MoonStone
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Post by MoonStone on Aug 23, 2004 8:45:49 GMT -5
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MichiganRocks
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Post by MichiganRocks on Aug 23, 2004 9:32:56 GMT -5
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Post by krazydiamond on Aug 23, 2004 17:57:51 GMT -5
img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/MHPhotos2004/MxRks1.jpgnot sure where you hail from, moonstone, but #6 mix kinda looks like granite....so does the calico, nice looking...i've had some mixed results with tumbling the local granite here (NY) but some favorable pieces. heck, tumble it, see what you get! KD
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MoonStone
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Post by MoonStone on Aug 24, 2004 3:05:54 GMT -5
Thanks a lot for helping identify some of my rocks  I will not place the Schist in the tumbler if they don't well. I could imagine that they will lose their shinny bits while in the tumbler. I have a bunch of the white ones and some pinkish that I have'nt photograph yet, most of them rounded from Malibu beach here in CA. it is good to know that they are quartz and could tumble very well! Thanks again Ron for helping me with the identification, photographs and the html code as well, you are just GREAT! KD Thanks for your help identifying my rocks as well! The pictures posted in here came from the bottom of the Hollywood hills. After reading your posting I for checked granite pictures and they look quite similar to mine. Those rocks are very common in the area. Thanks again! What about the #2purple rocks or #3 RedishMix ? Anyone with ideas? ![]() img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/MHPhotos2004/MxRks1.jpg[/img] Oh Great! Thanks to Ron the code works flawlessly!  I ordered a Lortone 4-step Grit Kit with my tumbler. Will this kit be able to polish my mixed rocks well or should I buy other type of grits as well. I keep seeing people mention other grits like "titanium oxide" etc. Any recomendations to other grits that could be useful to add to my initial setup? Thanks again ;D |
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MichiganRocks
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Post by MichiganRocks on Aug 24, 2004 8:26:44 GMT -5
No problem Moonstone, just glad I could help!
Ron
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MichiganRocks
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Post by MichiganRocks on Aug 24, 2004 16:59:04 GMT -5
Hey Moonstone, I've been looking at your third picture and thinking about it. Don't know if it will help, but here are some thoughts:
You definitely have some granite family rocks there. I see that 3RedishMix has some Iron Oxide (Rust) in it and the blue could be Potassium. It also looks finely grained, should be a good candidate to tumble. It may well be hematite.
The purple ones I don't think I can help with. I wish I could see them in more detail. Purple is not a common color in the wild and always tends to catch your attention when you see it. There are some Schists that tend towards purple, does it seem flaky like the rock in your first picture?
I work exclusively with rock that I find in the field and have tried most kinds of rock at least once. Some of these rocks can produce some very nice looking polished rock! I am trying to build a data base on my website of pictures of rock that I have collected, what a cross-section looks like, and ultimately, what a polished one looks like.
Ron
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Post by cookie3rocks on Aug 24, 2004 17:31:14 GMT -5
Isn't labadorite pupley  cookie |
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MoonStone
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Post by MoonStone on Aug 24, 2004 23:27:23 GMT -5
Ron Great to hear from you again! ;D The shinny rocks on the first pictures that I posted before get the tiny shinny flakes off very easily. The purple rocks in this picture don't shine at all  All of the shinny flakes that you can see in all of the pictures belong to the shinny rocks, I just forgot to clean the board when I placed the other rocks to be photographed. Here are larger pictures of the purple rocks, and the redish rock comes after: ![]() img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/MHPhotos2004/PurplesLg.jpg[/img] Purple ones looking a lot better in this one! ![]() img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/MHPhotos2004/RedishMxLg.jpg[/img]The redish/orange rock in here. What you tell me about your collection of rocks that you find yourself in the field and your website sounds great! If you have your website available for all, I will love to see it! ;D Actually my new interest in rocks is somehow similar, collecting rocks that I find myself and tumble them. I am already taking pictues of them. I got my new tumbler today, here is the picture:  I'm going to start my first tumbling step tonite! I already took the pictures of the rocks that I am about to tumble, so that I could see the before and after effect. They are mostly from the Santa Monica & Malibu beach areas, and in between. I will give you the links because I think this page will take too much time to load if I keep on adding pictures! Ha-ha-ha!: img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/MHPhotos2004/TMixHT.jpgimg.photobucket.com/albums/v392/MHPhotos2004/TMixQT.jpgeach of the sets will go in a different barrel. Hopefully they will be ready in a month! Well Bye now I have to go! thanks againnnnnn! |
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Post by cookie3rocks on Aug 25, 2004 0:01:36 GMT -5
Moonstone,
You've got an interesting mix there! Lots of quartz. The purple stuff still has me intrigued. Keep us posted ;D
cookie
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MoonStone
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Post by MoonStone on Aug 25, 2004 0:27:54 GMT -5
Thanks cookie! ;D Yes, I promise to keep you posted + pictures!!!!! ;D
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MichiganRocks
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Post by MichiganRocks on Aug 25, 2004 9:28:07 GMT -5
Hey Moonstone, I wonder if you could give me a little more info on your purple and redmix rocks? If you could check the hardness, it would really help. Just scratch with a common nail, a copper penny, a file, and let me know what happens. When you pick them up, do they feel "surprisingly heavy" to you, or just "normal"? When you scratch the surface to check the hardness, is the rock still purple in the scratch? If you could file off a little rock from each and tell me what the color of the powder is, that would also help. Were these collected from the beach or inland?
