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Rock Art => Carvings and Sculptures => Spheres => Topic started by: Ryaly2dogs on June 06, 2022, 06:26:42 PM

Title: New Mexico Wonderstone
Post by: Ryaly2dogs on June 06, 2022, 06:26:42 PM

Made a few spheres out of material hounded at a Barite mine outside of Hatch, NM.  It turns out to be yet another form of Wonderstone and has some interesting characteristics/features.  I rotate them about 45 degrees each day to get a new "look" on them.  They each came out about 4.3" diameter.

Title: Re: New Mexico Wonderstone
Post by: Eddie P on November 04, 2022, 12:16:00 AM

Always appreciate seeing these wonderstone spheres.  Find myself wandering to the freezer in search of raspberry ripple ice cream after admiring this kind of rhyolite.

Title: Re: New Mexico Wonderstone
Post by: R.U. Sirius on November 04, 2022, 10:13:16 AM

It seems to take decent polish and color "pop". Was it challenging to push it this far?