|
|
Post by melhill1659 on Jan 29, 2017 10:12:11 GMT -5
  From this newbie rocklicker lapidary has become my 2nd love but the mineralogy of it all is my passion!!! Is the simple ground rock the most beautiful you've ever seen? Maybe not. When I see these I can't help but be aww struck of how over millions of years it was formed. People spend so much on diamonds ( no I'm not against diamonds ) but it's these beauties that I have fallen in love with. |
|
jamesp
Cave Dweller 
Member since October 2012
Posts: 36,612
|
Post by jamesp on Jan 29, 2017 10:31:09 GMT -5
|
|
Fossilman
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2009
Posts: 20,723 
|
Post by Fossilman on Jan 29, 2017 10:45:07 GMT -5
Always liked that material,as said,throw it in the tumbler.....
|
|
|
|
Post by melhill1659 on Jan 29, 2017 12:19:54 GMT -5
I plan on slicing it a few times and doing just that!! Time to break the 15 pounder in.
|
|
|
|
Post by melhill1659 on Jan 29, 2017 12:26:02 GMT -5
Jim, I was proud of my one an only little 15pounder until I saw your industrial size tumblers 🙈feeling a bit inadequate ☺️😂 |
|
jamesp
Cave Dweller
Member since October 2012
Posts: 36,612
|
Post by jamesp on Jan 29, 2017 14:21:57 GMT -5
Jim, I was proud of my one an only little 15pounder until I saw your industrial size tumblers 🙈feeling a bit inadequate ☺️😂 No. I scaled back to 7-8 pound barrels. Used to run big ones. They are a pain. Liking the 8 pounders because I add grit in course grind every day or two. Makes handling easier. Damn the 25+ pounders lol. Wherever you found that quartzite should be many more waiting for you to collect. I used to find quartzite chips from native man making quartzite tools in the TVA lakes N.GA/E.TN, before tumbling career. Sparkles/stripes/polka dots/wild colors. I should have saved them. Still kicking self. The only problem was that no one could find their honey holes of beautiful quartzite. Must have been a secret from 32 generations ago. |
|
napoleonrags
Cave Dweller
Member since October 2015
Posts: 474
|
Post by napoleonrags on Jan 29, 2017 19:25:30 GMT -5
Nice post. It looks like chopped finger quartzite.
|
|
|
|
Post by melhill1659 on Jan 29, 2017 19:32:09 GMT -5
Nice post. It looks like chopped finger quartzite. Haha let's name it that! |
|
|
|
Post by melhill1659 on Jan 29, 2017 19:40:54 GMT -5
jamesp, My teenage daughter works at a local vets office after school and she found it in a newly covered rock garden LOL I washed it.
|
|
jamesp
Cave Dweller
Member since October 2012
Posts: 36,612
|
Post by jamesp on Jan 29, 2017 19:48:10 GMT -5
Ha ha I thought the same thing napolean thought about the finger.
The gravel pits and landscape pebbles are often full of quartzite.
The tumbles I sent link to were found in a creek surrounded by abandoned gravel pits.
The stains often come from iron in the surroundings.
|
|
