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Post by MyNewHobby on May 15, 2009 19:47:35 GMT -5
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stoneviews
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since April 2009
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Post by stoneviews on May 15, 2009 21:12:46 GMT -5
Congratulations on your win, it's a true beauty
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Post by NatureNut on May 15, 2009 21:23:25 GMT -5
Congrats Julie! Looks like you hit the lottery!
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Post by Bejewelme on May 18, 2009 15:10:20 GMT -5
Julie: I just got a piece like that on ebay, it was called Austrialian Print Stone on ebay, so maybe try looking up both names and you will get info on it. When I cut it it reminded me of Indian Paint stone, sort of clay like and soft. I have not cabbed it yet!
WTG for winning the prize you wanted!!!!
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Post by MyNewHobby on May 18, 2009 18:01:37 GMT -5
I am now looking up and doing some research on both. Thanks for the information!! Here are a few pictures I have found so far on the Zebra and a little blurb about its possible origins. I found this information on www.wollemigems.com.au/creations/zebra_stone.html^ This site has some pretty nice pictures ^ The unique Zebra Stone has been placed at 600 million years in the Upper Proterozoic era or Pre-Cambrian period. The only known deposits in the world have been discovered in the East Kimberleys, Western Australia. The stone consists of a fine grained siliceous argillite (indurated siltstone or clay stone) with rhythmic patterns of red bands or spots contrasting sharply with a lighter background. It is not known how the regular patterns were formed, but the red stripes are colored by ferric (iron) oxide. Geologists have investigated Zebra Stone without producing any valid explanation of its origin. The stone's unsurpassed natural beauty typifies the color and spirit of Australia and some have said the stone has a special quality bringing luck. Now ... for the Print Stone, which is very pretty!!! I got this information from this site ... www.oakrocks.net/servlet/the-155/Australian-Print-Stone-Jasper/DetailPrint Stone is a silicated sandstone from Australian. It has a great banded pattern. Printstone is found in the Hamersley Ranges near the iron ore mining town of Tom Price in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Sandstones are clastic in origin (as opposed to organic, like chalk and coal, or chemical, like gypsum and jasper). The formation of sandstone involves two principal stages. First, a layer or layers of sand accumulates as the result of sedimentation, either from water (as in a river, lake, or sea) or from air (as in a desert). Typically, sedimentation occurs by the sand settling out from suspension, i.e. ceasing to be rolled or bounced along the bottom of a body of water (e.g. seas or rivers) or ground surface (e.g. in a desert or sand dune region). Finally, once it has accumulated, the sand becomes sandstone when it is compacted by pressure of overlying deposits and cemented by the precipitation of minerals within the pore spaces between sand grains.
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rockdude
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rockdude on May 19, 2009 7:00:15 GMT -5
Cool slab. You could cut a cab there in the middle and have it already monogrammed "M".
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Post by MyNewHobby on May 19, 2009 18:46:27 GMT -5
RockDude ...
Did not even see that. Very Cool!!
As always ... Julie
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rockwizz
freely admits to licking rocks
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Post by rockwizz on May 19, 2009 23:50:56 GMT -5
Julie that is cool stuff. I bought a piece that I was told is Zebra stone, but mine is black with white lines...glad to know there is a variety of these. Thanks for sharing.
Ozzy
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