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Post by chris1956 on Aug 12, 2024 20:21:15 GMT -5
Here is a bloodstone cab from a slab that I received from tribeunited. Thanks for the slab. Took me a while to cab (seemed pretty hard) and get the scratches out. I really like the green color. Before and a couple after pics.    Thanks for taking a look. |
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Post by tribeunited on Aug 12, 2024 20:29:18 GMT -5
That shined up beautifully! Nice  I didn't expect it to turn out that pretty of a color! I'll make sure to send the bigger slabs of this material with the next ones. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 13, 2024 20:40:52 GMT -5
Very pretty. I don't think I have seen bloodstone that shade of green. I always have trouble with bloodstone- it's so dang hard. Feels like you're grinding way too long.
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Post by chris1956 on Aug 13, 2024 20:59:16 GMT -5
Very pretty. I don't think I have seen bloodstone that shade of green. I always have trouble with bloodstone- it's so dang hard. Feels like you're grinding way too long. That was the way this one was. "grinding way too long". I saw something yesterday or today that looked similar but wasn't bloodstone. It was on the auction that stardiamond mentioned recently in a post (see link below). Could it be that this cab is actually green moss agate? townandcountryonlineauctions.hibid.com/lot/208906913/green-moss-agate-slab--4-oz?ref=catalog |
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Post by cabby on Aug 14, 2024 8:35:42 GMT -5
Beautiful! The bloodstones I have are significantly darker and the texture is more speckled rather than swirled. Not sure what that material is but am inclined to say it’s not bloodstone.
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Post by rockbrain on Aug 14, 2024 9:12:33 GMT -5
It seems like I've heard that bloodstone and green moss agate come from basically the same place. I might be mis-remembering that though.
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Post by chris1956 on Aug 14, 2024 9:48:10 GMT -5
Beautiful! The bloodstones I have are significantly darker and the texture is more speckled rather than swirled. Not sure what that material is but am inclined to say it’s not bloodstone. Thanks. I looked at images and that is true that they tend to be darker. However, there were a few lighter slightly translucent ones like this one. Although you never know if they have been correctly identified. I am tagging jasoninsd since he is the expert at identifying rocks, even green ones. It seems like I've heard that bloodstone and green moss agate come from basically the same place. I might be mis-remembering that though. I looked for that on the internet but didn't find much other than one reference saying they were different. It is always that thin line of definition between jasper, chalcedony, and agate. |
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Post by dshanpnw on Aug 14, 2024 12:31:47 GMT -5
Very nice. I like that color of green. Great job Chris.
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Post by tribeunited on Aug 14, 2024 12:39:08 GMT -5
Labels on these say bloodstone from India (like this one) Let me know if I need to change that!!!! |
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Post by chris1956 on Aug 14, 2024 12:54:18 GMT -5
Very nice. I like that color of green. Great job Chris. Thanks. Labels on these say bloodstone from India (like this one) Let me know if I need to change that!!!! I am working on one of the other ones and will post later today. It is way softer. More like a softer version of jasper. |
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Post by tribeunited on Aug 14, 2024 12:59:24 GMT -5
Very nice. I like that color of green. Great job Chris. Thanks. Labels on these say bloodstone from India (like this one) Let me know if I need to change that!!!! I am working on one of the other ones and will post later today. It is way softer. More like a softer version of jasper. Very cool keep em coming! You're making me super happy seeing them put to good use. I'm cheesing out here, so happy! |
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Post by jamesp on Aug 14, 2024 13:39:06 GMT -5
Bloodstone is too nice. Fine looking cab Chris.
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Post by chris1956 on Aug 14, 2024 15:33:08 GMT -5
Bloodstone is too nice. Fine looking cab Chris. Thanks. |
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Post by chris1956 on Aug 14, 2024 15:46:31 GMT -5
Well here is the latest. Another one from tribeunited which was in with the bloodstone ones. Whereas the one above was very hard, this one was on the softer side much like you might find for a jasper (which I think bloodstone is). The pink stuff seamed to be harder as I kept figting undercutting on the green when shaping it. But when you look at the last photo where the light bulb reflection is half in the green and half in the pink, it is obvious that the pink did not polish as well as the green. Do you think the pink is feldspar? Also, from the backlit photo, you can see that the green (at least some of it) is translucent.     When I was working on this I noticed that even when polished the wet version looked much better than the dry which is what I often see in softer materials like the red jasper I find around here. I think the softer material mucst soak up or hold onto the water better making them look brighter and more polished. ?? This is wet but the picture doesn't look too much better than the dry.  So anyone have other thoughts about what this is? India bloodstone, green moss agate,  ? Bonus jasper cab also from tribeunited. I think the second photo is closer to the true color.   Thanks for taking a look and with any help on the ID.Chris |
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Post by tribeunited on Aug 14, 2024 16:56:36 GMT -5
chris1956 - That green one is verdite from Zimbabwe (that's my label - experts will probably disagree) I like how the red one came out. I wasn't sure about that when I sent it - but I was going for the red and green theme and it fit. It came out a lot prettier than I thought at first!
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Post by chris1956 on Aug 14, 2024 18:06:02 GMT -5
chris1956 - That green one is verdite from Zimbabwe (that's my label - experts will probably disagree) I like how the red one came out. I wasn't sure about that when I sent it - but I was going for the red and green theme and it fit. It came out a lot prettier than I thought at first! Well that is good to know and I really like the green color and patterns. You can't tell it on the red one but there is a nice pattern of small wavy lines in it. |
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Post by chris1956 on Aug 14, 2024 19:01:09 GMT -5
I forgot to include before pictures of the latest ones. The veridite (green one) is the middle one in the first photo.   |
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 15, 2024 21:02:54 GMT -5
So...sorry for the delayed response chris1956! Verdite is also known as "Bud Stone"...which is dangerously close to Bloodstone... What I find interesting on that first cab is that had I known nothing of its origin, I would say it was "Fancy Jasper" - which is sometimes mislabeled as Bloodstone. However...knowing this material came from tribeunited, I would question the Fancy Jasper ID...due to the level of material in the collection. When I think of "old-stock" Bloodstone, I think of that deep dark green with the red (iron oxide) dots... I'm not saying that first one isn't Bloodstone...for what that's worth. LOL |
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Post by tribeunited on Aug 21, 2024 15:54:46 GMT -5
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Post by chris1956 on Aug 21, 2024 18:23:20 GMT -5
Seems like a lot of variation in it. All of them have at least a little of the pink in them.
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I didn't expect it to turn out that pretty of a color! I'll make sure to send the bigger slabs of this material with the next ones.
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