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Post by Bluesky78987 on Nov 26, 2012 16:09:54 GMT -5
Browsing old posts, there used to be pink bots all over the place, everybody was tumbling them. Now, no rough pink bots - only tumbled stones available. I saw a reference online somewhere to the supply having been cut off, but there don't seem to be any for sale at any price.
How can I get some? Does anybody want to sell me a couple? (for cabbing, not tumbling) Or should I just give up?
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Post by Toad on Nov 28, 2012 10:35:49 GMT -5
Supposedly no rough agates are allowed out of Botswana anymore - in any color. That has been in place for years, if not decades...
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Post by snuffy on Nov 28, 2012 11:00:06 GMT -5
You missed my auctions on here a month or so ago.2 sfr boxes. About half were pink I believe.They only allow polished bots out of there now.I dont have any cabbing sizes left,unless I run across more digging through my buckets. Probably wouldnt have sold what I did if I knew the rough ones were so hard to find now.
snuffy
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Post by Rockhobbit on Nov 28, 2012 11:00:09 GMT -5
Ralph and Maryann usually have some great bots! Check with them at Stones that Rock.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Nov 28, 2012 12:28:03 GMT -5
Thanks everybody. So that's why there are polished ones everywhere. I get it.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Nov 28, 2012 14:55:37 GMT -5
I think I got some bots. But anybody who wants to get rid of any, you know who to call now.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2012 20:00:27 GMT -5
doesn't buying polished ones allow for better selection for ones' project? Just cuz theyre polished doesn't mean you can't cut 'em and do other stuff.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Nov 28, 2012 20:05:31 GMT -5
Yeah. But they get smaller and funny shaped. And cutting them open to see what's inside is half the fun.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2012 22:56:43 GMT -5
cutting them open to see what's inside is half the fun. Cannot agree more with that statement. So many surprises indeed. In rock class last night dude brings in a HUUUUGE chunk of local (within 5 miles of my house local) onyx. I was totally jealous. He cuts it open and the particular rock had nothing inside, just a bunch of ugly cream/tan color. No pattern, no contrast. My envy went away! At least I am not the only one cutting open duds! PS. usually this locality has a lot of lacey rootbeer, white, tan coloered layers and makes a beautiful sphere. Good luck on your quest for pinkbots!
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Nov 28, 2012 23:04:13 GMT -5
Thanks! Yeah, but the duds make the good ones worthwhile.
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Post by herchenx on Nov 30, 2012 12:58:13 GMT -5
Yeah I've been finding cool old posts here and elsewhere with awesome material from some smaller countries that now prohibit exporting any raw materials.
I understand, sort of - I mean some guys lug a ton of palm root through a jungle and get paid pennies a pound so folks like me can buy it from a broker for several dollars a pound, all the profit is made out of country. These countries ( I assume) are trying to preserve their resources as well as ensure they are in a favorable spot in the economic cycle. The bummer is that I would pay someone in Africa or SouthEast Asia a fair price to work direct, but now this is no longer an option.
This probably is also a carry-over from other natural resources (guessing mostly oil) but "minerals is minerals"
I can's speak for Pink Bots, but in some instances in southeast Asia they are allowing polished slabs and chunks out as "finished." This works for large chunks of vein material, but for things that are small like agate nodules it's probably tough to justify an unscathed nodule as "finished"
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Post by Don on Nov 30, 2012 13:10:09 GMT -5
problem with the tumbled bots is that the rough is broken up for tumbling, so it's almost impossible to get nice full pattern slabs of the material for specimens or large cabochons. that's why rough, whole nodules are so desirable.
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