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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 24, 2020 20:46:17 GMT -5
I enjoy pushing it when I can with rock pals Jase! doesn't happen often enough so keep going until they pry my cold fingers from the rock ,,, I get that part! LOL I went hounding the other morning and it was in the high 30's first thing in the morning...coldest hounding day so far this year! LOL Work too much and you'll be burning the candle at both ends:  |
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Post by EricD on Nov 24, 2020 20:57:48 GMT -5
I enjoy pushing it when I can with rock pals Jase! doesn't happen often enough so keep going until they pry my cold fingers from the rock ,,, I get that part! LOL I went hounding the other morning and it was in the high 30's first thing in the morning...coldest hounding day so far this year! LOL Work too much and you'll be burning the candle at both ends: Wait until it's -30 and you are out there in your full gear with a 30mph breeze prying rocks from the icy frozen ground  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 24, 2020 21:04:20 GMT -5
I get that part! LOL I went hounding the other morning and it was in the high 30's first thing in the morning...coldest hounding day so far this year! LOL Work too much and you'll be burning the candle at both ends: Wait until it's -30 and you are out there in your full gear with a 30mph breeze prying rocks from the icy frozen ground   |
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Post by pauls on Nov 24, 2020 21:54:09 GMT -5
It looks like Petrified Wood to me.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Nov 24, 2020 21:57:07 GMT -5
Looks like wood to me, too.  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 24, 2020 22:02:36 GMT -5
It looks like Petrified Wood to me. Looks like wood to me, too. I think this is the way I'm leaning as well. After looking at the pic mohs posted of the BIF and looking at the end shot of mine, mine doesn't have the same type of banding. In the BIF it looks like the banding is "layered", whereas the banding in my piece appears more to be on the surface rather than going all the way through the piece...but dang it's HEAVY for the size it is! |
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Post by mohs on Nov 24, 2020 22:06:43 GMT -5
do a streak test on porcelain
I'm going out on a limb
with out cheating with google
wood will streak white
BIF red
we need to knohs
mohs
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Post by mohs on Nov 24, 2020 22:15:57 GMT -5
we need science
science !
in the morn I'll grind my
known pet wood
and my bif
grind is science
close as I get at least
good enough for Brenda
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 24, 2020 22:21:22 GMT -5
do a streak test on porcelain I'm going out on a limb with out cheating with google wood will streak white BIF red we need to knohs mohs Tomorrow I'll have to see if I've got anything porcelain in the house...  we need science science ! in the morn I'll grind my known pet wood and my bif grind is science close as I get at least good enough for Brenda Hmmmm...that's my wife's name... |
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Post by mohs on Nov 24, 2020 22:29:23 GMT -5
don't imagine she was in the Circle K parking lot in Phoenix masked and looking at me realll strange when I was singing Jonny Strikes Up The Rock another long story right on Jase say hi from mohs |
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Post by mohs on Nov 24, 2020 22:37:08 GMT -5
anyway jase
now ya got me doubting with your banded analysis
I just tried a magnet on my BIF
a weak magnet off the refrigerator
my stohn is magnetic
i feel slight draw
pretty sure wood isn't
but it might be
there could be some iron
in the petrification process
nontheless ...
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 24, 2020 22:47:25 GMT -5
anyway jase now ya got me doubting with your banded analysis I just tried a magnet on my BIF a weak magnet off the refrigerator my stohn is magnetic i feel slight draw pretty sure wood isn't but it might be there could be some iron in the petrification process nontheless ... I just checked mine with a magnet and got no resistance. I'm out in the garage, so I figured I'd check it with my multimeter...no conductivity whatsoever... |
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Post by mohs on Nov 24, 2020 22:49:01 GMT -5
just one mohr broken point
it seems your metal detector
should have detected if it BIF
according to my magnetic analysis
darn I hate proving myself wrong... mostly
its a jasper
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 24, 2020 22:56:30 GMT -5
just one mohr broken point it seems your metal detector should have detected if it BIF according to my magnetic analysis darn I hate proving myself wrong... mostly its a jasper You helped me with the process of elimination on this one !!!  Now I know how to test for Tiger Iron! |
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Post by mohs on Nov 24, 2020 23:07:50 GMT -5
 mohs is old but he still bats .203 and get hits in the clutch we'll keep him in the rock'n game for awhile that good tho who knohs things may change have good night see ya in couple hours ha ha
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Post by stephan on Nov 25, 2020 0:35:47 GMT -5
mohs - hmmmm Here's a couple pics of the end of my piece...   The pic on the right and your original definitely seem to show wood grain-like patterns. Pretty piece. |
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Post by stephan on Nov 25, 2020 1:21:10 GMT -5
Question: thinking some more about it... is tiger iron even found in the US? I’ve only ever heard of it coming from Australia.
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Post by Pat on Nov 25, 2020 1:29:16 GMT -5
Hmmm, isn’t “high 30s” an oxymoron?
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Post by parfive on Nov 25, 2020 4:12:42 GMT -5
Hmmm, isn’t “high 30s” an oxymoron? Not if you haven’t settled down yet. |
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Post by fernwood on Nov 25, 2020 4:45:24 GMT -5
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