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Unlapped it seemed very coarse but not crumbly like the sandstone we have here. I was hopeful but maybe it's just a pretty rock.

It might come in handy if I have a lot of papers on my desk on a...

Well I'm honestly not sure it's sandstone but I am pretty sure it's not limestone. Living in Florida you get pretty used to seeing limestone. The whole state sits on a bed of it and they quarry it...

I finally got around to lapping the giant slab.
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I don't know what it is but I know what it isn't and that's the bevel setter I was hoping for. I used the coarsest SIC I have and it has a...

That is certainly a big chunk of stone. There's something very satisfying about pulling a rock from the wild and turning it into a stone that is useful. Sometimes it results in making and nicely...

We'll see. Definitely not trying it out on any high end restored gems as a test run.

I was pretty sure it is sandstone. That should make a good bevel setter I hope.

Another project once I get out from under some of the others.

Not sure exactly what this thing is but it is a big ol' honkin' thing. This is just how I found it.
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I've got way too many damn projects.

I got a couple of those bacon slices from Joamo and I have been meaning to write a review but haven't quite gotten all the info I wanted yet. So far I have...

A little of topic but in the same vain.
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Hmmm.

Get together at my sister in law's house when...

Hmmm.....

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I'm telling you it's a sickness

I know from experience that you have to be careful breaking it up. If you hit it with a pick ax or a chisel it can send razor sharp shards flying at a dangerous speed. I learned that trying to bust...

I've been thinking about trying to crack one of those great big rocks open. You have to get a really big one because of all the inclusions in the Florida chert. I'm not sure if it's very good for...

Oh I have already priced them. At the junk shop they have a 10" dewalt radial arm/chop saw for $125 but no wheel. By the way those are great big chert rocks. This part of Florida is littered with them

So I took the green mystery rock to my jeweler friend. He said he thinks it is jade...NOT gem quality, he was really clear about that but he took pictures and sent them to his friend who is a...

So, I called the Department of Geological Sciences at UF and they said they can't look at it in person because of covid etc., etc. They had me send pictures in an email which I did. I still have not...

Well if it is nephrite then that answers a question. The guy that gave it to me said that's from Alaska... Or maybe North Carolina. Apparently there is a whole mountain of nephrite near Seward...

Yes, that looks very very similar to this stone. I got it completely lapped and dressed it on wet/dry up to 1,000. I found it to be very much like an ark in character in terms of speed. It does...

So I guess it is best to move this here from the thread below.
https://sharprazorpalace.com/hones/144413-question-you-rock-hounds-3.html

I still have a ways to go but I got the rock flattened all...