jamesp
Cave Dweller 
Member since October 2012
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Post by jamesp on Dec 16, 2014 19:42:05 GMT -5
I see similarities to the nephrite you sent me long ago. Seems like crystalline quartz. I have Rob's material, it seems like the clear sections are quartz too. Rob's has a lot of shifted layers like high pressure /heat similar to granite type rocks. Never thought about it being nephrite. There is a LOT of feldspar around here and a lot of the nephrite is mixed with it which I learned is very common. I have only found the salmon colored stuff but that is not to say other colors are not here. The nephrite mix looks way different than this stuff. When I sent the "supposedly" nephrite to you James I knew way less than I do now so it is hard to say what I sent. I wish I would have started this quest when I was about 10 but you can poop in one hand and wish in the other and see which hand fills up the fastest. Hope I live long enough to figure out at least a little bit. Hate dieing so dumb. Well I guess it really won't matter huh. lol Jim Uh, you live in beautiful Wyoming rock country. That is big smart. The rest can take care of itself. |
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Post by iant on Dec 18, 2014 15:38:20 GMT -5
Superb finish on those spectacular rocks Rob! Nice one.
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timloco
has rocks in the head
Member since April 2012
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Post by timloco on Dec 19, 2014 11:03:33 GMT -5
Yea that's really nice the epidote and unakite around here is pretty fractured. I have a bag that I'm working on getting ground down I hope it turns out half as nice as this.
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Post by pghram on Dec 29, 2014 0:06:15 GMT -5
Great tumble of a challenging material.
Rich
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