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Title: In need of some better brain waves
Post by: wampidy on October 29, 2014, 07:58:55 AM

I found this rock I know not where
It is unique and soft so thought I'd share
It will scratch with dolomite
Try rhyming with that, yea right

Wait, wait, don't go away, I will stop.

I had a "duh" moment yesterday because it suddenly appeared to me that this stone is real soft. I had cut a bunch of slabs from it a few days ago then yesterday I was getting it ready for the slab grabber and the diamond burr just sank into it with very little pressure. I was surprised and could not believe it so I tried it again in a different place with the same results.

I tried scratching it with a penny and nothing happened. There was a piece of Kona dolomite laying here that jugglerguy had sent to me and it would just barely scratch this rock. That puts the hardness between 3 and 4. I looked up dolomite and this rock has a lot of similarities (several colors, translucence and hardness). There is a black line that looks like a fracture so I took my hammer and very large chisel and tried to split it. The rock refused to split but after a bunch of whacks it finally broke the corner off. Surprised again because the break was rough but very shiny like a quartz break.

I am illiterate on dolomite and serpentine so I come to you my friends to see if anyone has a clue (yea, I tried the clues closet and it did not help). One other thing is the face on a couple of the slabs has some kind of flash which can be seen in the photos.

I am at the end of my knowledge so here are the photos.
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/slabs/PC260006.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/slabs/PC260006.jpg.html)
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/slabs/PC260005.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/slabs/PC260005.jpg.html)
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/slabs/PC260004.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/slabs/PC260004.jpg.html)

The break.
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/slabs/PC260001.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/slabs/PC260001.jpg.html)
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/slabs/PC270008.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/slabs/PC270008.jpg.html)

The face wet.
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/slabs/PC260003.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/slabs/PC260003.jpg.html)

The face dry.
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/slabs/P8240001.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/slabs/P8240001.jpg.html)
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/slabs/PC270014.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/slabs/PC270014.jpg.html)

The face glitter.
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/slabs/PC270016.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/slabs/PC270016.jpg.html)
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/slabs/PC270018.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/slabs/PC270018.jpg.html)

Back lit.
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/slabs/P8240002.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/slabs/P8240002.jpg.html)

Thanks in advance for any help or comments.
Jim

Title: Re: In need of some better brain waves
Post by: lithicbeads on October 29, 2014, 08:47:16 AM

It could be a dolomite - calcite mix , that would be expected in your neck of the woods.

Title: Re: In need of some better brain waves
Post by: Itsandbits on October 29, 2014, 08:52:46 AM

I found this rock I know not where
It is unique and soft so thought I'd share
It will scratch with dolomite, but isn't touched by a pear
I looked in the clue closet but didn't find it there
So I thought of my friends on the internet, where,
All questions are answered and they do not care
About my rock addiction, or the colour of my hair
I wish I knew everything, but to be fair
I like the company here, I can even breathe the air
So if anyone knows the identity of this fare
Please post it here, if you dare 
-edited to add; sorry, no clue LOL


 

Title: Re: In need of some better brain waves
Post by: Enchantra on October 29, 2014, 10:10:58 AM

ROTFLMAO!!!!  :toothy12: :laughing6: :laughing6: :laughing4: :laughing3:

Title: Re: In need of some better brain waves
Post by: wampidy on October 29, 2014, 10:49:06 AM

Quote from: Itsandbits on October 29, 2014, 08:52:46 AM

I found this rock I know not where
It is unique and soft so thought I'd share
It will scratch with dolomite, but isn't touched by a pear
I looked in the clue closet but didn't find it there
So I thought of my friends on the internet, where,
All questions are answered and they do not care
About my rock addiction, or the colour of my hair
I wish I knew everything, but to be fair
I like the company here, I can even breathe the air
So if anyone knows the identity of this fare
Please post it here, if you dare 
-edited to add; sorry, no clue LOL

lmao. I knew there were some better brain waves on here. Just wasn't expecting in that direction though.
Jim

Title: Re: In need of some better brain waves
Post by: hummingbirdstones on October 29, 2014, 07:09:45 PM

I love it!  Rockhounds and poets, and we didn't even know it!   :laughing4: :laughing6: :toothy12: :toothy10:

Sorry, clueless here, too.

Title: Re: In need of some better brain waves
Post by: wampidy on October 30, 2014, 06:55:55 AM

Thanks Frank. I am going to check out the calcite mix and then marble which was suggested on another forum. I had a preconceived notion about calcite that was way off base. Been at this for five years and still a noob. sheesh
Jim