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stefan
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Post by stefan on Feb 5, 2007 11:53:56 GMT -5
I'm gonna guess (based on discription- not on the picture) that you are dealing with a limestone material-
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181lizard
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Post by 181lizard on Feb 5, 2007 12:30:06 GMT -5
Hey all...just wanted to show this one. Dale (Rhodescabbin) ID'd it as lilypad jasper. (My rockshop called it spotted rock...Duh! LOL) Anyway...even before you figured out how soft your slab was, I didn't think it was Lilypad.
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dtcmor
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Post by dtcmor on Feb 5, 2007 13:24:16 GMT -5
Stefan, I was thinking that it might be limestone based because of the smell and the texture. I was also thinking that the green was some kind algea or other plant material trapped inside. In all, it is a really neat piece and I'm going to try to make a pendant or two out of it.
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rhodescabbin
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Post by rhodescabbin on Feb 5, 2007 14:03:56 GMT -5
That is no doubt some very interesting rock...Have any of you ever been on one of the programs like Goggle Earth??? I can't recall this one program but one could type in their address and actually see a picture of where there house is located from a Satelite. See the streaking looks like road map patterns and the blotches look like clouds...(Satelite Stone) LOL thats not official. I believe its a limestone but I don't recall any like that. It looks like a good rock to work up for displays...Thanks for sharing the pics-Dale Rhode
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 5, 2007 20:05:46 GMT -5
Dale: If it's real soft like you say I think it might be a form of soapstone ( talc). We have a site where we collect botryoidal soapstone for carving near Porterville, CA and it's somewhat similar and also very soft. Sometimes it's associated with magnesite locations too which has those cauliflower like formations but the magnesite is a bit harder being in the mohs 3 or so range....mel
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dtcmor
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Post by dtcmor on Feb 6, 2007 0:28:39 GMT -5
Thanks for the info everyone!
Mel - the cauliflower portions that you say are similar seem to be of a different type of material - a crystalized bit that has a flash to it like quartz would - not all, but portions of it. When you mentioned soapstone, that is about the texture of the result from sanding it - it was like baby powder mixed with water and had a greasy, soapy lather to it the more I sanded.
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Feb 6, 2007 14:31:07 GMT -5
LMAO- I finially figured out where I have seen this rock before--- In the box I just got from.......You guessed it- Snowdog!!! Man it has been bugging me since you first posted it- I knew I had seen it somewhere (Duh in your basement idiot!) OK it is a softed stone- I have not cut it yet but hope to have time this weekend (if this damn snow ever stops) the outside of the stone makes me still lean to some kind of Limestone as it has a chalky weathered texture- But the inside as you have described it would be consistent with a soapstone (of course a limestone would also produce similiar results) Here is a pretty good read www.soapstones.com/soapstone.html
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