone chopping up the first one to cab it makes me wanna cry! Now you’re getting it. I’m a true lover of rocks. Almost a weird value for them and appreciation for what they are. Coupled with the fact that material isn’t reoccurring. Once it’s mined out and gone, it’s gone forever. So nothing hurts me more when I see nice material butchered to all hell.
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Post by cabby on Jul 19, 2024 15:42:37 GMT -5
realrockhound thank you! Good thing I REALLY like these! Or bad thing, since I don’t need this much but I don’t want to part with it either. The idea of someone chopping up the first one to cab it makes me wanna cry! Now you’re getting it. I’m a true lover of rocks. Almost a weird value for them and appreciation for what they are. Coupled with the fact that material isn’t reoccurring. Once it’s mined out and gone, it’s gone forever. So nothing hurts me more when I see nice material butchered to all hell. For me it goes even further… even if I can get more of this type of rock I will never find THIS pattern again 😆
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 19, 2024 15:50:54 GMT -5
Now you’re getting it. I’m a true lover of rocks. Almost a weird value for them and appreciation for what they are. Coupled with the fact that material isn’t reoccurring. Once it’s mined out and gone, it’s gone forever. So nothing hurts me more when I see nice material butchered to all hell. For me it goes even further… even if I can get more of this type of rock I will never find THIS pattern again 😆 I got a stockpile piled up outback lol
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Post by cabby on Jul 19, 2024 15:54:48 GMT -5
But each one is a unique little snowflake! Actually, rock patterns seem to be way more unique than snowflakes! For me, the first graveyard I cut is better than any I’ve seen online. I can buy similar but not really the same. Guess it’s time for me to be a “collector” too…
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Post by tribeunited on Jul 19, 2024 15:58:46 GMT -5
i have to agree with you both - graveyard plume was my first favorite. It was the first one I saw that I was actually like - whoah! I have one that actually looks like a graveyard with little tombstones - It's sooooo cool!
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 19, 2024 16:02:05 GMT -5
But each one is a unique little snowflake! Actually, rock patterns seem to be way more unique than snowflakes! For me, the first graveyard I cut is better than any I’ve seen online. I can buy similar but not really the same. Guess it’s time for me to be a “collector” too… Basically where i'm at. I have stuff that gets face polished and thats it. The best of the best. Then I have the other nice stuff that gets cabbed.
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Post by cabby on Jul 19, 2024 17:21:50 GMT -5
tribeunited I was positive that it was arroyo until I ran across identical looking pics of “palomino jasper” and was no longer sure just how many similar looking things there are! Maybe it’s just people giving different names to the same darn thing in an attempt to stand out. Edit: just checked again and realized that all of the palomino pics that confused me are from the same site, and pics from other sources do NOT look the same as arroyo. Thanks for the confirmation of what arroyo looks like!
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Post by tribeunited on Jul 19, 2024 17:28:42 GMT -5
tribeunited I was positive that it was arroyo until I ran across identical looking pics of “palomino jasper” and was no longer sure just how many similar looking things there are! Maybe it’s just people giving different names to the same darn thing in an attempt to stand out. Edit: just checked again and realized that all of the palomino pics that confused me are from the same site, and pics from other sources do NOT look the same as arroyo. Thanks for the confirmation of what arroyo looks like! I thought arroyo rather than palimino - just because the palimono seems to have a browner sky area - just saw your edit too- I feel like we got this one maybe ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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