Ya Gotta Cut 'Em
- Dan Mabbutt
- May 22, 2024
- 1 min read
Close call for a great piece of Dino Bone
Nick ordered some rocks a few weeks ago. He let me pick them out from the piles of my dad's rocks. This one ALMOST went over the side into Surprise Wash.
When I first looked at this rock, it was covered with dust so it didn't even look as good as this picture. For a minute or so, I seriously considered tossing it into Surprise Wash. But I spent a lot of hours scouring the ground for dino bone with my dad as a kid. That does something to your brain so you instinctively recognize patterns. There was something about this rock that said, "dino bone" to me.
So, I tossed it into the package to send to Nick. After he cut it, this is what it looks like.
That's a NICE piece of dino bone! I had no idea it would turn out that way. The takeaway from this blog is, "You gotta cut 'em to find out what they're really like." Nearly all of the rocks I sell at KinesavaROCKS are rough and a lot of them have a weathered surface. (Like this one.)
But my dad was a great rockhound and he didn't bring back any leaverrite. The whole pile is great old stock.
Was very nervous cutting, only having my first saw for 3 months now and not knowing how the material would "behave", but it cut very cleanly and the replacement detail inside is AWESOME! Planning to leave it intact now, per the pic above, though I may take a small mini "slab" off someday when I am more experienced and can actually do something with it...maybe a bolo tie, in honour of who I got it from ;) Thanks for the great piece, Dan!
I'm glad it turned out that way for Nick. He's in Canada and getting rock up there is a "weighty" problem.
That is a beautiful piece!!
What a lovely pattern. Great contrast!
That is some beautiful bone!