Thread: I Found It Over There

I think it is amazing how fast rock can change, in density, color and hardness.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I think it is amazing how fast rock can change, in density, color and hardness.

The blue side is soft but far harder than a king 6k, but far softer than the other side of the stone which took me a couple hours to lap flat.

I agree, especially noticable in some coticules, I may stop back at my spot tonight on the way home for some of this rock and see what is lying around and get a closer look at the cutout in the rock face, id love to find a thick layer of that light turquoise colored slate in that last pic, the more blue layers are in that area though the more fractured it is so it makes it difficult. Too bad I couldnt have been a fly on the wall when they cut the road out there, I woulda had enough stone to have a commercial setup selling hones from it lol...sadly its probably fill dirt now.

Hahaha. I know that story. The first usable hone I found really rocks and I found it in an old quarry that was used for building forestry service roads. I looked high and low and chipped a lot of rock in that quarry but everything else is loaded with inclusions. All the rest of the hones are under a road somewhere. I still look around in that area when I'm hunting but haven't found anything really good there since. The mountains are quite a ways from me so I only go out when I have a multiple purpose trip. Hunting, firewood, river fishing, berry picking and rockhounding call all get mixed up in a single trip. Typically hunting and getting firewood are the two things I do when I'm out rockhounding. Nice you have a spot on the way home from work. Iceni is combining his trip with a family gathering. Waste not want not.