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  • Tiger Chert Patination Experiment

    It has only been ten months but I think that's long enough to see the difference. The first picture is the original and the second picture is how it looks now.
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    Michigan Yooper
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  • #2
    I can see why it is called tiger chert.
    Thanks for the update Ron.
    Those pieces will likely continue to improve over the years.
    Bruce
    In life there are losers and finders. Which one are you?

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    • #3
      You just leave it exposed to the sun?
      Searching the fields of NW Indiana and SW Michigan

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      • Ron Kelley
        Ron Kelley commented
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        Hey Greg, Yes I left them outside on a limestone rock. They didn't get sun all days because they were covered with show for a couple of months.

    • #4
      Dang at the difference !!!
      As for me and my house , we will serve the lord

      Everett Williams ,
      NW Arkansas

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      • #5
        That was much quicker than I would have ever imagined.

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        • #6
          Wow...that's amazing
          Wandering wherever I can, mostly in Eastern Arkansas, always looking down.

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          • #7
            This is interesting because they weren't in the soil. I always thought The Sun might have Something to do with how the shade/color could change. Yes mineralization in soil's change them but just Sun apparently does too. Neat Ron!
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            • #8
              Amazing Ron thanks for the update on this. That is an awesome point in the first picture but the highlights look even better after time in the sun.
              TN formerly CT Visit our store http://stores.arrowheads.com/store.p...m-Trading-Post

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              • #9
                Neat lithic experiment Ron.

                It would be interesting to continue monitoring this color change over a period of say 5 years and photo document it at least once year.

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                • #10
                  Wow thats a pretty dramatic change!
                  Josh (Ky/Tn collector)

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                  • #11
                    That's a beautiful lithic & the transformation is almost magical. Wonder if the NAs thought so.
                    Child of the tides

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