More pet wood and sep nods |
More pet wood and sep nods |
Oct 7 2017, 10:37 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 563 Joined: 13-June 15 From: South of Gunnison in Gold Basin, Saguache County Member No.: 120,659 |
We found another place to collect and hit the jack pot on pet wood today. The sep nods aren't anything of museum quality but very cool just the same and amazing to find. I did find the smallest septarian nodule ever today, about the size of an egg, which is a first for me.
This is the third place we've found pet wood around the property so I'm really pumped about new hunting areas. Petrified wood is one of my favorites and it's a beautiful transformation. I'm worn out right now but I'll get it all washed up tomorrow and post pics. Some of the pet wood is gorgeous! I should have taken a better pack, more food and some dang coffee. -------------------- Level 2 member -12/25/16
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Oct 12 2017, 10:00 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 563 Joined: 13-June 15 From: South of Gunnison in Gold Basin, Saguache County Member No.: 120,659 |
I don't have any of that type of equipment but it's something I'd like to learn.
My daughter has a tumbled piece of septarian nodule in a necklace and it's beautiful. We have amazonite and lots of nice pet wood and other rough mineral rocks that I'd like to do something with. I don't really know what I need but I'm guessing some kind of wet saw and a tumbler to start with? Some of them I need to cut and some I'd like to tumble. I looked at tumblers at rock doc last year and he explained how you add in different beads for different minerals depending on hardness and to only tumble like minerals or the hard ones will crush the softer ones. I hesitated on buying anything because I like to shop around but it would be fun to have a few more inside projects at home this winter while I'm off. Those tumblers sure aren't cheap. My wife and daughter want to make some jewelry from the smallest bark pieces but they want the raw form of course. I do have quite a bit of the colorful inner wood sections that Id like to tumble and polish. They are basically just broken shards and pieces that were everywhere. -------------------- Level 2 member -12/25/16
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