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Post by toiv0 on Dec 7, 2016 19:39:44 GMT -5
Don't know where I picked up this stone. Does Tiger eye come in green? If anyone is interested and there hasn't been a thread I would post pictures on how I make ear wires that are identical. I get about 50 pairs from an ounce of 20 ga. wire. The copper sheet I use is from a roofing company. I got about 6 sq. ft. for a couple pair of earings in trade. not sure of this stone either copper and brass earings
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Post by wigglinrocks on Dec 7, 2016 22:21:01 GMT -5
Really like the green tiger eye . Think it could be dyed maybe ?
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Post by barclay on Dec 7, 2016 23:26:20 GMT -5
It could be dyed, but most dyed tiger eye I have seen is a rich green. Most likely your piece is part way between crocidolite asbestos (blue tiger eye) and tiger eye. Grinding asbestos releases fibers which are not good for you. Same with Pietersite, beautiful stuff, but it is still asbestos.
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Post by Pat on Dec 8, 2016 0:49:01 GMT -5
Yes, I'd like to see your identical ear wire technique.
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Post by orrum on Dec 8, 2016 7:12:57 GMT -5
Tiger eye asbestos is degraded and can't hurt you according to previous info I have seen???
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Post by orrum on Dec 8, 2016 7:14:02 GMT -5
Tiger eye asbestos is degraded and can't hurt you according to previous info I have seen???
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 8, 2016 10:45:15 GMT -5
Green Tiger Eye comes out of Arizona (I have some) and it's on the rare side of material and costly!!! Nice ring!!!!
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Post by gemfeller on Dec 8, 2016 12:06:30 GMT -5
Natural green tigereye used to be fairly common on the U.S. market before South Africa essentially banned export of rough years ago. I've seen large pieces of it. But it's hard to say whether any individual stone is natural or dyed because much dyed material from Germany was marketed widely for many years.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2016 12:28:45 GMT -5
Tiger eye asbestos is degraded and can't hurt you according to previous info I have seen??? Paul works for OSHA. When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Asbestos is an occupational hazard. Meaning problems are most likely with repeated daily long term exposure. The guys making break pads and "truing" them cut them dry. They were breathing dry dust all day. We cut rocks wet. No dust to inhale. The asbestos is set in agate. There is literally zero evidence occasional lapidary hobbyist exposure causes any issues at all.
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 8, 2016 13:34:43 GMT -5
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Post by johnjsgems on Dec 8, 2016 13:51:48 GMT -5
I once sold a nice used casting oven to a rock dealer that sold the SO African tiger eye with hematite. Next time I saw him he had some beautiful red tiger eye.
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Post by pghram on Dec 8, 2016 16:59:51 GMT -5
Beautiful pieces. This is the first time I've seen green tiger eye, cool.
Peace,
Rich
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Post by toiv0 on Dec 8, 2016 17:10:27 GMT -5
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Post by toiv0 on Dec 8, 2016 17:11:42 GMT -5
Beautiful pieces. This is the first time I've seen green tiger eye, cool. Peace, Rich Probably my last cab, will have to scour my cab pile to see if there is anymore. This one is destined for the ladies at the shop.
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Post by toiv0 on Dec 8, 2016 17:13:48 GMT -5
I once sold a nice used casting oven to a rock dealer that sold the SO African tiger eye with hematite. Next time I saw him he had some beautiful red tiger eye. I have seen the Red and its very cool. I had some that was so dark blue you had to imagine it had chatoyancy until you got it in the sun..kind of like ghost chatoyant.
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Post by gemfeller on Dec 8, 2016 17:17:38 GMT -5
I once sold a nice used casting oven to a rock dealer that sold the SO African tiger eye with hematite. Next time I saw him he had some beautiful red tiger eye. You don't need a casting oven. I've "baked" brown tigereye into red in a kitchen oven. Red, blue and green also occur naturally.
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