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Post by fantastic5 on Mar 16, 2015 16:54:48 GMT -5
I got my box today from Fossilman 's Pay it forward contest. And what a wonderful assortment of goodies it is The photo does not do these garnets justice. I should have taken them out of the bag for the shot. They are super gemmy! I'm excited to cut these to see what sort of patterns will be inside. Is there a correct or best way to orient them for cutting? The wood grain in these are so pronounced I would be certain they are driftwood until I picked one up. Beautiful Brazilian agate. I should have gotten a shot of the reverse side. It has some very pronounced lacy looking patterns. And a box from Fossilman wouldn't be complete without fossils I was racing to get these natural light pictures before the sun dropped over the backside of the mountain. My photography does not do these three justice at all This should be fun to work with! And this one??? This one made my jaw drop!!! I've been admiring christopherl1234 fire agates, and now I get to actually see what the rough looks like. I don't know if I want to try cutting this someday or just keep it as a display piece. Either way, this certainly WILL NOT be the first fire agate I work on. Thank you, thank you, thank you a ton!!!!
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 17, 2015 9:56:06 GMT -5
I'm so happy you liked the goodie box Ann-TWO THUMBS UP!!!!!!!! I find that if you give raw material to anyone-it gets them deeper into the hobby-LOL........... As I said,always great advice on this forum,Youtube and google for cut and working material....
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 17, 2015 9:56:54 GMT -5
PS: Those are some of the Garnets I bought from James...
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 17, 2015 10:14:55 GMT -5
I'm so happy you liked the goodie box Ann-TWO THUMBS UP!!!!!!!! I find that if you give raw material to anyone-it gets them deeper into the hobby-LOL........... Setting the hook, as it were. Grand gesture, Mike! I love the folks on this forum!
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 17, 2015 17:29:18 GMT -5
Thank you Jean........You all got me hooked and started-I thank you for it-TOTALLY Two thumbs up..........
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delo
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Post by delo on Mar 17, 2015 17:37:03 GMT -5
Well done Fossilman!
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