quartzilla
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Post by quartzilla on Aug 21, 2021 18:29:56 GMT -5
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Aug 21, 2021 18:38:57 GMT -5
Very cool to find core samples laying around. They look like granite to me.
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Post by mohs on Aug 21, 2021 19:47:49 GMT -5
that microline monster
rocks !
all natural angles
facinating
that granitic dio core
as nice cab pendant possibilities
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Post by Pat on Aug 21, 2021 20:39:21 GMT -5
I’ve always liked core samples, and have a few. It’s neat to drill into a rock deep in the earth and pull out a nice round piece. Some day, I want to slice some and incorporate them in jewelry. Even when they are fairly plain, they are interesting. Thanks!
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Aug 21, 2021 22:29:53 GMT -5
Downhill to your rig with the haul, what luxury. Nice haul too.
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Post by fernwood on Aug 22, 2021 2:18:35 GMT -5
I too have a few core samples. Very strange to just find them laying around.
I agree that they could be sliced for pendants.
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Post by quartzilla on Aug 22, 2021 8:10:10 GMT -5
I too have a few core samples. Very strange to just find them laying around. I agree that they could be sliced for pendants. . There was a pile of them. These were either les fractured or the ones I liked best. This is my second time up there; the first time I grabbed a couple too. I took a picture of the pile first time up there. I’ll see if I still have it. |
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quartzilla
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Post by quartzilla on Aug 22, 2021 8:16:51 GMT -5
Crud no pic. Not sure why I would have deleted it. They were purposely piled up there next to the road, below the dumps but above the foundations for the old mine buildings/works.
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Post by fernwood on Aug 22, 2021 9:26:25 GMT -5
INteresting.
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 22, 2021 20:43:04 GMT -5
I remember the first time I saw a core sample. I had NO clue what it was and thought it was weird that someone would have smooth cylindrical rocks for no apparent reason. LOL
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stewdogg
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Post by stewdogg on Aug 23, 2021 9:44:51 GMT -5
I think you've inspired me to grab some core samples I found in an old timers collection, quartzilla. I have picked through his collection a couple of times and put the core samples down, there's lots of cool stuff there, but next time I'm gonna keep them in my flat and take em home. A bowl full of shiny discs sounds cool to me. At $1-2/lb, there's not much there that's not worth taking. |
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Post by quartzilla on Aug 23, 2021 17:17:46 GMT -5
Anybody curious to see this location? It’s actually in the background in the first Fast And Furious movie. Remember the long scene at the end where they parked by the water tank and tried to hijack the truck? You actually pass the water tank on the way up there. This is the long shot when they are driving the little access road up to the tank; the next part where they are parked next to it and out of the vehicles and the lighting is blue/green I believe is a set. During the whole hijack scene where the guy is on the hood getting shot at you can sometimes see a large “V” notch on top of the mountain in the background and the lighter colored cone shaped dump leading downwards from it. That’s the place! Lol whenever I watch this movie I’m looking at the mountain in the background the whole time!
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fuss
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Post by fuss on Aug 24, 2021 7:00:06 GMT -5
That Microcline is impressive, how large is it?
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rewdownunder
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Post by rewdownunder on Aug 24, 2021 16:48:37 GMT -5
As a Geologist I have drilled and logged 1000's of feet core. Anything of interest is packed out and sent to the lab for assay but the rest is boxed and left at the site as it just to heavy to deal with and has no value. Looks cool when cut at 45 degrees.
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Post by fernwood on Aug 24, 2021 17:08:41 GMT -5
As a Geologist I have drilled and logged 1000's of feet core. Anything of interest is packed out and sent to the lab for assay but the rest is boxed and left at the site as it just to heavy to deal with and has no value. Looks cool when cut at 45 degrees. That would be cool. Thanks for sharing. If you don't mind sharing, what was the most unique core sample you have seen |
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Post by quartzilla on Aug 24, 2021 18:55:03 GMT -5
That Microcline is impressive, how large is it? . The long face across the top and the vertical one are both 5”. I live in a pegmatite area so have quite a few microcline specimens from different locations. |
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Post by quartzilla on Aug 24, 2021 18:58:59 GMT -5
As a Geologist I have drilled and logged 1000's of feet core. Anything of interest is packed out and sent to the lab for assay but the rest is boxed and left at the site as it just to heavy to deal with and has no value. Looks cool when cut at 45 degrees. . That was actually the idea I had with these: a nice straight cut at the bottom so they stand up plumb and then a 45’ at the other end with a polish ( if possible ) to display them. I’m just a tumbler but I do have a tile saw. I don’t think my saw is big enough to do the 45’ cut though 😕 |
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rewdownunder
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Post by rewdownunder on Aug 24, 2021 19:02:04 GMT -5
Best core! DeGrussa copper mine in western Australia discovery hole. 200+ feet of visible copper and gold. Not one of my projects but the driller and mine geologist are friends of mine. I have also drilled and logged a lot of banded iron formation and tiger iron but was unable to keep any of it. Best location 50 feet from the beach drilling cores of basalt & coral reef material for the foundation study for the Maui Prince Hotel. The problem is the good stuff is what you are looking for and is saved by the company or sent to assay. I have seen some great gold in quartz veins but it is not like you can just put it in your personal collection.
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Post by quartzilla on Aug 24, 2021 19:02:52 GMT -5
I think you've inspired me to grab some core samples I found in an old timers collection, quartzilla. I have picked through his collection a couple of times and put the core samples down, there's lots of cool stuff there, but next time I'm gonna keep them in my flat and take em home. A bowl full of shiny discs sounds cool to me. At $1-2/lb, there's not much there that's not worth taking. . Stewdog if you do make sure to post pics! I will do the same if I can get mine cut how I described above. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 24, 2021 19:42:43 GMT -5
Best core! DeGrussa copper mine in western Australia discovery hole. 200+ feet of visible copper and gold. Not one of my projects but the driller and mine geologist are friends of mine. I have also drilled and logged a lot of banded iron formation and tiger iron but was unable to keep any of it. Best location 50 feet from the beach drilling cores of basalt & coral reef material for the foundation study for the Maui Prince Hotel. The problem is the good stuff is what you are looking for and is saved by the company or sent to assay. I have seen some great gold in quartz veins but it is not like you can just put it in your personal collection. How utterly deflating...to have a wonderful specimen in your hands and having to relinquish it! I think you've inspired me to grab some core samples I found in an old timers collection, quartzilla . I have picked through his collection a couple of times and put the core samples down, there's lots of cool stuff there, but next time I'm gonna keep them in my flat and take em home. A bowl full of shiny discs sounds cool to me. At $1-2/lb, there's not much there that's not worth taking. . Stewdog if you do make sure to post pics! I will do the same if I can get mine cut how I described above. Quartz, I think that would be really cool if you could cut them at the 45 degree and have them as display pieces! |
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And here is a giant microcline (?) crystal also found today. A 3 mile plus hike to get these monsters back to my truck, mostly down hill. The mine is about a 400/500 elevation gain to get to😓
