gemfeller
Cave Dweller
Member since June 2011
Posts: 3,807
|
Post by gemfeller on Mar 12, 2014 20:45:09 GMT -5
I found a little free time today to finish three cabs I'd previously roughed-out. It's my first experience with Hell's Canyon wood -- or I should say my first "successful" experience, since my first stone split along an annular growth line. It needs a little TLC I think. Fascinating stuff especially the drusy "worm holes" and contrasting growth lines. The Prudent Man plume is easy cutting but it does tend to slightly undercut along fortification lines. I'll know better how to avoid that next time. It has clear quartz druse at the top but it doesn't show up well in the angle of my image. I'll try again later. The Linda Marie was an experiment and I'll be cutting more of this material. It doesn't require backing because the background is naturally black to other dark tones. Neat stuff! Hell's Canyon Wood Prudent Man Plume Linda Marie Plume
|
|
snuffy
Cave Dweller
Member since May 2009
Posts: 4,319
|
Post by snuffy on Mar 12, 2014 20:52:03 GMT -5
Spectacular wood!!
snuffy
|
|
|
Post by roy on Mar 12, 2014 22:40:19 GMT -5
nice work i really like the hells canyon wood
|
|
|
Post by pghram on Mar 13, 2014 0:23:17 GMT -5
Great set, I especially like the Hell's canyon.
Rich
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Member since January 1970
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2014 19:17:35 GMT -5
wow
Rick the wood is mind bending......
wow
|
|
|
Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Mar 13, 2014 19:34:36 GMT -5
Hard to pick a favorite here. All great materials to work with and very skilled cabbing too.
Chuck
|
|
miander
spending too much on rocks
Searching for the shop of my dreams...
Member since November 2013
Posts: 407
|
Post by miander on Mar 13, 2014 22:51:51 GMT -5
Wow is that some amazing material you got there! I wanted to snatch the cabs off the monitor, very nice!
|
|
adrian65
Cave Dweller
Arch to golden memories and to great friends.
Member since February 2007
Posts: 10,777
|
Post by adrian65 on Mar 14, 2014 1:15:14 GMT -5
That pet wood - what planet is it from?
Adrian
|
|
herchenx
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2012
Posts: 3,360
|
Post by herchenx on Mar 14, 2014 1:39:13 GMT -5
Those are fantastic cabs
|
|
Tommy
Administrator
Member since January 2013
Posts: 12,683
|
Post by Tommy on Mar 14, 2014 7:25:37 GMT -5
Those are all beautiful cabs Rick! I too love the wood the best - you did a phenomenal job capturing the pattern.
|
|
jamesp
Cave Dweller
Member since October 2012
Posts: 36,169
|
Post by jamesp on Mar 14, 2014 8:45:49 GMT -5
Those are off the chart. The wood is unreal. The most druzy pockets in wood ever. Killer gran to boot.
|
|
grayfingers
Cave Dweller
Member since November 2007
Posts: 4,575
|
Post by grayfingers on Mar 14, 2014 9:10:33 GMT -5
Wow, as another fan of woods I have to favorite the Hell's Canyon. I really like Prudent Man too, was that from the first vein?
|
|
|
Post by Tonyterner on Mar 14, 2014 9:17:05 GMT -5
3 very nice cabs from some pretty material. The wood is my favorite and is the most technically difficult. I never heard of Linda Marie Plume before.
|
|
|
Post by mohs on Mar 14, 2014 9:40:16 GMT -5
totally enjoyable!
|
|
|
Post by rockjunquie on Mar 14, 2014 10:50:05 GMT -5
Very nice choice in materials and great way to showcase them. That wood is out the door! I love it myself... and yes, it is tricky to work. You did a knock out job with it.
|
|
gemfeller
Cave Dweller
Member since June 2011
Posts: 3,807
|
Post by gemfeller on Mar 14, 2014 11:14:16 GMT -5
Thanks for all your nice comments. For those who may not know, the wood is said to come from a single famous petrified tree that was found in the 1950s in Hell’s Canyon, the deepest gorge in the U.S. – deeper than the Grand Canyon. It was carved by the Snake River and divides the Idaho and Oregon borders. The sequoia wood was apparently worm-eaten before it petrified and the wormholes turned into nice little drusy cavities that are prized by cutters, along with the material’s remarkably preserved growth lines. Tonyterner: Linda Marie Plume comes from the Graveyard Point area of Idaho/Oregon. It’s a claim owned by Philip Stephenson of Rare Rocks and Gems.
Grayfingers: I believe this stone is from Vein One. I had my slabs all nicely ID’d but the marks were lost on this slab during trim-sawing. Note to self: come up with a better system!
|
|
|
Post by gingerkid on Mar 17, 2014 13:22:01 GMT -5
Outstanding cabs, Rick!! I've never seen Linda Marie plume agate either. It's gorgeous material. Have you cabbed any of the Prue Heart agate? I think that there's some newer material found in Vein 1 at the Prudent Man area. It looks a little different, but is gorgeous, too. Have a couple of slabs of Prudent Man agate, but cannot bear to cab them.
|
|
gemfeller
Cave Dweller
Member since June 2011
Posts: 3,807
|
Post by gemfeller on Mar 18, 2014 22:30:28 GMT -5
Hi Jan,
The PrueHeart looks like cabinet specimen material to me. I'd have a lot of angst trimming it into cab shapes when the full slabs are so beautiful. Like you I have the same problem with some of the regular P.M. material. Some of the newer stone is truly awesome but I'm having a debate with my conscience about whether to cab it or preserve it.
The thing that makes all this so bittersweet for me is that Steve lives in the town where I grew up, and the area where he's digging is where my Dad and I spent many days prospecting for agates. We knew the good stuff had to be there but didn't have the luck to find it. Godspeed to Steve!
|
|
|
Post by gingerkid on Mar 19, 2014 7:11:31 GMT -5
Rick, another thing that amazes me about the material found at the claim is that it is gorgeous "as is" and doesn't need polishing - just displaying for admiring.
|
|
jollyrockhound
spending too much on rocks
Member since March 2013
Posts: 409
|
Post by jollyrockhound on Mar 19, 2014 12:59:28 GMT -5
ooohhh Very Nice!
|
|