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Post by knave on Jul 16, 2020 9:29:32 GMT -5
Fascinating history pauls! They hauled 16 tons, what did they get? Another day older and deeper in debt. 2020 isn’t so bad now is it. We are blessed. |
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Fossilman
Cave Dweller 
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 16, 2020 10:18:14 GMT -5
Second generation hounder... 7 years old in 1962 and was watching one of my Uncles cut Montana moss agate (living in Montana than), I was hooked after that!
The designs, the colors, the beauty... Plus your the first human to ever see the interior of a rock and or finding a fossil..
I fit my work to what the material wants me to do with it.... Enjoy it so much.. Always will...
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islander
off to a rocking start
Member since May 2020
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Post by islander on Jul 16, 2020 14:17:14 GMT -5
Because they represent the history of the formation of the planet, you can actually hold something that's 3.5 billion years or more in the making in your hand, when you break them or cut them open you know you're the first living thing to see that sight since their formation... They're just fascinating and beautiful things  |
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whyofquartz
spending too much on rocks
So, Africa is smaller than I expected...
Member since December 2019
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Post by whyofquartz on Jul 17, 2020 8:19:40 GMT -5
I have observed in myself that my interests are taking things that are ugly and or mundane and making them beautiful and useful. I have had an interest in rock tumbling for pretty much as long as i can remember, My great Uncle Charles was a rock hound and no trip to his house was complete without a perusal of his rawks and jaysapahs and aye'gits and his Appalachian description of the provenance of each stone. I always picked up rocks here and there but once I started doing pipeline construction I started picking up rocks to keep sane and tumbling them seemed a good idea since I was away 6 days a week. Now i just tumble them to see what happens and show cool rocks to my kiddos
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RWA3006
Cave Dweller
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Post by RWA3006 on Jul 17, 2020 16:44:45 GMT -5
All of the above. Foremost is I love the pursuit. I live to hunt for things in remote places and next I spend a lot of time contemplating the vastness of time a rock has existed. I try to comprehend the history a rock has seen in its existence and what its form will be in another billion years. In some ways a rock is the closest thing to eternity that I'll ever hold in my hand.
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Post by miket on Jul 17, 2020 16:53:38 GMT -5
All of the above. Foremost is I love the pursuit. I live to hunt for things in remote places and next I spend a lot of time contemplating the vastness of time a rock has existed. I try to comprehend the history a rock has seen in its existence and what its form will be in another billion years. In some ways a rock is the closest thing to eternity that I'll ever hold in my hand. Well said, sir. I wish I could have liked this twice. I forgot to state that in mine, that when you pick up a rock like a Fairburn for instance, you know that NO ONE has seen that particular stone. Ever. And no two are exactly alike. They will be here long after we're gone. |
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