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Post by Tommy on Mar 12, 2019 12:22:46 GMT -5
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 12, 2019 13:50:19 GMT -5
Wow, those are some great slabs! Very nice of Eva to always be thinking of you. I agree with your assessment of the purple one being some kind of stalactite/stalacmite, maybe from Brazil? On the broken heart thread, you mentioned a failed cab you recently made, and it's fate. Was this before you moved, or do you already have an "island of lost cabs" in Napa? ETA - Reread your previous post and answered my own question - just last week, huh?
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Post by Tommy on Mar 12, 2019 15:40:42 GMT -5
On the broken heart thread, you mentioned a failed cab you recently made, and it's fate. Was this before you moved, or do you already have an "island of lost cabs" in Napa? Thanks. The Island of Lost Cabs began probably the day I started cabbing. It started as a jar to toss in cabs that break or that I give up on for whatever reason - usually because they are too ugly for the amount of effort they are causing It's up to three jars now but the growth of the island has decreased substantially since I got my dopping addiction under control and started freehanding everything.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 12, 2019 15:52:15 GMT -5
Aha! Glad to hear that the growth of the island has slowed. Freehanding, YES!
At one time, I tried dopping - dop pot, wax, dop sticks, etc. It can be good for small stuff, but I prefer to hold the stones in my hot little hands. I rarely even mark the cabs, just let them flow, be what they want to be.
I should have mentioned that the last slab, the Riviera Plume agate, is killer.
And as for whether the other one is Medicine Bow or not, I also agree with you there. I didn't think MB was so metallic looking, more dendritic. Did you consider Marfa Plume?
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Post by Tommy on Mar 12, 2019 16:22:10 GMT -5
And as for whether the other one is Medicine Bow or not, I also agree with you there. I didn't think MB was so metallic looking, more dendritic. Did you consider Marfa Plume? I have considered Marfa but I've never seen it in such a large slab OR with so much white - the Marfa I've had is clearer with gray to blueish plumey stuff in between the black dendrites. That's not to say it's not Marfa, just that it doesn't feel right to me.
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Post by wpotterw on Mar 12, 2019 17:00:26 GMT -5
Check out Amethyst stalactites on DDrockshop.com. They sell that stuff. I haven't run across it elsewhere.
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Post by Tommy on Mar 12, 2019 18:00:54 GMT -5
Check out Amethyst stalactites on DDrockshop.com. They sell that stuff. I haven't run across it elsewhere. Thanks for the possible lead. I googled the same phrase earlier and the only thing I can find were same as what Ken Deide sells - with the crystals on the outside. I'm not sure if this could be a variation on that? It's definitely a natural rind - without crystals.
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Post by NRG on Mar 12, 2019 18:24:40 GMT -5
I was on the coconut geode route with your amethyst but the rind is incorrect.
Sorry, no help otherwise
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Post by Tommy on Mar 12, 2019 20:13:53 GMT -5
I was on the coconut geode route with your amethyst but the rind is incorrect. Yeah, seriously. In hand the shape and rind reminds me of a cross-section of limb cast which is why I'm still thinking some kind of tite or mite.
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Post by QuailRiver on Mar 12, 2019 23:15:17 GMT -5
Not sure on the first one but does look a little like some of the Uruguayan Amethyst Stalactites. But pretty sure the second one is Medicine Bow Agate. And the Riviera Plume is outstanding! That's about as good as it gets. Plus it was mined out long ago so hard to find anymore too. Your wife has a great eye for slabs!
Larry C.
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Post by Tommy on Mar 13, 2019 11:55:29 GMT -5
And the Riviera Plume is outstanding! That's about as good as it gets. Plus it was mined out long ago so hard to find anymore too. Your wife has a great eye for slabs! Of course it was the first slab I had to whack up yesterday lol. I love the stuff. A few years ago a dealer had a bin of it with probably 10 large beautiful slab of Riviera at a reasonable cost. I bought one slab - and now I think about it all the time wishing I had bought the whole bin. This is why my eyes lit up when I saw this one First cab...
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 13, 2019 13:54:19 GMT -5
Purple one is Luna agate out of Mexico. I'd say the other is Medicine Bow. The manganese plumes often have a metallic look to them...Mel
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Post by Tommy on Mar 13, 2019 15:04:50 GMT -5
Dammn, haha. I think you nailed it yet again Mel! Thanks!
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Post by QuailRiver on Mar 17, 2019 13:35:09 GMT -5
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Post by Tommy on Mar 17, 2019 16:03:44 GMT -5
Speaking Of Riviera Plume, I had forgotten I had this piece and ran across it yesterday and thought you might get a kick out of seeing it. It's a 33lb chunk or Riviera Agate - part plume and part moss. It was too big/heavy for my saws so I had squirreled it back and had forgotten about it. While it would fit in the vise of a Covington 20" saw and technically the blade is large enough to cut it, the last time I tried to slab a rock this heavy in one of my Covington 20" saws the weight caused the bronze split-pliers on the powerfeed to strip out. OH dai-aam haha. Now I got to go wipe the drool off my face. Find a way to cut that sucker and show us pictures please!
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Post by QuailRiver on Mar 18, 2019 11:41:01 GMT -5
Speaking Of Riviera Plume, I had forgotten I had this piece and ran across it yesterday and thought you might get a kick out of seeing it. It's a 33lb chunk or Riviera Agate - part plume and part moss. It was too big/heavy for my saws so I had squirreled it back and had forgotten about it. While it would fit in the vise of a Covington 20" saw and technically the blade is large enough to cut it, the last time I tried to slab a rock this heavy in one of my Covington 20" saws the weight caused the bronze split-pliers on the powerfeed to strip out. OH dai-aam haha. Now I got to go wipe the drool off my face. Find a way to cut that sucker and show us pictures please! Unless I find a screaming deal on a 24"(or bigger) saw I don't know if it will ever happen. We don't have much in the way of good native cabbing rough in this part of the country so the big saws are hard to find. And I don't often have the opportunity to acquire slabbing rough big enough to justify putting a lot of $$$ into a 24" or bigger saw and don't know anyone local who has. I've considered elevating the front legs of my 20" saw an inch or two so gravity can relieve some of stress off of the bronze screw pliers but am a little concerned that if I do there may be an unintended consequence of the lead screw rod pushing the bronze gear bearing into the worm gear and screwing one or both of those up. Larry C.
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Post by roy on Mar 20, 2019 10:59:17 GMT -5
luna,medicine bow,riviera
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Post by greig on Mar 20, 2019 11:32:29 GMT -5
The rock pics in this thread are sweet!
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