lapidary1234
spending too much on rocks
"If you like rocks you can't be all bad!!" ~ old timer quote
Member since October 2021
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Post by lapidary1234 on Aug 15, 2023 17:56:08 GMT -5
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lapidary1234
spending too much on rocks
"If you like rocks you can't be all bad!!" ~ old timer quote
Member since October 2021
Posts: 293
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Post by lapidary1234 on Aug 15, 2023 17:58:42 GMT -5
Well it put pics in wrong order and doubled up on em. Still learning, sorry!
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rockbrain
Cave Dweller 
Member since January 2022
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Post by rockbrain on Aug 15, 2023 18:12:09 GMT -5
Hey, you got pics posted. That's better than a lot of folks can do! Thanks for sharing, some nice looking stones. So, does the Wisconsin moonstone have a flash like Labradorite?
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lapidary1234
spending too much on rocks
"If you like rocks you can't be all bad!!" ~ old timer quote
Member since October 2021
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Post by lapidary1234 on Aug 16, 2023 14:50:34 GMT -5
Haha, yeah the cloudinary setup was a bit rough, and I didn't take note of my cloudinary name so had to scour around and guess at it...but I managed to do it all from my android phone so it is possible, just have to pay attention to the details!
About the wisconsin moonstone, yes it does have the classic moonstone flash and is pretty much the only moonstone I know of with a blue flash (outside of some incredibly expensive "rainbow" moonstones i have seen online). Some peices will have a blue flash when oriented one way and then if you turn them 180 degrees will have a silver more classic moonstone flash. It is commonly mistaken for labradorite by folks in other areas however this is an anorthoclase feldspar (granite) whereas labradorite is a plagioclase feldspar if memory serves. Has something to do with the potassium content.
It is also a very brittle material to work with and often time will break during the lapidary process so I am extremely satisfied when I get a finished peice!!
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 16, 2023 15:10:46 GMT -5
As Gary said, congrats on getting pics posted!  Some nice "flashy" material! |
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