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Post by catmandewe on Feb 11, 2009 22:48:38 GMT -5
I was playing around with a piece of Bubble opal tonight and I cut off an end chunk that was about 2 inches thick, then I cut it with the grain into 5 cab blanks to see if I could find some fire between the layers. Here is what I ended up with. All of these cabs are from the same piece of end cut bubble opal. This is the outside rind section, this cab is double domed. There was fire on the top section right in the center but I lost it on the 1200 wheel. The other side of the above cab The next layer Then the next layer The next layer The final layer from the rind on the other side, this was the one that showed the most fire, oh well, coprolite happens! Was kind of fun seeing the progression of the colors. Thanks for looking............Tony
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Post by Bejewelme on Feb 12, 2009 7:04:02 GMT -5
The shades are pretty in those! What is bubble opal? Where does that come from?
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Post by catmandewe on Feb 12, 2009 10:44:51 GMT -5
Amber, Bubble opal comes from Utah and is very soft, some pieces have flash and some pieces only have color. I had flash in one of those but I ground through the flash on the 1200 wheel, thats how soft it is. The good flash in these ones was right on the seam that cracked in the last picture.
Something to play with, but I think thats about all its good for.
Tony
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Post by frane on Feb 12, 2009 12:43:08 GMT -5
Soft or not, that third piece seems to have some real depth to it! Sometimes you just have to experiment to see what you can expect out of a stone and that's what you did here. Do you think this stuff would benefit from stablizing with some glue or something? Fran
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pebblepup
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Post by pebblepup on Feb 12, 2009 14:37:05 GMT -5
You may have lost the fire but the color is still outstanding. Hopefully you will get some with fire and color in the future.
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Post by sitnwrap on Feb 12, 2009 19:55:00 GMT -5
I didn't know what Bubble Opal was either. Now I do . Thanks for showing the progression of the cuts. That's cool and I would have figured all came from the same stone except that third one cause there is not really a hint of the swirl or orbital pattern like the others.
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hope
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Post by hope on Feb 12, 2009 21:37:30 GMT -5
Great to see that progression and yet a different species of rock once again. Thanks, Tony for posting it for us.
Hope
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Feb 13, 2009 22:00:34 GMT -5
Heck Tony, Nice cabs and neat progression photos. You would really enjoy hunting the area where this material comes from. Just outside of Milford. Maybe we might have to plan a day trip down there. You could really load up your truck. Steve
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