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Petrified Wood update, getting the beauty out

by Stewart Burnett • July 20, 2014 • 4 Comments

Along Lower Mainland river basins I find a lot of what I assume is petrified wood, with the odd piece from the ocean. Some look perfectly like wood and are very striking, but many look quite dull and are harder to positively identify. But tumbling stones can bring out the beauty in them.

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Vibrating to the finish line

by Stewart Burnett • July 20, 2014 • 1 Comment

My Thumler UV10 Rock Tumbler has seen the light of day and I’ve completed the second phase (of at least four) of rock tumbling.

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Another rockhound day at the beach

by Stewart Burnett • July 17, 2014 • 3 Comments

I woke up early yesterday with only a few hours of sleep. It’s summer in British Columbia and the sun’s up before 6am and it’s hot not long after, so I decided to make the most of the morning and go down to my favourite local beach for some rockhounding.

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Setting the rock tumblers

by Stewart Burnett • July 16, 2014 • 0 Comments

My wheels of industry are cranking – both my Lortone rotary rock tumblers and my Thumler vibratory rock tumbler are set and going to work on some of my BC rocks.

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Whale bone?

by Stewart Burnett • July 15, 2014 • 0 Comments

Assisted by her inherent luckiness, my girlfriend found an incredible rock while we were kayaking on Vancouver Island yesterday. 

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Opening a rock tumbler is like Christmas

by Stewart Burnett • July 14, 2014 • 5 Comments

Finding rocks is the first Christmas, and then taking them out of your rock tumbler is the second.

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Rockhound Spidey sense

by Stewart Burnett • July 13, 2014 • 2 Comments

Either my mind is retroactively making up a nice story or I really have had a rockhounding “Spidey sense” before a good find.

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Rockhounding takes a warmup

by Stewart Burnett • July 12, 2014 • 0 Comments

Something I’ve discovered in life is that I need a warmup before I’m good at anything.

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Rockhounding Trips

Low tide rockhounding at my favourite beach

by Stewart Burnett • July 12, 2014 • 3 Comments

I got out to my favourite local beach on Vancouver Island today in Nanoose Bay. It’s my favourite because of its privacy and bounty of great rocks, like our local jasper Dallasite and attractive porphyry Flowerstone.

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Big Flowerstone and Dallasite!

by Stewart Burnett • July 11, 2014 • 1 Comment

Here are a couple big finds of Flowerstone and Dallasite.

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