danielsan52
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Post by danielsan52 on Jan 14, 2021 9:47:20 GMT -5
Anyone know what these beauties are? Quartz of some kind?
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electrocutus
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Post by electrocutus on Jan 14, 2021 10:15:37 GMT -5
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danielsan52
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Post by danielsan52 on Jan 14, 2021 12:26:19 GMT -5
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Post by rmf on Jan 15, 2021 4:20:23 GMT -5
danielsan52 Yes those are quartz, If in doubt try to scratch them with a piece of sharp glass. Glass should not scratch them.
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danielsan52
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Post by danielsan52 on Jan 15, 2021 7:02:52 GMT -5
danielsan52 Yes those are quartz, If in doubt try to scratch them with a piece of sharp glass. Glass should not scratch them. Thank you! And thanks for the info about the glass test. I have more quartz tumbling. Will post pics when they are ready.
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NevadaBill
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Post by NevadaBill on Jan 16, 2021 22:52:58 GMT -5
These two are cool. They remind me of butterscotch candy (Brachs) that I ate when I was a kid and then would later spit out at my little sister when I was done tired of the taste.
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danielsan52
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Post by danielsan52 on Jan 17, 2021 18:12:58 GMT -5
These two are cool. They remind me of butterscotch candy (Brachs) that I ate when I was a kid and then would later spit out at my little sister when I was done tired of the taste. Lol I also think the look like candy.
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danielsan52
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Post by danielsan52 on Jan 17, 2021 18:22:12 GMT -5
Found this at the park atop a fence post. I think it may be white or grey calcite. I have it in the tumbler and will post the result in a week.
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Post by Pat on Jan 17, 2021 18:22:47 GMT -5
I see a small alien in the bottom specimen.
I see a bird? Looking to my right in the top piece.
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NevadaBill
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Post by NevadaBill on Jan 18, 2021 22:16:50 GMT -5
It does kind of look like the surface of the moon to me!
Usually when people leave a rock on top of a post, another boulder or a pile of rock it can often mean that they consider it to be a better than average rock. When I find a rock that I don't want to collect myself, but want to leave it for someone else, I often plop it down on top of the largest boulder in the area. Just so that someone new can find it.
It looks pretty big. I wonder what it is?
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Post by Wooferhound on Jan 20, 2021 7:06:16 GMT -5
It looks pretty big. I wonder what it is?
My guess is Cement/Concrete
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danielsan52
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Post by danielsan52 on Jan 20, 2021 9:33:23 GMT -5
Found at West Point Lighthouse in Seattle. Not sure what it is but it polished nicely.
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 20, 2021 11:26:12 GMT -5
You have some nice pieces of material there....
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danielsan52
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Post by danielsan52 on Jan 21, 2021 7:21:23 GMT -5
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Post by quartzilla on Jan 21, 2021 8:35:56 GMT -5
Nice. A lot of variety in that bunch.
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NevadaBill
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Post by NevadaBill on Jan 23, 2021 14:24:26 GMT -5
This is a happy looking group of rocks! I like the different colors and you did a great job getting them to the right shape in my opinion.
If you haven't done so, then you might want to share these in the "Rock Tumbling Photos" forum so that others can see too. We all love pictures. Maybe describe where you acquired them (Rock Shed, self-found, etc).
Thanks for sharing!
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danielsan52
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Post by danielsan52 on Oct 28, 2021 13:25:57 GMT -5
Wow this site is complicated for uploading a picture! Found this blue boy in the Patapsco in Pasadena MD and tumbled it. Blue Quartz perhaps.
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Post by danielsan52 on Nov 2, 2021 9:06:55 GMT -5
Polished finally from what I thought was "grey calcite" above
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danielsan52
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Post by danielsan52 on Nov 2, 2021 9:07:35 GMT -5
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Post by danielsan52 on Nov 2, 2021 9:09:00 GMT -5
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