itsandbits
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since March 2012
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 21, 2013 11:00:28 GMT -5
I cut a lot of guatemalan jadeite, agate, jasper, and chalcedony so am used to cutting harder materials; most I find are 6+ mohs, but this really surprised me with it's hardness and detail. I was cutting a lot of green roc for a while; most I find here is, so when I cut this It looed boring so I put it away and now don't now what I cut it off :<)) I'm going to have to dig in the rock pile cause I lie it. It cuts harder than the blue G and just about like the jadeite. This is a local find but I'll have to see the roc to now whaere I got it. Good thing my piles are by area. It is about 2.5in. long and is at 500dia grit in the pic. thanks for looking Lloyd sorry bout the big pic. I tried to modify to put the right one in but the site won't let me Attachments:
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Feb 21, 2013 12:33:23 GMT -5
That is cool looking!
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 21, 2013 14:23:30 GMT -5
That's an interesting stone. Kinda reminds me of unakite for some reason.
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itsandbits
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since March 2012
Posts: 825
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 22, 2013 1:19:49 GMT -5
I polished it up to 1500 grit today and you can see the formations a little better. The green and the plume formations polish up real nice but the little spherules tend to shatter from the heat of polishing I think so I'll have to figure out a gentler way to do it so they stay intact. Attachments:
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