Snakes and Stones

Photo #155
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Bornite is a copper iron sulfide ore, it looks gold when freshly exposed, and tarnishes into iridescent colors giving it the common name 'Peacock Ore'.
The amount of copper and iron can vary significantly in each piece, this particular piece was heavy on copper sulfide which made it problematic to polish.

Photo #156
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Rose Quartz, Blue Aventurine, a few pieces of Californite, and a piece of jade.

Photo #157
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Tumbled/polished dinosaur bone.

Photo #158
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Some gnarly agate with pits. Pictured below is the original stone.
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Photo #159
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Granite from Massachusetts

Photo #160

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No tumbling the pits out of this stone.
Overexposed this photo a little with the camera flash to try and show the translucency of the stone.
Caught a little bit of the quarter and a tiny bit of the snake.

Photo #161
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This stone is a little odd. I've tumbled a lot of rocks, but, this is the only one like it so far.

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Originally Posted by Lord Sorril

Photo #161
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This stone is a little odd. I've tumbled a lot of rocks, but, this is the only one like it so far.

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Wow, I wonder what that is? Sorta looks like a ball of yarn? :cool: What a strange rock. If you find out what it is, do let us know?

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

Wow, I wonder what that is? Sorta looks like a ball of yarn? :cool: What a strange rock. If you find out what it is, do let us know?

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Sure, you bet! I will figure it out sooner or later. :)

Photo #162
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Originally Posted by Lord Sorril

Photo #158
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...ked_srwbjc.jpg
Some gnarly agate with pits. Pictured below is the original stone.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...rhnsrrplk7.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...drhxgdedcg.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...ikt0nypzb3.jpg

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If I may input a request, I'd love more "pre-tumbled/polished" pics like this. It's neat to see the difference with the minerals between their natural and cleaned up states.