My friends, David and Pedro both have a wide spectrum of interests, but I have been surprised at how quickly they suddenly joined together to devote time to rocks. During their younger years they both had been very interested in rocks, but as time passed, their attention in lapidary faded as they moved on to other things.
Decades before moving to McBride from New York City, David had packed his collection of rocks into boxes, and all of his treasured rocks were moved to McBride, then sat idle in the basement until a couple of months ago. That is when Pedro came over to help him unpack those long-ignored boxes.
Rediscovering those old treasured chunks of stone, sparked and renewed David’s interest in lapidary and Pedro was happy to be able to join in the resurgence. David immediately set out and bought equipment for cutting and polishing rocks and Pedro was happy to help with the rock work.
Hearing David talk about the enjoyment he and Pedro have been having with the rocks, reminded me about my long-ignored container of rocks (fossils) I have collected over my lifetime. On Tuesday I went over to David’s to see what he and Pedro have been up to, and to show them my fossils. (I’ll show you some of my fossils tomorrow.)
It was really interesting afternoon, seeing David’s “raw” rocks and watching how the rocks were cut and polished. Over the years, David had collected a wide variety of stones to be worked on, and the ones they had polished were beautiful. They had so many brilliant colors an designs in them.
During my childhood I had always loved to see and feel the polished rocks for sale in souvenir shops, when our family went out West on vacation. Below, is a photo of some of David’s polished rocks.
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