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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 12, 2016 20:38:39 GMT -5
A little while back I made a trade with a friend up north. She had a really nice looking pudding stone I wanted to cut so I told her if she gave me the rock I would make her two pendants from it done in silver. I was a little rusty and scrapped some silver in the process but I think she will like the end products and they are made from her own rock. Here are the slabs yielded from the host rock Thanks for looking Chuck
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 12, 2016 20:51:43 GMT -5
Great trade! That's a lot of slabs. The pendants look great! I love the bails. Nice and easy and look good, too.
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 12, 2016 22:06:20 GMT -5
Awesome trade!!!!!!!!! Nice to see both parties happy too!!!!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2016 0:09:42 GMT -5
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Oct 13, 2016 0:48:37 GMT -5
Them some nice pendants, nice slabs to,
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Post by icatz on Oct 13, 2016 6:12:15 GMT -5
She'll be thrilled, you did a really nice job on those cabs. That's a whole mess of pudding stone. Does it have an actual name? Is it just a conglomerate or what?
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 13, 2016 6:29:05 GMT -5
She'll be thrilled, you did a really nice job on those cabs. That's a whole mess of pudding stone. Does it have an actual name? Is it just a conglomerate or what? Thanks. Here's some info from the Drummond Island website that explains it. "Jasper Conglomerate, locally known as PUDDING STONE finds its beginnings in the Huronian Period of the Proterozoic Era, an estimated billion years ago. During this time great amounts of sediment that came from erosion from older rocks were deposited in large bodies of water. The different hues of red jasper pebbles were deposited in small parts over an east west band about fifty miles in size that lays mainly in Ontario, but touches a small area of the Upper Peninsula. Sandstone under the weight of later sediments formed the grains becoming sand conglomerates. Erosion and weathering uncovered loose fragments and great masses were moved by the Labrador portion of the continental sheets. The Puddingstone got its name from the British settlers that were stationed at area Forts like that found on Drummond Island. It is so named because the English believed it looked like boiled suet pudding with berries. The one you see below is an example of a Jasper Conglomerate. Puddingstones can be found as small as a pebble and larger than a dump truck! They can be found along the shores of Drummond Island in our forests and anywhere earth has been turned." I have been hounding them myself for about 25 years. Here's a load from a weekend last year. This is an old photo. I have a lot more boxes of slabs now. Chuck
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Post by orrum on Oct 13, 2016 6:40:39 GMT -5
Fantastic silver work and let's not forget how hard it is to cab!!! You Nailed Those Cabs Chuck!!! To top it off you cut some wowser slabs, I see two winners here! The lady got a very nice return for her rough rock!
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 13, 2016 6:50:45 GMT -5
Great trade! That's a lot of slabs. The pendants look great! I love the bails. Nice and easy and look good, too. Thanks Tela. The bails are radio's design. Chuck
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 13, 2016 6:52:38 GMT -5
Fantastic silver work and let's not forget how hard it is to cab!!! You Nailed Those Cabs Chuck!!! To top it off you cut some wowser slabs, I see two winners here! The lady got a very nice return for her rough rock! Thanks Bill. I really like the way the bezel looks on the left one. just a hair over the stone. Nice new avatar you have now too.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Oct 13, 2016 21:03:40 GMT -5
I missed this yesterday. That's a great rock and a great pair of pendants. I'm not sure who got the better deal.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 13, 2016 21:16:52 GMT -5
I missed this yesterday. That's a great rock and a great pair of pendants. I'm not sure who got the better deal. Thanks Rob If you can't figure out who got the better deal then that makes it a perfect trade. Chuck
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Post by NDK on Oct 14, 2016 7:38:59 GMT -5
Good trade indeed. Nice work Chuck.
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Oct 14, 2016 16:14:12 GMT -5
Good work them pudding stones are awesome! I bet a blast to hunt seen some of your pictures on some of your threads, HappyHunting!
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