New Brunswick stones

Here's the first one..

more views..

otherside

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one more angle

I hope to get some more pics up soon, I was working in NB & brought home as many stones as I could. "Do you have a bunch of rocks in your bags?" they asked me at the x-ray machine in the airport while giving their heads a shake.
I wish I could have brought more home or had more time to search, the stone above & a few others I'll show later I found by randomly pulling over @ a stream I was passing about a half hr before darkness set in.

Some stones I found there had this amazing patina to them. The above stone was simply washed in water & the photo is taken dry, inside with a flash. I wish I had payed more attention at the time but I think it was the portion underground that had the shiny skin. Is this due to being in wet sand over time? I would love to develop the same patina over the entire stone, any ideas?

mp

Beautiful stones mp...I hope there will be more advocate in this crazy hobby of ours,HE! HE!
keep on posting

Alex/Ogie

Your works great, there are some colorful it? [color:840a=#000]Anticipation

Lovely stone and patina...how big is it.

Kind regards Yvonne

Thanks for the replies, there are some interesting colours in the stone, greyish greens, whites & golden to chocolate browns.
I took another pic today by daylight without the flash, maybe the colour will show up better.

As far as the size of the stone, I can't find my tape measure but it's about 1 foot by 18 inches I'd say.

Here's another of the same type of stone, notice the difference in texture on the top & bottom.
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another, same type

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Another from the same location, some type of green & blue mineral?

A few more from different locations, what do you see in these stones?

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I hope you enjoy my new stones, I am quite happy with them, as you can see my baggage was quite heavy;)