[Rockhounds] Fordite

[John Scully]

Don't dismiss fordite.  The original stuff before cooying was spectacular.
🙂


On Tue, Dec 15, 2020, 8:10 PM Tim Fisher <nospam at orerockon.com> wrote:

> Believe it or not people actually LOOK for the stuff. Will wonders never
> cease?
>
> Tim Fisher
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rockhounds [mailto:rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com] On
> Behalf Of Alan Silverstein
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2020 7:03 PM
> To: rockhounds at rockhounds.drizzle.com
> Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Fordite
>
> > I thought it was clever that someone would use an otherwise waste
> > material for lapidary...
>
> One time out rockhounding a remote area, but near a paved road, I found a
> bright yellow rock(?) about 3" across and nearly 1" thick, flattish with
> rounded edges, some pitting, not very dense at all.  It was still rather
> tough to cut through or otherwise abrade.  I took it into our local club,
> where someone told me it was...  Dried highway lane marker paint that must
> have built up and dropped off a paint truck.  Huh!
>
> Cheers,
> Alan Silverstein
>
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