dreamrocks
freely admits to licking rocks
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Post by dreamrocks on Jun 14, 2020 17:25:49 GMT -5
Right next to the large reddish spot I was asking if it was white opal I can see RocksInNJ lifting off (spaceship - ufo) heading out on a cruise. You have all kinds of potential in that piece
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dreamrocks
freely admits to licking rocks
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Post by dreamrocks on Jun 14, 2020 18:55:21 GMT -5
So is this stuff blue Dino bone or blue spider web turquoise the two in the front are both blue. The far right one still has small amount of the brown matrix on it and is a lighter blue or whitish blue The big one in the back still has the matrix because it’s to long without hitting another wheel before I do anything else to it I have to cut it so I don’t damage a wheel or the stone. The small one in the center I only noticed after taking the picture has some agate in the white could all of this be agatized blue Dino bone They all need more grinding the one on the far right I want to cut and leave as a tear drop so I stopped before going any further without cutting in two it first This pictures are not doing them justice they look better in person
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dreamrocks
freely admits to licking rocks
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Member since November 2018
Posts: 888
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Post by dreamrocks on Jun 14, 2020 19:41:06 GMT -5
Ok I answered my own question, had to do some digging and found what I was looking for
A variety of other minerals are found in gembone. Hematite and iron are common in gembone and will bleed red when polished. Some are pretty when polished and others not. Much looks burned outside in the rough and is considered lower quality bone. Occasionally iron pyrite or marcasite is found in gembone. Interesting that it is just this iron that gives us the prettiest reds and orange gembone. Sometimes the bone didn’t take just right when it formed. There are a number of other varieties of minerals and agates that replace bone including jaspers, and varieties of botryoidal agates. Rotted out bone centers frequently filled with crystal pockets. Quartz crystals and numerous other crystals have filled the centers of bones as well.
Always remember that gembone will vary in color from one end to end unless you see it has an extremely uniform nature. An odd thing about excellent quality bone, regardless of whether it is red, yellow, or even orange outside is, it is extremely unlikely the inside is the same color. Although red gembone is fairly predictable as red inside, it may have dead areas inside without cells. These dead areas are where the minerals that formed the gembone meet and look like meandering rivers across a nice background of cells otherwise. Frequently when gembone forms you end up with the finest on one end and the other end of far lesser quality. There is often a desert varnish around the outside. This varnish may be bright colored where the inside is not and vice versa.
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dreamrocks
freely admits to licking rocks
I got lucky this morning and was able to post this no others since
Member since November 2018
Posts: 888
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Post by dreamrocks on Jun 14, 2020 20:14:31 GMT -5
Red hematite would be a new one to me. knaveWould you like some fresh tomato soup Oh wait that’s hematite in that water might not be so tasty
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dreamrocks
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Member since November 2018
Posts: 888
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Post by dreamrocks on Jun 14, 2020 20:15:01 GMT -5
Red hematite would be a new one to me. knaveWould you like some fresh tomato soup Oh wait that’s hematite in that water might not be so tasty
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Post by knave on Jun 14, 2020 20:16:00 GMT -5
Eewwwwwww
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