Post by Roger on Apr 10, 2017 22:15:56 GMT -5
This is a mix of some cabs from the weekend. I was in full production mode trying to complete three orders plus get new material up for my Etsy site. I had to replace two worn wheels this weekend and unfortunately didn't get them broken in as well as I thought. A few of the cabs need some touching up <sigh>
I'm not sure what these are, I think it is called "blue ice". It is probably a MOHS6'ish. Softer than most agate and jasper but harder than quartz.
Ocean Jasper - neat cab but really fragile. It was round, twice, but kept chipping. I ended up with "round'ish" lol
Opal Butte Opal - This took a nice polish. The white spots the spots are on the underside of the cab.
Rhodonite
Variscite - two sided with shallow domes and and a radius girdle.
Side 1
Side 2
Rutilated Quartz 1 - two sided with shallow domes and a radius girdles.
Side 1
Side 2
Tourmalated Quartz
Youngite - working on cleaner, sharper, geometry.
Lavic 1
Opalized Petrified Wood
Backlit
"I don't know it" agate
Laguna Agate 1
Crazy Lace Agate - two-sided shallow domed with a radius girdle.
Side 1
Side 2
Laguna Agate 2
Turkish Stick Agate
Plume Agate
Green Moss Agate
Red Moss Agate- shallow domed on both sides
Luna Agate - two-sided with a medium dome
I found some nice Aztec Lace that I got four cabs from. A couple need to revisit the wheels.
Aztec Lace 1
Aztec Lace 2
Aztec Lace 3
Aztec Lace 4
I cut some nice Montana's.
Montana 1 - shallow domed on both sides
Montana 2 - shallow domed on both sides with a radius girdle
Montana 3 - shallow domed on both sides with a radius girdle
Montana 4
Montana 5
Willow Creek - these are large cabs with soft pastelsin yellow, pinks, lavender, and blue.
Willow Creek 1
Willow Creek 2
Willow Creek 3
Poppy Jaspers are one of my favorite materialss to work with. The Morgan Hill's below are shallow domed with angled girdles.
Morgan Hill 1
Morgan Hill 2
Morgan Hill 3
Morgan Hill 4
Guadalupe Jasper - two-sided with a very shallow dome.
Tiffany Stone - playing with free-forms
Deschutes Jasper - this was a trickier shape than I had anticipated..
Bruneau Jasper 1 - playing with shapes
Bruneau Jasper 2
Biggs Jasper
Owyhee Jasper - I haven't seen this type of pattern before. I only had one slab with this pattern. This cab is two sided with shallow domes and a radius girdle.
Side 1
Side 2
Some do need to be touched up. My eyes are getting where I can't see scratches until I take photographs, which is very annoying =\
I'm not sure what these are, I think it is called "blue ice". It is probably a MOHS6'ish. Softer than most agate and jasper but harder than quartz.
Ocean Jasper - neat cab but really fragile. It was round, twice, but kept chipping. I ended up with "round'ish" lol
Opal Butte Opal - This took a nice polish. The white spots the spots are on the underside of the cab.
Rhodonite
Variscite - two sided with shallow domes and and a radius girdle.
Side 1
Side 2
Rutilated Quartz 1 - two sided with shallow domes and a radius girdles.
Side 1
Side 2
Tourmalated Quartz
Youngite - working on cleaner, sharper, geometry.
Lavic 1
Opalized Petrified Wood
Backlit
"I don't know it" agate
Laguna Agate 1
Crazy Lace Agate - two-sided shallow domed with a radius girdle.
Side 1
Side 2
Laguna Agate 2
Turkish Stick Agate
Plume Agate
Green Moss Agate
Red Moss Agate- shallow domed on both sides
Luna Agate - two-sided with a medium dome
I found some nice Aztec Lace that I got four cabs from. A couple need to revisit the wheels.
Aztec Lace 1
Aztec Lace 2
Aztec Lace 3
Aztec Lace 4
I cut some nice Montana's.
Montana 1 - shallow domed on both sides
Montana 2 - shallow domed on both sides with a radius girdle
Montana 3 - shallow domed on both sides with a radius girdle
Montana 4
Montana 5
Willow Creek - these are large cabs with soft pastelsin yellow, pinks, lavender, and blue.
Willow Creek 1
Willow Creek 2
Willow Creek 3
Poppy Jaspers are one of my favorite materialss to work with. The Morgan Hill's below are shallow domed with angled girdles.
Morgan Hill 1
Morgan Hill 2
Morgan Hill 3
Morgan Hill 4
Guadalupe Jasper - two-sided with a very shallow dome.
Tiffany Stone - playing with free-forms
Deschutes Jasper - this was a trickier shape than I had anticipated..
Bruneau Jasper 1 - playing with shapes
Bruneau Jasper 2
Biggs Jasper
Owyhee Jasper - I haven't seen this type of pattern before. I only had one slab with this pattern. This cab is two sided with shallow domes and a radius girdle.
Side 1
Side 2
Some do need to be touched up. My eyes are getting where I can't see scratches until I take photographs, which is very annoying =\