ETCHING ROCKS FOR GIFT - SILVER OR TREMOLITE?
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- Опубліковано 14 гру 2017
- Etching two rocks by dissolving calcite with white vinegar for a gift.. Anyone think the silver looks like a dragon toe (with scales)? Or it the bladed tremolite the better specimen?
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Wow!!!!! I'm delighted!!!
It's 9am here and I have been up all night not very well, and this is just what I needed !!
I will be over the moon to receive my beautiful rock in the New Year after all the fuss is over .. Thank you so so much!!!
Back to bed for me now for a wee while .. warm hugs and much love from Ireland!! (Jen)
Darn flu. It is the time of year for it. Get better. When you have a chance, send me an email with your mailing info to tess99991rocks@gmail.com
No flue lol, just 2 17 hour shifts lol Thank you so much again and love to your family !!! Sent you an email via G+ :)
PS. When you going ghost hunting again lol ??
Nice rockie horror insert! You surprised me :)
That Tremolite is mighty nice!
I really love these etching videos
I need to find some more and different rocks so I can continue. I enjoy etching, as I never really know what is inside and get surprised sometimes. Thanks for the feedback.
I wrap a lot of crystals but wanting to go out and find some so learning love searching for rocks awesome collection of rocks you got there 😊❤️✌🏻
I'd like to learn how to wrap. Maybe this winter. It would be special to make something like that from one that was self collected. ;-)
Boy! U have fans form Ireland!! Very nice hey! U have alot of goodies there!!This one at the end is really interesting, all the different colors and shapes, greeeerate!!
Just realized how red your fingers were outside! Burrrrr!! 5 below?? Or 15 degrees?
Nice one at the end! Really nice !
LOL another Jenny from Ireland who loves watching your videos!!! Funny thing I got a puppy(Black Lab) named Maisie who needed lots of walks, I live beside the ocean and on my many walks with Maisie I discovered a great source of turquoise chrysocolla copper etc, so naturally I took to UA-cam to see what other rock hounders were finding and I discovered you and daisy!!!! FYI lately I’m finding cobalt(I think) so I’m hunting the metals you suggest are found when cobalt is near!!!
Anyways best wishes from the southwest of Ireland(formally New York)
Try slicing some of that copper. Sometimes, they are outstanding inside.
@@meMiner i took your advice..got a wet tile cutter, armed with a new blade i began slicing ….amazing ….beautiful ….now I’m adicted…have to go find samples daily and then back home to slice, its like opening Christmas presents!!! Thanks for the tip
Canada is JUST FULL WITH Crystals, and tons of other stuff!! It's amazing!
We are very lucky. Especially, where the Canadian Shield meets the sedimentary rock.
Wow, thanks for etching that Tremolite. I just posted a video inquiring about a few rocks I have from Grace Lake and Titanite hill. I thought that they may be bladed Tremolite. After seeing your specimen. I'm almost certain. The rocks I have from Grace Lake are really dark smokey quartz with grayish bladed Tremolite mixed within it. And the Rock I found at Titanite hill appears to be Blue Bladed Tremolite mixed with Calcite.
For sure there is tremolite in both locations. Blue bladed would be cool. I have found clear and grey.
My vote is the tremolite, it's so beautiful and gives hours of viewing pleasure.
One more vote for tremolite. ;-)
I am so jelious of how many different minerals you have up there! I live at the bottom of New Mexico in a town called Las Cruces and we have the prettiest mountains that you ever did see! It is dry and hot in the summer time so it isn't a good idea to go out into 110-115 degrees ferinhiet to rock hunt. I found a large crystal at the salvation army for 2 dollars! I couldn't believe it! I found out it was from Mexico and called a desert rose, she is a beautiful specimen and I love her crystal rose pettals, they are beautiful! It came from a place call Ojo de la casa Samalayuca, I can't even pronounce it but that is where my crystal came from! I wish I could attach a photo!
Sweet find at the Sally-Anne!
Thanks buddy!
Nice!
Your snow outside is turning me into hibernation. Bear sleeping season
I like how both turned out but I would go with the tremolite
So far, all votes for the tremolite.
Tremolite Greig!! Keep that other piece and have it analyzed! Be interesting to see what it really is? It's very hard to determine by eye secondary or pseudo minerals from Cobalt. I have a few that I've set aside to have looked at one day.
One vote for Tremolite. ;-) There is a place in Orillia that has an XRF. If they are not too busy or are interested in buying rock for refining, they will test and give me the written results. I should do that again. It is really interesting to see the content, although it is from just a little spot on the rock.
I love all your videos. I'm still new to rockhounding. I have a ton of specimens but I love all that you have. Can you suggest how to go about looking for a good spot to dig? I live in Richmond Virginia.
Your best bet is to join a local rock and mineral club that has field trips
I have to say that the Tremolite piece would be the one to send to your viewer , it seems to be much more interesting and attractive to look at .
One vote for tremolite. :-)
I am also interested in stones. I am also picking stones. I have a few stones and I want to send you a picture. I would like to ask you what kind of stone it is and I am studying how to send it to you. Thank you
How do you carve in stone?
⭐X 10👍
Tremolite, would not that be dangerous because of asbestos fibers?
transparent tremolite crystals, now that triggers my rockhounding dreams, it`s almost a wild goose chase but a great chase to find those nonetheless...pls do more hunts of those tess99991 when the weather permits, thx
Limited opportunities now until spring. It is going to be a long winter for us northern rockhounds.
