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Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:55:40 GMT

Rockhounds Group Rules 1. Have fun and learn something new! 2. All messages and pictures are approved by the moderator. 3. Posts should pertain to rocks,

AD: New Mineral Specimens Added - Stibnite, Barite,and more

Tom Corson — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:55:54 GMT

Fellow collectors, Here is the latest OBG Gems & Minerals new specimen update. This week's update features two dozen specimens from older finds in the Cavnic /

Re: Hi! I'm new too!

coralie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:29:28 GMT

Hi Kathy: Thanks for offering to help us new Lapidarists. I'm hoping to get started on my rock polishing this winter and then I'll have lots of questions.

Re: rock id

don — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:28:57 GMT

we found out it was orange calcite what threw us off was it was treated with acid which leaves it with a silky feel look and texture ... play dungeons and

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Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:36:22 GMT

Rockhounds Group Rules 1. Have fun and learn something new! 2. All messages and pictures are approved by the moderator. 3. Posts should pertain to rocks,

Re: rock id

Bobby Fulmer — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:06:44 GMT

is it hard or soft. kinda sounds like calcite. is it brownish orange? ... From: Don Subject: [rockhounds] rock id To:

Re: Hexagonal stones?

H W — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:06:23 GMT

This sounds like a staurolite crystal to me. They usually take on this red/yellow muddy schist or a grey oxidation from the aluminum content. Most are twinned

Re: Hi! I'm new too!

Kathleen A Bryan — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:05:26 GMT

Hi from Kathy I am a Well Seasoned Lapidarist, I do both Cabbing and Faceting Silver and Goldsmith My Love is looking for cool rock rough Let me know if

Re: rock id

Kathleen A Bryan — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:05:01 GMT

HI I sure can't be Positive without looking at it and Each year they find new Gem Material, I find stuff all the time that knowone seams to know It could be

Re: Hexagonal stones?

Emily Curewitz — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:04:15 GMT

Basalt is a rock, comprised of interlocking crystals. Sometimes basalt forms hexagonal columns as it cools ________________________________ From:

Re: Hexagonal stones?

WVFossils@... — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:24:23 GMT

Hi, Are they rocks or crystals? Crystals could be corundum, instead of basalt as Mr. Kramer suggests. dave ... From: gf1401 To:

Re: Hexagonal stones?

Rose Alene McArthur — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:24:05 GMT

Bryan, what you are sending the inquirer to are the columns that some lava flows make when when they are cooling. The columns form perpendicular to the

rock id

Don — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:23:38 GMT

i cant get the pic off my phone right now to post but the discrription is as follows the rock is the size of a larger /med orange it has a milky white outer

Re: Hi! I'm new too!

coralie — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:23:17 GMT

Linda, I'm a newbie too and haven't asked any questions yet, I've been trying to read all the messages on the group though. I visited my kids in Michigan this

Re: Hi! I'm new too!

Rye Lou — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:23:00 GMT

im new tooI live in kentucky sounds like we have the same interest I make jewerly and really want to start using the stones i find to make them let me know