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Liv Smith wrote:Loved all the pictures and ideas.
I am looking for more uses for river rock. Unfortunately, this kind is the only one we have around here.
In my mind though, the problem with using rock in our climate - Pacific North West- is that if you leave anything on the ground, it will be covered by grass in one season. I lost t-posts that way☺️.
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Gilbert Fritz wrote:I don't have rocks at my home property; so I'm importing tons of broken concrete. Retaining walls, pond edging, etc.
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roberta mccanse wrote:Who has built steps with rocks? I need a more stable way to get up to my roof top garden. Steps look complicated so this may not be the way to go, especially given that most of our rock here is round. Any ideas?
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Karen Donnachaidh wrote:Don't mean to hijack but there are "rock hounds" among us.
I found this rock in the gravel road in front of the house. The gravel source, I believe, is in Blue Ridge, VA.
I took a couple of pics. It's an inch by inch and a half, baby blue, vitreous, translucent, obsidian like. Any ideas?
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Deeply weathered zones, especially those at the top of metal-rich rocks and ore bodies, produce many different oxides and hydrated minerals with strong colors. The most common blue/bluish minerals of this type include azurite, chalcanthite, chrysocolla, linarite, opal, smithsonite, turquoise, and vivianite. Most people will not find these in the field, but any decent rock shop will have them all.
Earthy to pearly luster; hardnesses 3 to 6.
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