• @908musdf
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    21 year ago

    A small beryl crystal I EDC, and a large specimen of silicified tuff from my claim that lives in my office.

    • TroyOPM
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      21 year ago

      silicified tuff from my claim

      Oooh! What’s your claim? Anything cool?

      • @908musdf
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        21 year ago

        The tuff was flow-banded, and the silica followed and preserved the structure. So not exactly agate, but there are sections that look much like it. Other minerals would be cooler, but it is nice lapidary stone!

        • TroyOPM
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          21 year ago

          Do you sell them raw, or just use them for your own purposes?

          • @908musdf
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            11 year ago

            I am barely getting started with lapidary, like at choosing a saw right now. Eventually both, I hope (thus the claim).

            • TroyOPM
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              21 year ago

              Feel free to post project updates here. This isn’t !woodworking@lemmy.ca, so we won’t have anything like their traffic, but there’s probably quite a few rocks and minerals nerds here who would love to see updates! Myself included :)