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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 10, 2023 9:06:11 GMT -5
This cab is so glossy it reflected my light tent at the bottom. I really like mooka. It polished so well and feels like one of the hardest materials that I have cabbed. I didn't get a pic of the back since it looks essentially the same as the front.
It's been so long since I've done prongs that I forgot how and messed up one of the wires right off the bat. This is a little off all the way round, but I like it cause it's mookaite.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 10, 2023 9:11:57 GMT -5
Well, I take it back. It hasn't been that long since I did prongs. I was just brain farting.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 10, 2023 9:50:09 GMT -5
Well, I take it back. It hasn't been that long since I did prongs. I was just brain farting.  Mookaite is as hard as Bruneau in my experience. A total bear to cut. Pretty pendant! I haven't done any prongs in a coon's age. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 10, 2023 10:07:36 GMT -5
Well, I take it back. It hasn't been that long since I did prongs. I was just brain farting.  Mookaite is as hard as Bruneau in my experience. A total bear to cut. Pretty pendant! I haven't done any prongs in a coon's age. I've had a thick slab of mooka for a long time. I just dread doing all that grinding. It REALLY is hard. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Jan 10, 2023 10:20:36 GMT -5
Another beauty Tela! You're definitely on a roll my friend!!  I have a tendency to pinch my prongs too hard*. Yours look perfect!! I was going to say maybe I should spend some time today practicing pinching my prong...but ummm...that just sounds wrong! LOL |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 10, 2023 10:44:34 GMT -5
Another beauty Tela! You're definitely on a roll my friend!! I have a tendency to pinch my prongs too hard*. Yours look perfect!! I was going to say maybe I should spend some time today practicing pinching my prong...but ummm...that just sounds wrong! LOL You are sooooooo bad, Jason! The sad part is, I laugh every time. That makes me just as bad or worse for encouraging you.  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 10, 2023 10:45:14 GMT -5
Another beauty Tela! You're definitely on a roll my friend!! I have a tendency to pinch my prongs too hard*. Yours look perfect!! I was going to say maybe I should spend some time today practicing pinching my prong...but ummm...that just sounds wrong! LOL LOL!!!!!! You ain't right..... |
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Post by jasoninsd on Jan 10, 2023 11:28:57 GMT -5
Another beauty Tela! You're definitely on a roll my friend!! I have a tendency to pinch my prongs too hard*. Yours look perfect!! I was going to say maybe I should spend some time today practicing pinching my prong...but ummm...that just sounds wrong! LOL You are sooooooo bad, Jason! The sad part is, I laugh every time. That makes me just as bad or worse for encouraging you. Another beauty Tela! You're definitely on a roll my friend!! I have a tendency to pinch my prongs too hard*. Yours look perfect!! I was going to say maybe I should spend some time today practicing pinching my prong...but ummm...that just sounds wrong! LOL LOL!!!!!! You ain't right..... I should just change my avatar to this...but I'd miss seeing Trigger in his hat! LOL  |
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Jan 10, 2023 12:57:06 GMT -5
Very nice. That straight on photo makes it hard to depict the dome. Looks relatively flat. If so kudos on getting all the scratches out. Hard materials with low domes are tough for me. On that one I probably would have cheated and used the loto after the first two hard diamond wheels.
Chuck
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 10, 2023 13:10:09 GMT -5
Very nice. That straight on photo makes it hard to depict the dome. Looks relatively flat. If so kudos on getting all the scratches out. Hard materials with low domes are tough for me. On that one I probably would have cheated and used the loto after the first two hard diamond wheels. Chuck Thanks.
It's not real thick. I've done flatter. Mooka is crazy to polish same with real bloodstone, but the work is worth the results. I haven't thrown anything in the Lot-O, yet. I may, but I haven't, yet.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Jan 10, 2023 13:32:37 GMT -5
Very nice. That straight on photo makes it hard to depict the dome. Looks relatively flat. If so kudos on getting all the scratches out. Hard materials with low domes are tough for me. On that one I probably would have cheated and used the loto after the first two hard diamond wheels. Chuck Thanks. It's not real thick. I've done flatter. Mooka is crazy to polish same with real bloodstone, but the work is worth the results. I haven't thrown anything in the Lot-O, yet. I may, but I haven't, yet.
I have a few cheats in regards to that. I posted about combo cabs that were started on the genie, vibe tumbled and then finished on the genie before but I am sure those photos are gone thanks to photobucket. I need to make a tute for tumbled cabs that nobody could ever tell were tumbled. Great for things like Brazilian agate, Montana agate, tough jaspers and such. The part that I do that most don't is going back to the genie after to sharpen the girdle. Tumbled cabs are a dead give away with rounded over girdles. Chuck |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 10, 2023 13:36:32 GMT -5
Thanks. It's not real thick. I've done flatter. Mooka is crazy to polish same with real bloodstone, but the work is worth the results. I haven't thrown anything in the Lot-O, yet. I may, but I haven't, yet.
I have a few cheats in regards to that. I posted about combo cabs that were started on the genie, vibe tumbled and then finished on the genie before but I am sure those photos are gone thanks to photobucket. I need to make a tute for tumbled cabs that nobody could ever tell were tumbled. Great for things like Brazilian agate, Montana agate, tough jaspers and such. The part that I do that most don't is going back to the genie after to sharpen the girdle. Tumbled cabs are a dead give away with rounded over girdles. Chuck I still buy cabs when I see a good one at a good price. One of my favorite sellers started tumbling. That rounded girdle is a dead giveaway. I was so mad that it wasn't disclosed. For a wrapper, especially, a rounded girdle just won't do.
I remember when you were posting about doing the combo. I thought you had done a tute.
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Post by liveoak on Jan 10, 2023 14:19:50 GMT -5
A beauty Tela.
But from the other posts maybe I'm not too eager to grind any Mookaite.
But it sure is pretty, and a simple wrap is perfect to let the stone shine.
Go Tela Go 
Patty
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 10, 2023 14:28:14 GMT -5
A beauty Tela.
But from the other posts maybe I'm not too eager to grind any Mookaite.
But it sure is pretty, and a simple wrap is perfect to let the stone shine.
Go Tela Go
Patty
The hardest stones are the most rewarding. Yeah, they're more work, but, damn-- that shine. |
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Post by Peruano on Jan 10, 2023 17:02:31 GMT -5
I'll give praise for composition. Too often I'm tempted to try to incoporate a scene that is too busy when work with the mook. Yours is a simple but lovingly complex color scheme, and I like it.
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Post by susand24224 on Jan 10, 2023 17:22:42 GMT -5
I haven't seen a Mookaite cab yet that I didn't like, and I share the dread of shaping, etc. But boy, you sure did that one proud! I love the clean straight lines.
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Post by MsAli on Jan 10, 2023 17:46:39 GMT -5
Clean and classy!
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 10, 2023 20:28:42 GMT -5
I'll give praise for composition. Too often I'm tempted to try to incoporate a scene that is too busy when work with the mook. Yours is a simple but lovingly complex color scheme, and I like it. Thank you! Mookaite is one of my favorite stones. I don't see the quality I like to see anymore, but I do pick up a nice one once in awhile. I haven't seen a Mookaite cab yet that I didn't like, and I share the dread of shaping, etc. But boy, you sure did that one proud! I love the clean straight lines. Thank you, Susan. I love the yellow mooka, too. I may have some around here somewhere. Thanks! I'll take clean and classy. |
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