Can you find cool rocks in maryland.. besides fossils?
I can't go any where with out looking for rocks lol my 7 year old is the same way
It is a great hobby and maybe your 7 year old is a future geologist.
Did you just say Latchford...? Thats nearing my neck of the woods where i grew up!
Yep. ;-)
I have a big crystal growth inside of a big rock. And dont know what to use to clean it
You can leave it alone or try to extract. If you try to extract, you can do it mechanically (cut/slice or break) or chemically (etch). Etching only works on some kinds of rock, so you will have to know the kind of rock that you want to remove. A quick test will tell you if the "bad" rock will dissolve and the "good" crystal will be unaffected. If the bad won't dissolve or the good does, then you are stuck with trying something mechanical - saw or hammer/chisel. Good luck. It could be a fun project.
How do I find them? Do I just go online and type in local mineral and rock clubs near me!?
That would probably work. Or the name of your town and "rock", "mineral", "fossil" and/or club. The great thing is the cost to join is probably tiny and the people you will meet will be interesting and knowledgeable.
How does hydrogen peroxide effect silver to how it effects Gold cleaning?
I have not tried it but the science says it would clean silver, especially if combined with baking soda. Same for gold. If one could get very concentrated hydrogen peroxide (I cannot), then it could become rocket fuel when silver is added. I recall that the stuff women use on their hair is about 3% (and usually they dilute it further). For effective fuel, it would need to be over 85%.
Tremolite
Lol my two cents first again !!! 😱 🐓 🐔 🐣🐣🐣 🐤🐤 💕💕
I actually found a huge rock today that is 95 percent calcite with one black 2 inch
Stripe going through it .it weighs 20 pounds !
What do you think is in the black stripe?
I've found something simular to that it is about 60% calcite with 34% granite and 6% off some dark dark green lines
Is the stripes dark dark green because mine are thought they were black at first.
If you want to have some fun, take a small one with the green/black and calcite. Put it into a plastic bowl and add regular white table vinegar. It may take a while to dissolve the calcite, but it will work. See if there is something interesting that gets exposed.
tess99991 ok i will thanks for the advice
I'd go with the tremolite, if the silver was sliced I'd say go with it but unsliced just doesn't do it for me. The tremolite crystals make a better gift.
One vote for the tremolite. I bet the silver piece would shine like chrome if cut, but might also fall apart.
What are you talking about? "some of the cabs can do something with that" (tremolite)
Maybe I meant to say someone who cabs can do something with that?
I don't like etching all of them, some I have no doubt are better un-etched
I have plenty that are unetched. I was actually hoping to expose large clear tremolite crystals, which are very rare.
we are very simular when it comes to your doomsday stockpile lol . Awesome video sir , cant wait for spring .... already -_- . going insane from boredom , lots of youtube documentaries.. " DrainTheGreatLakes " is interesting bigtime , if u havnt seen it . it helped answer a few questions i had haha , seeing as Lake Huron is in my backyard . wish i was diver certified tho lol , would find wicked stuff underwater from the past yanno
Drain the Lakes was really well done. I would love to have Lake Huron in my backyard. I am a certified diver. I did not get into the water at all last year. There are a few spots to dive for crystals that I want to check out. That would be an excellent video. I need to fix my GoPro (scratched lens), so I can take it underwater for some treasure hunting.
Man , that would make for a decent video!! And ts nice here but i live in the polluted part of huron im sure. ..the Northshore, Cameco and a Lime plant are close by . Also the Pronto mines . Most of the summer their is ususlly a sign on the beach saying not to swim bcs high levels of "bacteria" aka chemicals. Would prefer to live on a lake out in the boonies . Like a mountain man LOL even the fish around here , there is a limit to what u can comsume per year due to mercury and whatnot. More so in the Elliot Lake area. But.. Then again most food is harmfull . Rather croke eating walleye and lakers lmao
I am lucky. I am on a private lake where you can still drink the water. I have been places in the north where I would not wash a spoon in the water. I would have thought Huron was so big that it would be clean. I can tell you that I would not eat the fish near Cobalt Ontario due to contamination. I have seen people who do. So far, none have dropped dead the next day, nor grown any 5 leg frogs out of their foreheads. Then again, why take the chance?
tess99991 hahah yeah i seen that on your previous video , looks beut out there !!! , im sure the bigger part of the lake is fine, but the northshore is small and shallow . , It might not affect them today or tmro , but good chance of longterm damage from it . my brother lives in elliot and hes a die hard fisherman , slowly watching him develope schitzophrenia i think LOL , huffing Radon gas and munching fish from tailings lakes . no goood man
I think my cred. was hurt when I talked to one of the fisherman in Cobalt who had a large pike. I leaned out the window of my truck with a smoke in my hand and said "you know, eating those things from this lake is not a good idea". LOL
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I loved that movie scene in "All of Me". ;-)
c quoi qui veux le coqqqqq ???????!!!!!!!! hihihihihihihi nice video comme a l habitude
Toujours des difficultes our comprendre et traduire la langue, ce qui m"a attire c 'est cette alternance du chant du coq et le chien qui aboit hhhh
Les coqs m'attendent pour la vidéo, puis chantent
Petrified body parts dude. The rust is transitioned from blood. And everything else is also transitioned. That's biology not geography..Look for vein and artery spots.