Some Interestin Stuff

[tabdog]

I [size=medium]just thought I would post some finds I find interestin.

I didn't choose these things for their value to any one
but me.

These are photos of tha same polished stone I found
in a tot lot.

It's odd.....

I can not capture what tha stone looks like, but it makes
for some interestin pics tryin.

Heres some other interestin stuff I found.

Thanks fer lOOkin at My Interestin Stuff,

Tabdog[/size]

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Some very interesting items that you dug up.
Like those angles and that jewelry..

 

[Crocket]

I thought I was looking at the twilight zone.That stone sure makes some neat pictures. Nice collection of finds!

 

[echostar61]

Beautiful Finds TD
The pics of the stone look like a galaxy , Awesome !

Terri

 

[1859large]

I am a geologist and I cannot say what your stone is. It could be something synthetic (man made) or it could be a gemstone.

Two question come to mind. 1. How hard is it, will it scratch glass or will glass scratch it? Gem stones are often as hard as glass. If it is a lot softer I would think man made. 2 Is it heavy or light in your estimation compared to regular rock of similar size. If is heavier or the same as a regular rock it might be natural if lighter it would likely be man made.

It does not really matter what it is if you like it. But if you where wondering.

I work on sedimentary rocks and not mining or gemstones but we learned some of that in school in mineralogy.

Nice stuff.

HH

1859

 

[mitwes56]

Its called a Jedi stone, it was presented by yoda to each Jedi knight along with a light sabre upon graduation from Jedi knight training. Rumor has it the jedi stone is what keeps all the jedi knight in contact with the "force" and with each other. Hence when a jedi knight falls in combat a ripple goes thru the force and the Jedi stone lets the carrier know this. Who knows, there may be a light sabre laying around in the ground somewhere close to the stone you found. Well its my personal hypothis on the stone situation hope this sheds some light on the mystery. wink wink

 

[coinnut]

Hi, I think it's a synthetic stone make from glass and bits of metals (copper, brass, etc) We used to call it goldstone and it came in reddish/orange, and blue varieties, plus probably others as well. That's what I think it is. We used to have a jewelry cart at a mall and we used to buy stones form catalogs and string or mount them.

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Tabdog,great stuff.

 

[tabdog]

[size=medium]It looks like a blue goldstone to me. Dark blue with tiny specks multi colored it looks like to me.
The blue goldstone is not really a stone but a hard composite of materials to give it that stone with
specks look.

Goldstone is a type of glittering glass made in tha presence of a reducing flame. Tha finished product
can take a smooth polish and be carved into beads, figurines, or other artifacts suitable for semiprecious
stone, and in fact goldstone is often mistaken or misrepresented as a natural material.

Tha most common form of goldstone appears to be reddish-brown, due to tha presence of tiny crystals
of metallic copper. When tha reduced goldstone melt cools, tha copper remains in atomic isolation and
precipitates into small crystalline clusters which reflect light through the surrounding transparent or
translucent glass, rendering tha final product effectively opaque. (Under normal oxidative conditions,
copper ions meld into tha silica to produce transparent bluish-green glass.) Some goldstone variants
have an intensely-colored glass matrix

 

[tabdog]

n/t

 

[waltship]

The first pics, I thought you were out takin pics of the stars at night. I think it's great that you use your imagination. Great pics!

 

[coinnut]

Where were you Tabdog when we had our little jewelry cart in the mall????? We could have used a guy like you with that information. Then I could have taken it easy and fed all the customer questions to you I think we're right ----- Goldstone it is. We used to get the beads mostly and they really are nice looking!

 

[echostar61]

Good Job Coinnut . I have some copper pieces set with the reddish/orange
stones . We called them monkstones . I had not seen the blue before .

Terri