You can see my site at the address below. It still needs a lot of work but I'm trying!
Ron
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Post by creativeminded on Aug 25, 2004 11:09:16 GMT -5
I don't know what they are but I have tumbled some that look like the white ones and they come out beautiful.
Tami
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MoonStone
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Post by MoonStone on Aug 25, 2004 21:19:59 GMT -5
Hello, hello HELLO! Thanks for your post Tami! Most of the white ones are supposed to be CA quartz and hopefuly (crossing fingers) they will come out well ;D Ron I been trying and trying to visit your website but I could'nt I guess that maybe you are working on it or I'm having a temporary unstable connection  I will try again later  I wish that I could give you the info on the purple and redmix rocks but they are going up & down and up & down (tumbling ha-ha-ha) since last night I did'nt read the manual on time and I placed a mix of rounded and sharp-edged rocks in both barrels! I guess I will get experience from this. I will open the tumblers tomorrow and check the rocks and make some changes between the barrels if necessary. The sad thing is that I found two little rock hearts (naturally shaped as hearts) and I hope they don't get pulverized with the sharper rocks. I will see if I could find the purple and the redish rocks as well. The only thing that I remember for the rocks is that their weight seemed appropiate to their size. They were collected inland (hollywood hills). There were a few bigger pieces in there but I always pick smaller sizes (up to 2 inches). I guess the mystery will continue... I will let you know what happens! ;D |
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Post by rockyraccoon on Aug 25, 2004 22:43:25 GMT -5
wow ron - i didn't have any trouble getting in but was like a kid at christmas and scrolling as fast as i could so i could get to the next page. that was way enjoyable and i'll be going back again and again hopefully at a little slower pace. but i must say now that it looks like you are having a little too much fun with that big ole saw ;D. you might be having as much fun as sands . kim |
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MoonStone
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Post by MoonStone on Aug 26, 2004 1:23:23 GMT -5
Hello Ron ;D I was finally able to access your website, that' s a great idea and a great site!!! Your spaniel looks very cute sleeping near a "rock"! (boy? Girl? name?) ;D
That's a lot of hard work, but it is worth it, the site is going to be great and extremely useful! I saw a lot of rocks that I have seen and I also have some that are similar. The extrangely looking round white one on page 2 is very nice! On that same page to the right side there's one round pink rock near a nickle with something grey protuding out of it, what is that thing protuding? I have one rock with just the same thing protuding???
I just created a bookmark to your site ;D, so I will be looking at your work! You seem to be very talented in a lot of different areas, congratulations to you for that Ron!!!
I see that you take pictures of the rough and the slab. Is the purpose of the slabbing to see the inside of the rocks and to polish it to create nice art pieces?
Everything is just great Ron, thanks to share your website! ;D ;D ;D
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MichiganRocks
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Post by MichiganRocks on Aug 26, 2004 8:25:30 GMT -5
Thanks for all the kind words! I have a lot more to update and hope to get to it soon. Maggie is my English Springer Spaniel. She's a field bred so she is like the Springers in England, not the typical ones that the AKC has bred in the States. We used to hunt upland birds, but that kind of walking is no longer in the cards. Now she helps me hunt for rocks. She finds rocks in the dirt and digs them up for me. She also sits at my workbench with me and inspects my work.
Comparing the saw cut to the outside, shows me what the rock really looks like without the weathered and oxidized outer skin. I have a lot more going than I have time to finish, but some of the slabs will be polished and used as is, some will be trimmed down into cabs, and some will be used to cut various shapes for whatever I dream up.
It's raining here today. That's nothing unusual for this year, except that it's the first warm rain that we've had. All the other rain has been so very cold. I'm afraid it's a little late for the corn though.
Ron
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Post by MichiganRocks on Aug 26, 2004 9:06:52 GMT -5
Hey Moonstone, I forgot one thing. The pink rock is a Rhyolite with a Quartz crystal embedded. The Rhyolite is softer and it makes the Quartz protrude.
Ron
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MoonStone
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Post by MoonStone on Aug 27, 2004 2:44:10 GMT -5
Hi Ron;D That's the good thing about dogs, I can not do that with my kitty Ha-ha-ha! I had some dogs during my childhood but then the cats came to stay! I'm an animals lover so I just love all creatures So I guess I have a Rhyolite too!!! That's great, I just identified a rock on my own! ;D I had a mess today with some "rock gas" but everything is fine now. I was able to save my two little heart rocks but I completely forgot about the purple & the redish one. I guess at the end of the tumbling we will get to know what they are. Thanks again Ron |
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