Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on May 22, 2010 15:23:32 GMT -5
Well, today I had to wash and groom horsies but yesterday, I had all day free with the rocksaw. These a some of the cuts from my day long session. All Eagle Pass, TX material. Thanks for looking....Mel The best Devil's Toenails I've cut yet. Really nice background color and cool shells. Closer shot: Some ehh red moss: This would have been great looking plume very much like Bloody basin but this is the first piece of Rio Grande stuff so heavily microfractured so as to be almost unusable. Closer: Orbicular rhyolite similar to poppy jasper:
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Post by deb193redux on May 22, 2010 15:28:49 GMT -5
cool stuff.
How hard is the orange bit of the devil's tonale stone?
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on May 22, 2010 16:19:57 GMT -5
Daniel: I'd guess it to be about travertine hard, maybe mohs 4-5. I've not cabbed this material yet but have done similar form Mexico that was black and white. it polished well with optical tin or cerium but fractured if overheated....Mel
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Post by drocknut on May 22, 2010 16:24:38 GMT -5
Very nice material.
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Post by stonesthatrock on May 22, 2010 22:52:37 GMT -5
ohhhhhh how pretty.... you have great materail, mel.
mary ann
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NDK
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Post by NDK on May 22, 2010 23:08:39 GMT -5
Cool stuff Mel.
Nate
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on May 23, 2010 7:46:22 GMT -5
nice batch of slabs! Love the first ones, very interesting stuff!
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Post by Bejewelme on May 23, 2010 8:05:22 GMT -5
Mel: That devil's toenail is one of my favorites! It polished very well, I used tin oxide, that red moss stuff is nice too!
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Post by Tonyterner on May 23, 2010 8:10:47 GMT -5
Nice cuts Mel. I got some of that devil's toenails from Randy but haven't cabbed a piece yet. I'll have to dig it out.
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Post by frane on May 25, 2010 8:10:23 GMT -5
I love that DT! It sure looks nice and solid! It is too bad about the micro fractures on the others. Fran
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