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Post by tntmom on May 11, 2013 22:31:17 GMT -5
Got my slab grabber from Tony and after spending a couple hours figuring out all of the different ways I can use it...... I took it on a test run. Love it!!! My mail lady didn't deliver it to me until 3 o'clock so I only got in a couple of slabs today. But........ have to share with you!!!!! My Washington friend gave me some Listwanite and I was floored as soon as I saw the end cut. The whole reason I ordered a slab grabber!!!! OMG!!!!!!! Here are the slabs I did today! Dang! I also cut two slabs of Tony's Davis Creek. The first two slabs are showing a bit of pink and green but I stopped slabbing and decided to wait unitl tomorrow as I think I need to reorient the stone a bit for a better flash! (there are so many color bands on each rock that I received from him that I have just GOT TO get the orientation spot on, this stuff is KILLER!!!!!)
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Post by herchenx on May 11, 2013 22:47:25 GMT -5
Nice! That Listwanite looks similar to some Gary Green I got from Judy that I'm slabbing now.
Very cool!
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Post by Sabre52 on May 11, 2013 22:50:39 GMT -5
Great slabs! I've never heard the name Listwanite before. Looks almost wood like in it's pattern and very pretty too....Mel
PS: Googled it and it's almost like Mariposite in composition (calcite, dolomite, quartz and chromium mica) and like Mariposite, often associated with gold. Very interesting stone.
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Post by tntmom on May 11, 2013 22:56:07 GMT -5
It's KILLER stuff!!!!!
Here is a quote from my friend that collected it:
"Silicated listwanites like this one are a combination of white quartz and calcedony . Usually the calcedony is chrysoprase but in this particular creek a lot of the stones are full of copper minerals and this seemed like one of those so I would say the blue-green coloring is from chrysacholla in quartz. Listwanite is only formed in active earthquake faults and totally silicified listwanites are only prevalent in a few of them . Every boulder is very different and all have an inches deep red-orange rind which makes the game much more difficult . Very interesting rock."
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Post by Bikerrandy on May 12, 2013 0:48:45 GMT -5
The listwanite is some really cool stuff!! I'm looking at the obsidian though, I want to see that last piece cabbed. I'll bet it's gonna be unreal!
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on May 12, 2013 8:20:42 GMT -5
Isn't the slab grabber cool! I LIKE the listwantite, ooops mispelled, I guess it's because I want some!
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Post by Sabre52 on May 12, 2013 9:06:17 GMT -5
Great information Krystee. Sounds like listwanite is much harder and more full of silica than Mariposite, even though chemically similar. Mariposite seldom runs much over 50% silica as quartz and has no chalcedony. The dolomite/calcite seems to be more dominant in the mix making for a softer stone of only about Mohs 3 or so and of course the chrome mica makes it problematic to cab too. Your material would seem to be much more suited for cabbing. I can't tell from your pic but does your listwanite have chrome mica sparkles too...Mel
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Post by tntmom on May 12, 2013 14:51:01 GMT -5
Mel, No mica sparkles. The appearance is very Jasper like. In my pieces there is no translucency except at the very edges of the slabs (like Jade). If I would have found it and not known what it was I would have definitely thought it was a Jasper. This isn't the best picture as I'm heading out in a bit to go see my oldest sons performance in Seattle. But to give you an idea of the edge translucency.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2013 23:03:07 GMT -5
That is very sweet. Quite different than the listwanite cube I got from justin.
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