When we're looking for rock treasures in the desert, often we see only a few millimeters of something interesting sticking out of the dirt. Sometimes you saw it open and find only uninteresting rock.
If you're lucky you get some beautiful stuff like crystals, quartz, or wonderfull colors.
I asked Duane to saw some of my maybe treasures today and here is what we found.
This rock, which looks like petrified cow poop
revealed some beautiful white color. These rocks are all chalcedony, which forms ripples and bumps as it grows. These get covered by a rock layer that hides the beauty inside.
Sometimes I want the halved rocks cut into jewelry sized pieces which are then sanded to remove the outside layer. Other pieces will be tumbled as they are to remove the outer layer.
That's a job for another day.
Louise and Duane
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