i have some peices, is it possible i can break them into smaller peices somehow??
i think it would be extremely hard/impossible (without industrial tools), but never hurts to ask. :look: :thud:
breaking petrified wood - possible?
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i have some peices, is it possible i can break them into smaller peices somehow??
i think it would be extremely hard/impossible (without industrial tools), but never hurts to ask. :look: :thud:
Raskolnikov said:
Along with a chisel (to help avoid shattering, unless that's what you want). If you don't have a chisel you can use a flat head screw driver. Place it where you want the break and give it a good wack. Should work...Let us know how you make out.
Petrified wood i THINK is primarily calcium carbonate (also known as limestone, marble, coral, chalk, hard water stains, etc). Created when water disolves limestone and is then filtered through wood buried in sediment. as the hardened water replaces that in the rotting vegetation the calcium carbonate crystalizes back into a solid form basicly using the original cell walls as molds. .... or something to that effect.
Assuming what i said is more or less correct. It will affect ph/gh/kh of the water but only if the water is under a certain ph. I think its 7.6. If ph is less greater than that the stone will not dissolve.
Of course if i am completely wrong then maybe someone else will clarify.
Breaking it... most sedementary rocks do not have cleavage (get your minds out of gutter). This means it will not break easily in nice smooth surfaces. On the other hand, since the individual chunks of limestone that crystalized follow the orderly nature of the original wood, It might break smoothly.
You could check some stone sculpturing (marble?) techniques online somewhere to find out how to make the rock break the way you want it.
Assuming everybody isn't still thinking of female pet rocks, I think I will close this encyclopaedia entry
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Assuming what i said is more or less correct. It will affect ph/gh/kh of the water but only if the water is under a certain ph. I think its 7.6. If ph is less greater than that the stone will not dissolve.
Of course if i am completely wrong then maybe someone else will clarify.
Breaking it... most sedementary rocks do not have cleavage (get your minds out of gutter). This means it will not break easily in nice smooth surfaces. On the other hand, since the individual chunks of limestone that crystalized follow the orderly nature of the original wood, It might break smoothly.
You could check some stone sculpturing (marble?) techniques online somewhere to find out how to make the rock break the way you want it.
Assuming everybody isn't still thinking of female pet rocks, I think I will close this encyclopaedia entry
.
Watcher74 said:
A collector, maybe, but not of rocks. actually I'm just a really bored computer tech with 3mbps broadband internet and google
.. I tend to collect tidbits of useless information. At one time i did some geology. I don't have the resources to actually go out spelunking for rocks and those **** stores want a kidney and first born child for a smallest slice of agate anymore.
I know a little about almost everything (want to get into string theory
.. but not enough to decide on what major to do my masters in.