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Post by stardiamond on Apr 20, 2024 15:19:14 GMT -5
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johnthor1963
starting to spend too much on rocks
Cattle dogs rock
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Post by johnthor1963 on Apr 21, 2024 6:41:55 GMT -5
Wow those look great. Love the material you chose for these pieces. I’m not good at identifying material and I’m wondering what the last piece is? Thx for sharing.
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Post by stardiamond on Apr 21, 2024 11:51:27 GMT -5
Super seven is material with seven minerals and is from Brazil. This cab has some amethyst and cacoxenite.
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Post by stardiamond on Apr 21, 2024 14:25:54 GMT -5
I dopped 7. The missing one is a super seven already on the dop. New Mexican material, Prudent Man, Morgan Hill Poppy. The last one is from a Blue Mountain heel slab. The bottom is good, but I won't know about the top until after it is ground.
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Post by stardiamond on Apr 21, 2024 15:50:02 GMT -5
I like to work on the cabs where I don't know how they will turn out first. The Blue Mountain has a surface vug and after grinding the face is not as nice as the back, so I will put it aside. The Super Seven has a high dome and I think it will look better lowered. Low 80's today and tomorrow. Cooling off and rain on Friday. I'll finish some of these tomorrow and that will be it for the week.
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realrockhound
Cave Dweller
Chucking leaverite at tweekers
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Post by realrockhound on Apr 22, 2024 12:11:20 GMT -5
Nothing grinds my gears more than expecting them to turn out one way, then having them develop vugs, etc.. I’ve got so many cabs setting to the side I’ve said to heck with.
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roQhound
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by roQhound on Apr 22, 2024 14:12:15 GMT -5
Great work and some really nice material there!
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Post by stardiamond on Apr 22, 2024 14:46:34 GMT -5
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Post by stardiamond on Apr 27, 2024 13:45:03 GMT -5
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Post by chris1956 on Apr 27, 2024 15:19:08 GMT -5
Ok, that last one. Wow! What can I say.
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johnthor1963
starting to spend too much on rocks
Cattle dogs rock
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Post by johnthor1963 on Apr 28, 2024 7:54:21 GMT -5
Great looking material out standing. It must be hard sometimes to pick a favorite from a batch like that lol. Thx for sharing
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Post by victor1941 on Apr 28, 2024 8:31:56 GMT -5
Those are some superb cabs. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by pebblesky on Apr 28, 2024 11:52:56 GMT -5
Love that 8!
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Post by stardiamond on May 1, 2024 18:10:56 GMT -5
Super seven polished specimen.
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Post by stardiamond on May 3, 2024 15:33:37 GMT -5
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Post by stardiamond on May 7, 2024 14:05:25 GMT -5
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Post by Pat on May 7, 2024 14:18:48 GMT -5
I don’t think vugs are necessarily bad. Frequently they are pluses.
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Post by stardiamond on May 11, 2024 14:27:30 GMT -5
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