jasperfanatic
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Post by jasperfanatic on Sept 14, 2022 22:20:21 GMT -5
I've had some good luck playing with fire lately and thought I'd share. Thanks for looking!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2022 22:22:50 GMT -5
Oh the insane beauty!! Those are awesome!  |
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agatewhisperer
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Post by agatewhisperer on Sept 14, 2022 22:37:00 GMT -5
That's sooo cool. The shine is great and the rainbows are mind boggling. Pardon the ignorance but this is rainbow obsidian or something else? Any particular kind? Love it.
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 14, 2022 23:10:58 GMT -5
Oh Good Gawd!! These are BEYOND sick! (The good kind!) agatewhisperer - Fire Obsidian... |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Sept 15, 2022 9:51:30 GMT -5
 The first 2 made me want to cry (because I don't own them)! 
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jasperfanatic
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Post by jasperfanatic on Sept 15, 2022 10:11:23 GMT -5
Oh the insane beauty!! Those are awesome! Thank you! That's sooo cool. The shine is great and the rainbows are mind boggling. Pardon the ignorance but this is rainbow obsidian or something else? Any particular kind? Love it. Thank you! Haha, not ignorant at all, you don't see a ton of this material out and about but as jasoninsd mentioned, it's fire obsidian. Oh Good Gawd!! These are BEYOND sick! (The good kind!) agatewhisperer - Fire Obsidian... Thanks, Jason!  The first 2 made me want to cry (because I don't own them)! Thanks, Robin! I'm with you on that top one, I don't hang on to too many of them but that first one went straight to my personal collection |
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 16, 2022 14:38:18 GMT -5
Amazing as always! I can barely stand to look at them. I covet each and every one. |
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jasperfanatic
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Post by jasperfanatic on Sept 17, 2022 8:13:33 GMT -5
Amazing as always! I can barely stand to look at them. I covet each and every one. Thank you, Tela! |
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aGates
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Post by aGates on Sept 17, 2022 8:29:01 GMT -5
Are those domes or quartz caps. Also if you could point me toward a tutorial for bringing out such color ide love to read it. I don't own any material but the procedure looks like something I should know. I appreciate your abilities marvelous.
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jasperfanatic
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Post by jasperfanatic on Sept 17, 2022 9:02:09 GMT -5
Are those domes or quartz caps. Also if you could point me toward a tutorial for bringing out such color ide love to read it. I don't own any material but the procedure looks like something I should know. I appreciate your abilities marvelous. Neither domed nor capped, actually. That's the stone's own glass down to about 1-2mm thickness on top of the fire layer. I guess there's a bit of a dome, but the stones look like flat tops. There aren't any tutorials that I know of, sorry. It has some similarities to fire agate in that the fire layer is microscopically thin and you can grind right through it and wipe it from existence. Think of the fire magnetite, which is what causes the color, as a ribbon or sheet of paper thinner than a human hair that has been encased in glass. You just have to get right on top of it to expose it all, but it's rarely a flat ribbon so you have to contend with little hills and valleys. It's like a contour polish, but you have to move with the flow of the layer and/or strategically clear material to direct light where you want it to shine. Piece of cake, right?  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Sept 17, 2022 10:07:49 GMT -5
There are a lot of videos on YouTube of people cutting and polishing Fire Obsidian. |
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Sept 17, 2022 13:48:41 GMT -5
Gorgeous! If agatewhisperer hadn't asked I was going to - I've always avoided obsidian and I'm aghast that I never knew about this beautiful stuff.
Is it prone to the fire disappearing like opal or is the fire layer easier to find and keep?
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Sept 17, 2022 14:18:18 GMT -5
Makes me want to spend more time going through my bucket of fire and finally start cutting some cabs.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Sept 17, 2022 17:26:54 GMT -5
Are those domes or quartz caps. Also if you could point me toward a tutorial for bringing out such color ide love to read it. I don't own any material but the procedure looks like something I should know. I appreciate your abilities marvelous. Neither domed nor capped, actually. That's the stone's own glass down to about 1-2mm thickness on top of the fire layer. I guess there's a bit of a dome, but the stones look like flat tops. There aren't any tutorials that I know of, sorry. It has some similarities to fire agate in that the fire layer is microscopically thin and you can grind right through it and wipe it from existence. Think of the fire magnetite, which is what causes the color, as a ribbon or sheet of paper thinner than a human hair that has been encased in glass. You just have to get right on top of it to expose it all, but it's rarely a flat ribbon so you have to contend with little hills and valleys. It's like a contour polish, but you have to move with the flow of the layer and/or strategically clear material to direct light where you want it to shine. Piece of cake, right?  - this should answer your question. |
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jasperfanatic
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Post by jasperfanatic on Sept 17, 2022 17:37:38 GMT -5
Gorgeous! If agatewhisperer hadn't asked I was going to - I've always avoided obsidian and I'm aghast that I never knew about this beautiful stuff. Is it prone to the fire disappearing like opal or is the fire layer easier to find and keep? Thanks, Tommy. It's easier than opal to manage the fire layer(s), in my opinion. Cutting for the best flash is a different story however, especially when the layers are wavy like lasagna noodles |
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Post by Tommy on Sept 17, 2022 18:07:12 GMT -5
Tommy - this should answer your question. Damn...  smartass  I tell my wife that my super power is I can look her right in the eyes while she's talking to me and not hear a word she says... |
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Post by HankRocks on Sept 17, 2022 18:16:48 GMT -5
Tommy - this should answer your question. Damn...  smartass I tell my wife that my super power is I can look her right in the eyes while she's talking to me and not hear a word she says... Tommy, I have the opposite super power which I developed with my Mom, the ability to be doing everything but listening to the conversation and be able to respond. It infuriates my wife!!  |
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Post by beefjello on Sept 18, 2022 17:42:37 GMT -5
Yowza.. those are all incredible!   I’m seriously enamored by the Flash! |
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