oldschoolrocker
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since January 2019
Posts: 1,540
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Post by oldschoolrocker on Mar 26, 2022 11:49:01 GMT -5
YEAH
I'm going for ruby, until someone tells me different !
My husband is challenging me to cut a heart shaped cab out of it - I think it's going on the to do list when I'm a little better at this .
Thanks Michael,
Patty
Forgot to mention is was only $ 1 at the show.
That would be a stunner for sure! And definitely a steal for sure no matter what it is!
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Post by liveoak on Mar 29, 2022 9:36:55 GMT -5
OK 4th candidate up:
Another one I got at the show- but low and behold in the latest slab box I found a couple of other pieces like it.
With my cheap test kit we found it to have a Mohs of 7 + and is NOT translucent
Any guesses - my husband calls it ghost agate.
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Post by perkins17 on Mar 29, 2022 9:42:31 GMT -5
This looks a lot like a piece of petrified wood from here in Washington. Maybe that's it?
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Post by liveoak on Mar 29, 2022 9:50:49 GMT -5
Interesting , some of the other pieces made me thing is might be. Thank you perkins17 . Now I can put it in the Petrified wood shoe box, instead of the "misc".
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Post by perkins17 on Mar 29, 2022 9:55:44 GMT -5
Interesting , some of the other pieces made me thing is might be. Thank you perkins17 . Now I can put it in the Petrified wood shoe box, instead of the "misc". You're welcome! That's cool that you are getting them sorted out. I have mine in a Tupperware under my cabbing station unorganized so you are way ahead of me!
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Post by liveoak on Mar 29, 2022 9:58:52 GMT -5
I got a 10 pack of plastic shoe boxes on a Amazon warehouse deal. So I started sorting.
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Post by liveoak on Apr 12, 2022 20:47:53 GMT -5
OK, I have another one
Pictured dry, on edge & wet.
Lots of nice colors.
My cheap mohs test says it's pretty hard-
a nice quartz crystal would NOT scratch it.
Hard to tell from the kit if it's much harder than that.
Any ideas ??
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Post by mohs on Apr 12, 2022 21:42:23 GMT -5
I have no idea butte an idea says wet it look like it as a banded iron flavor
some banded iron can be really dense and hard
gneiss stuff !
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Slab ID
Apr 13, 2022 4:51:06 GMT -5
Post by fernwood on Apr 13, 2022 4:51:06 GMT -5
OK, I have another one
Pictured dry, on edge & wet.
Lots of nice colors.
My cheap mohs test says it's pretty hard-
a nice quartz crystal would NOT scratch it.
Hard to tell from the kit if it's much harder than that.
Any ideas ??
It reminds me of some Picture Wood I have. I see what appears to be bark on the edge of your slab
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Post by liveoak on Apr 13, 2022 6:09:30 GMT -5
Maybe, I looked up " Picture Wood" and saw some other examples, and maybe so. Thanks fernwood.
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