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[Eu_citzen]

Break it open so we can see a fresh surface.

 

[Mrtodd]

Chisel hammer ?
Saw?

 

[Eu_citzen]

Hammer or chisel. What ever works; just don't saw it.

 

[Montana Explorer]

Hammer or chisel. What ever works; just don't saw it.

When you wack it, make sure you are wearing gloves & safety glasses.

After rockhounding for years; I took a wack at a big limb casting of petrified (really hard silicified) wood which had a rind on the outside; in order to see what it looked like underneath...
I was wearing safety glasses but hadn't taken the trouble to go put my gloves on, as I was busy sorting pieces of material out of a 4'x4' tote & would have had to walk 15' to where my gloves were sitting.

The rind fractured & I thought a chip had bounced off my right forefinger, as it bled like crazy.

There was actually a small chip of the rind which had penetrated all the way to the bone in the finger, on the left side & just below the knuckle... which I had to have removed about 3 years later due to chronic pain.

It showed up on an MRI, & the surgery wasn't cheap...Safety is important. You can lose your eye if your not careful.

 

[Mrtodd]

Dang! Three years later?!
Safety first.
Thanks for tips

 

[Mrtodd]

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