ejs
spending too much on rocks
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Post by ejs on Sept 23, 2008 18:03:19 GMT -5
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Post by Bikerrandy on Sept 23, 2008 18:09:25 GMT -5
Very nice!! He's had that for a long time, I wouldn't cut it.
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Post by texaswoodie on Sept 23, 2008 18:19:01 GMT -5
Acckkkk! Please don't tumble it. That is a gorgeous specimen. If you have to tumble something, I have a bunch of wood I'll trade you for it that is already tumble size. How big and where did it come from? Curt
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ejs
spending too much on rocks
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Post by ejs on Sept 23, 2008 18:33:06 GMT -5
I promise not to break it up and tumble it. :-) I put a 12 inch ruler next to it to give you an idea of size. It's about 12" x 5" x 3". It has some really lovely patterns on the cut side. I just called my father-in-law to ask him the story behind the log. He says that it belonged to his stepfather (his mother's second husband; that would be my step-grandfather-in-law?). He collected it during a trip to the Petrified Forest in AZ in the late 1940s. He collected it himself and then cut the smooth ends using a saw at work. He used it as a doorstop while my father-in-law was growing up. My father-in-law took it from his mother's estate when she died a few years ago. And then he gave it to me last summer. I'm sure that's a much longer answer that you wanted!
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Post by texaswoodie on Sept 23, 2008 19:17:08 GMT -5
Polish the ends and put it in your house. Curt
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Post by Condor on Sept 23, 2008 19:20:12 GMT -5
Nice wood. When I saw the first picture I thought it could be from the Pet-forest area, and sure enough it was. I guess back then collecting may have been allowed.
Condor
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adrian65
Cave Dweller
Arch to golden memories and to great friends.
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Post by adrian65 on Sept 23, 2008 22:58:08 GMT -5
No, that's not a piece or tumbling! It's gorgeous just as it is. Tumbilng it would transform it in a bunch of nice shiny rocks that you could also obtain from any other small pet wood pieces. Leave it as it is, and being collected a while ago by a person close to you is another reason to do so.
Adrian
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karenfh
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by karenfh on Sept 24, 2008 1:44:49 GMT -5
I would perhaps cut one slice off the end, maybe 1/2" or less, and leave the rest. It's nice to keep a gorgeous display slab in the house...if you do choose that option, make sure you label it. What a wonderful chunk, and what fun learning about the history! Just a thot to enjoy it 2 ways!
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DeanW
has rocks in the head
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Post by DeanW on Oct 10, 2008 22:13:25 GMT -5
That is a beautiful piece - I dunno that I'd want to be cutting it if were me.
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rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rollingstone on Oct 12, 2008 0:38:39 GMT -5
That's a beaut!! Definitely leave it "as is".
Petrified Forest became a national monument in 1906 (ie, no collecting), so around certain people I'd be kind of vague as to where it came from...
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