Petoskey stones.

[turkeytail]

On vacation this Summer we hit the motherload on Petoskey stones! Been dinking a bit with them.

[chase]

They are a very cool fossil. Earlier this year I did acquire one.from James another member on the forum.
Thanks!!!

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[Hoss]

Nice stuff Mark thanks for sharing

[gregszybala]

Way cool Mark. Petoskey stones are a beautiful material, it has got to be fun creating pieces from it.
Has the cottage industry taken off yet? If not, I'd like to commision a piece!

[turkeytail]

gregszybala wrote:

Way cool Mark. Petoskey stones are a beautiful material, it has got to be fun creating pieces from it.
Has the cottage industry taken off yet? If not, I'd like to commision a piece!

  Sold $150 bucks worth so far.....Equals out to about $4  an hour labor but it is fun! I will send ya one. 

[gregszybala]

Thanks! But willing to pay! Heck if we all do might get you up to $4.25 an hour!
Thinking about a smaller pendent type piece for the wife.
Got to give you a call man!

[rmartin]

Those are really cool Mark!

[JoshinMO]

Neat patterns, one looks like an axe to boot! hmy:

[OnewiththewilD]

how did i miss this post?! great stuff man! very cool! whats it like working that stuff?

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OnewiththewilD wrote:

how did i miss this post?! great stuff man! very cool! whats it like working that stuff?

  Pretty soft and easy to work ...I am new to this but tried working puddingstone and too hard for me. Fun to do but had to take a break because of two surgically repaired  hands!

[OnewiththewilD]

have you ever worked with soapstone before? if not i bet you'd love it ! fellow forum member JMATT got me hooked on working with it awhile back.

[turkeytail]

Greg...Will ship in morning and OnewiththewilD message me your addy and I will send ya some raw ones...cant work with a jackknife but fun to work with! 

[OnewiththewilD]

:woohoo:  wow thanks!