Description: Kona Dolomite Tumbling rough! 2lb Lot of Kona KONA DOLOMITE FROM MARQUETTE COUNTY MICHIGAN This is the ONLY place in the world that this type of Dolomite is found.....very rare, and hard to find! 2 Billion years old HUGE RANGE OF COLORS in these Tumble/Cabbing Size!Salmon Pinks, Creamy White, Reddish Brown, Greys, Rare Chocolates, and some with Moose Blood! (Red Feldspar crystals) Kona is 3.5-4 hardness scale, which is easy to carve, shape, cab and tumble. Please refer to outside resources on tumbling 3.5-4 hardness scale rocks and minerals. Nice color variations and banding here and some real character. You can see the individual layers of 2 Billion year old algae layers in different colors. Note the strong Iron stained banding due to deep earth processes.....these are all impacted by the underground super-heated pressures from long ago. Approximate irregular dimensions of 1" - 3" and irregular thickness. Please see US quarter in last two photos for size reference. There is approximately 6-12 pieces per lb. Listing is for 2 lbs of Kona Tumbling/Cabbing sized rough. You will receive a 2lb lot of Kona Dolomite randomly scooped. These rocks are scooped at random and every lot may not have every color of dolomite listed above. Larger lots have a greater chance of having more variety due to the increase in number of stones in larger lbs lots. Stones in photos are representative of the ones you will receive. These are not polished, with the last 2 photos taken dry. All other photos are wet. Kona will take a great shine and polish. Please see photos for more details. As with all rocks there may be fractures or imperfections and sold as-is with no returns. Named after the Kona Hills south of Marquette County, Michigan where it is found. Kona Dolomite is an ancient rock in which formations of fossil stromatolite (blue-green algae) occur. The stone is between 2.1 to 2.2 billion years old. These stromatolite formations are from some of the first life on earth. These fossil formations are found in the lower eras of the Middle Precambrian Period. Because of the great age, and due to the many trace minerals present, kona dolomite can be found in a wide variety of shades including pink, brown, yellow, cream, red and orange with shades of brown, cream, gray and black mottling, banding and lacing. BUT KONA DOLOMITE IS ONLY FOUND IN ONE PLACE IN THE WORLD......MICHIGAN's UP! If you are going to bid on multiple items, we will leave the box open for you to save on shipping. If you are bidding on several auctions just send us an e-mail and let us know so we can combine an invoice. If you are purchasing via a buy-it-now, we will be glad to refund excess shipping. We recently have had several buyers who have purchased 2 or 3 buy-it-now items, and we promptly refunded the overage for the shipping via their PayPal account. Depending the total number of pounds of rock depends on the size box we can put it in. In heavy and larger shipments, we double box to ensure safe delivery. If at all possible, we will put it into one box. If they will get there better in two boxes, due to size and weight, that is how they will ship. We want to ensure that you get the best quality product safely delivered to you. Payment is expected within 3 days of auction close. This will ship very well padded and protected. Please check out my feedback regarding what past buyers are saying about the quality of the material (agates/rocks/copper/etc.) and of the packaging and shipping. Their responses and feedback are my best endorsements. Thanks,CopperBrookFarms Thanks for looking at this and my other listings and auctions.
Price: 7.5 USD
Location: Stephenson, Michigan
End Time: 2023-08-30T23:39:57.000Z
Shipping Cost: 9.45 USD
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