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Post by lpl on Feb 14, 2018 12:06:13 GMT -5
Here's my first chance to post some pictures here...we'll see how it goes! I don't get a chance to make a lot of cabs, maybe every few weeks I can knock out a few. Here are several recent ones that turned out pretty good to my eye...wish I could say that was always the case. I did the red jasper heart last year actually, but I thought it was appropriate for today. The next one, I splurged a bit and bought a small slab of charoite and wow, that is some really cool material to play with! The last is a breccia of some type that I collected from along the North Platte river in Saratoga WY, and slabbed a few weeks ago.
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Post by MsAli on Feb 14, 2018 12:13:14 GMT -5
Great job!!!
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 14, 2018 12:18:29 GMT -5
Welcome and Happy Valentine's to you, too.
Glad to see your cabs. That heart is FABULOUS! What a great polish! I love the charoite. I'm a sucker for purple. Charoite can be a challenge to cab, but you seemed to have no trouble with it. Looks like it has some chatoyancy. The last breccia is pretty cool, too.
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Post by fernwood on Feb 14, 2018 12:20:25 GMT -5
Welcome to RTH and thanks for sharing. The heart is awesome.
Please share more of your work as you can.
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fishnpinball
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Post by fishnpinball on Feb 14, 2018 12:45:07 GMT -5
nice set of cabs.
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Post by fantastic5 on Feb 14, 2018 12:51:09 GMT -5
Beautiful work. The heart is beautiful and timely! Fantastic first picture post. I look forward to seeing more of your work.
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Post by lpl on Feb 14, 2018 13:50:53 GMT -5
Welcome and Happy Valentine's to you, too. Glad to see your cabs. That heart is FABULOUS! What a great polish! I love the charoite. I'm a sucker for purple. Charoite can be a challenge to cab, but you seemed to have no trouble with it. Looks like it has some chatoyancy. The last breccia is pretty cool, too. Thank you! I had heard that charoite can be dicey to work, but this slab is as solid as agate and very chatoyant. I was a bit worried before I began working it, hoping to prevent my larimar disaster, and I'm pleasantly surprised!
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 14, 2018 14:31:16 GMT -5
Welcome and Happy Valentine's to you, too. Glad to see your cabs. That heart is FABULOUS! What a great polish! I love the charoite. I'm a sucker for purple. Charoite can be a challenge to cab, but you seemed to have no trouble with it. Looks like it has some chatoyancy. The last breccia is pretty cool, too. Thank you! I had heard that charoite can be dicey to work, but this slab is as solid as agate and very chatoyant. I was a bit worried before I began working it, hoping to prevent my larimar disaster, and I'm pleasantly surprised! I've had some that cabbed real easy and others that came about where the fibers were dense. Larimar? Don't even get me started.
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Post by mohs on Feb 14, 2018 14:42:37 GMT -5
man lpl that heart rocks & talks my first whole stone heart looks very very much just like it nofooling its remarkable
and all those cabs are rock'n!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 14, 2018 15:00:46 GMT -5
Welcome! Beautiful work you have there and I have to agree with everyone else -- the heart is killer!
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Post by vegasjames on Feb 14, 2018 18:06:12 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum. Great job on the cabs.
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Post by beefjello on Feb 14, 2018 18:38:30 GMT -5
Hi those look great!
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Post by kk on Feb 14, 2018 20:07:28 GMT -5
Sweet offering. Very well done. Welcome to the forum.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 14, 2018 20:46:12 GMT -5
Well done! Those are some beauties.
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Post by lpl on Feb 15, 2018 10:10:34 GMT -5
man lpl that heart rocks & talks my first whole stone heart looks very very much just like it nofooling its remarkable and all those cabs are rock'n! Mohs that heart in your avatar looks exceptional too!
Thanks everyone! I get inspired looking at the amazing work I see posted here.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Feb 15, 2018 20:08:56 GMT -5
I love the heart!
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