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Photos
I just posted three more pictures in the photo gallery, two of coral and one of Brazilian Agate.
I'm Back!
I have rejoined eons and my membership in your group.
In the '70's, my husband and I collected rocks and fossils, cut and polished stones. I am going to try to post some pictures of my "rock art", made of cut and tumbled Tampa Bay Coral. I still have them hanging on the walls in my bedroom.
Marie
In the '70's, my husband and I collected rocks and fossils, cut and polished stones. I am going to try to post some pictures of my "rock art", made of cut and tumbled Tampa Bay Coral. I still have them hanging on the walls in my bedroom.
Marie
A Great Tour
I just toured the photo gallery and it is awesome. When my husband and I were rockhounds, we travelled a lot. I would check the Lapidiary Journal to locate rock shops in the areas and we visited many. It has been many years since I have been inside one, but feel as though I have been today.
"In my humble, but accurate" opinion, Nam, you would make an outstanding teacher (geology, perhaps), then in your spare time a tour guide. Am amazed at the amount of knowledge you are carrying around in you head. And the best part of it is the simplicity with which you share it with others!
"In my humble, but accurate" opinion, Nam, you would make an outstanding teacher (geology, perhaps), then in your spare time a tour guide. Am amazed at the amount of knowledge you are carrying around in you head. And the best part of it is the simplicity with which you share it with others!
Found on the Ground
Shortly after we decided to start collecting rocks and minerals, we visited my sister in Cleveland County, N.C.
She lived in a rural area and nearby were fields that had recently cultivated. I was so surprised to find small garnets lying on top of the ground in the fields. They were small, about the size of a fingernail, and were not of faceting quality. I picked up about a quart of them, brought them home and put them in a tumbler. They came out beautiful polished.
At that time, I was taking Introduction to Art at the local Junior College. One of our assignments was to create a picture, choosing whatever medium we wanted. I used polished rings of Tampa Bay Coral for leaves on my tree and each leaf was outlined in polished garnets. The instructor was duly impressed, saying that he would never have thought to use those materials. Needless to say, I made an A plus on that one.
We also found large amounts of moonstone and beautiful specimens of mica lying on the sandbars in the streams nearby.
She lived in a rural area and nearby were fields that had recently cultivated. I was so surprised to find small garnets lying on top of the ground in the fields. They were small, about the size of a fingernail, and were not of faceting quality. I picked up about a quart of them, brought them home and put them in a tumbler. They came out beautiful polished.
At that time, I was taking Introduction to Art at the local Junior College. One of our assignments was to create a picture, choosing whatever medium we wanted. I used polished rings of Tampa Bay Coral for leaves on my tree and each leaf was outlined in polished garnets. The instructor was duly impressed, saying that he would never have thought to use those materials. Needless to say, I made an A plus on that one.
We also found large amounts of moonstone and beautiful specimens of mica lying on the sandbars in the streams nearby.
New to Group
Many years ago, almost forty to be exact, my husband and I spent many happy hours hunting and collecting rocks and minerals. He bought a 36" rock saw and from there we cut and polished many of them.
We hunted agates on the shores of Lake Superior, garnets in North Carolina and petrified wood in Alabama. We also made many happy memories and they remain with me, even though he ended his journey in Feb. 08.
We hunted agates on the shores of Lake Superior, garnets in North Carolina and petrified wood in Alabama. We also made many happy memories and they remain with me, even though he ended his journey in Feb. 08.
