itsandbits
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 26, 2012 12:27:29 GMT -5
Cool stones. Green is my favorite color and it also tends to what I pick out most to cab as well. Very nice bunch of cabs there. I don't think that there is much around here to pick up. The green banded "serpentine?" material is the only one I can get much quantity of, up to 1 ton boulders, but the rest are just barely fist size pickers and smaller. I find small pendant sized "nephrite?" pebbles that are interesting enough by themselves, to mount unpolished. I may try to develope some sales of the banded green in the future.
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 26, 2012 10:56:03 GMT -5
those turned out fantastic; your all round craftsmanship is second to none, there is going to be someone very satisfied They are showing kind of orangey on my screen; is that the actual colour or are they the Disdero spotty pink?
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 26, 2012 1:23:38 GMT -5
it is a brecciated thunderegg but I don't know where from. Too bad it seperated, it must have not formed well. Too bad
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 26, 2012 1:20:19 GMT -5
really nice finish on the obsidian!! Nice colour change
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 26, 2012 1:18:32 GMT -5
that's a really nice picture you found there:<)) It looks very symetrical and well finished, and the wrap for a first effort turned out well. You'll find your own feel and look over time. good job, cant help with the id but it is a picture jasper and a common one but I don't know the name.
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 25, 2012 10:06:26 GMT -5
where's all the picks, shovels, and other gear behind and under the seat and on the floor? I don't see a single rock? I used to replace the big sttel gauge, radio, and glove compartment plates with exotic wood; maybe you could find some rock slabs big enough ;D ;D
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 25, 2012 9:59:08 GMT -5
;D Very nice cabs, its!! Sure would like to see yours and Jim's set up in a video to see how y'all operate your machines. Thanks Jan I keep threatening to take some video right from cutting to polish but my work area looks so messy I'd be embarrased to show it, I'm actually a slob when it comes right down to it; a place for everything and nothing in it!!! ;D
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 25, 2012 2:34:35 GMT -5
This is a "serpentine?" that I call frogskin Attachments:
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 25, 2012 1:17:18 GMT -5
There is going to be some trimming of the fat that's for sure and the saying "live by the sword, die by the sword" will definately find it's place there. Have fun. For the ones that will rebuild or more likely restart civilization of some sort, there will be enough reminders of what didn't work. From religions to politics, and all the other social manipulations, we will keep on trying to work it out till we either succeed or fail but it isn't in the meaning of life to just give up. We will keep trying, just like the poor last family of Neandethals in the cave in Crete 12,000 yrs ago.
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 25, 2012 1:03:27 GMT -5
Lloyd, where are you? I've been finding some stuff like yours (what might be nephrite) but it's got a blueish tint to it. And I'm in the ancient flood path. You've got some beautiful stuff there. Thanks; It's really sparse because most of it got moved away by the floods and glaciers but if I wander over enough of these I eventually find something to keep; not like I see other members posting of their insitu deposites I'm in south central BC Lloyd Attachments:
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 25, 2012 0:52:02 GMT -5
this is a material I call "Black Snowflake Lloydite" It actually looks extremely black but is translucent and shows a nice forest green when backlit on the edges and the snowflakes really pop when the bright light brings them out Attachments:
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 25, 2012 0:46:00 GMT -5
this one I call "A river runs through it" Attachments:
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 25, 2012 0:40:19 GMT -5
heres one that shows dark translucent green and the white being the pure very translucent material speckled in Attachments:
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 25, 2012 0:34:21 GMT -5
this one is about 1 1/8 x 3/4 " and has a beautifull mountain meadow full of bluebellsand mountains and sky behind Attachments:
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 25, 2012 0:17:51 GMT -5
Once the stick is off, a quick turn on the wheel and its gone. It's not supposed to soak in so you won't loose much if you're carefull. I do it when I'm experimenting with the opals; can't even measure the loss
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 24, 2012 20:55:48 GMT -5
did up this bunch today in a production line fashion; I'll have to go back and fix a couple of issues and one had a booboo when I dropped it and I found the fracture I hadn't noticed because there was a colour change there. An opportunity to reshape it They are mostly end cuts off rocks I was investigating for pattern, the biggest one is 2 1/2 inches long Attachments:
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 24, 2012 17:28:21 GMT -5
it would be my fantasy to have a pc. of that to cab ;D so yea let's go with that ;D seriously don't have a clue but if it really bugs you too much send it here
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 24, 2012 13:28:19 GMT -5
Everything in my immediate area is river wash and glacial push and has been ground smooth also. The nephrite is scattered all over the place and it is just the luck of the draw if I find it. Like yours mine is no more than a fist and a half in size with fist size the norm. Most of it is pretty good material though without a lot of fractures. Here is a pic of my polishing machine and trim saw. The polishing pads that I use are made for polishing granite counter tops and can be changed in a few seconds because of the velcro backing.Jim[/quote] Thanks for showing me your rig; I am using the same pads in a 5 inch size with the same holder on a H/D variable speed angle polisher too. I tried a small tile saw but the drill press was such an awesome cutter with all the quick adjustments that can be made, I just use the saw for real rough work. I'll probably turn it into a lap at some point I called up the Wyoming mineral data and you sure do have a lot of material to work with. We don't get much of the agatized material up here but there are some good looking agates; few and far between. There isn't any documented jade or jadeite in this area and the glaciers moved the wrong way for there to be any transported here so I think I'm finding my Lloydite from a small seam that got ground up. There are some islands that got pushed into central BC as the plates met and lots of volcanics so there is likely more around somewhere. I find with shipping that thickness has a lot to do with it because they charge more for a "package" than an envelope of the same weight. Lloyd
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 23, 2012 23:21:04 GMT -5
That is some of the nicest I've seen too; thanks for sharing
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Post by itsandbits on Jun 23, 2012 15:12:18 GMT -5
good boy Jasper!!! Good boy
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