wargrafix
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Post by wargrafix on Mar 8, 2024 12:38:18 GMT -5
Fascinating. I meant like a single slab, not a combo Biggest aggie slab I’ve seen was in a shop in Quebec. Nice Brazilian about three feet in diameter, displayed vertically. I’ve got one that would make a nice end table – 16 x 20 x ½”, about ten pounds. : ) Hot. Damn. Imagine that polished and as your coffee table. Penulimate flex right there.
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whyofquartz
spending too much on rocks
So, Africa is smaller than I expected...
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Post by whyofquartz on Mar 10, 2024 10:28:52 GMT -5
I know there are Petrified Wood slabs that large. there is a fellow who trucks trees from Arizona to Massachusetts and slabs and polishes them and they cost about what you would expect. you can get a conference table for probably $100k? it has been a while since I looked it up, it is several orders of magnitude too rich for my taste, but if e're I win the lotto...
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wargrafix
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Post by wargrafix on Mar 10, 2024 18:55:44 GMT -5
Imagine a crazy lace slab in one piece big enough for a dining table
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 11, 2024 0:30:56 GMT -5
If I can find the small agate table top I have somewhere in the garage I will get a picture posted( I am at mercy of the warehouse and the photography departments). Traded for it with Paul Wofford who owned a Rock Shop in Marfa Texas. He had taken us down to Lajitas for the first time back in 77 or 78 and I had found a 25-30 pound piece of petrified wood he wanted so he gave me the table top for it. Unfortunately the epoxy he used has yellowed over the years. It has a good bit of West Texas material in it so I was considering submitting it to an Acetone bath to rescue the agate slabs. victor1941 Do you remember Paul Wofford? Just for jollies you might try a plastic headlamp restoration kit on it first, the yellowing may be only a few microns deep.
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Post by HankRocks on Mar 11, 2024 5:41:42 GMT -5
That's a good idea and worth a try. Will pick some up on my next buying expedition.
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