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Post by gemkoi on Apr 16, 2006 14:01:06 GMT -5
Hey Folks, These pieces came from a batch i finished last nigth. I just may keep a few, D'oh!  *Banjos fine Purple/Orange Moss/plume Agate from Burro Creek. The nicest i have ever worked of that material!  *a fine set of Guadalupe Poppy Jasper  *a druzy piece of Graveyard Plume from my tumble rough stocks. I polished it on the sides and the back, but left the face naturally broken.  *one i will most likly keep. Unreal picture scene in Paiute agate. The back is just as nice!  Rare Purple Chalcedony from Russia. Druzy center. the back is just as nice too!  A 2piece pendant, Fire agate with purple fire, and Banjos Purple Jasper. way to fine!  Always a favorite of mine, Condor agate Tuxedo. I have a druzy piece that goes with it, but have to make a different rig to photograph them together. |
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Post by Cher on Apr 16, 2006 14:16:58 GMT -5
Wow, that purple jasper has really nice color. Those are all very beautiful Gemkoi, nice job!!
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Post by stoner on Apr 16, 2006 21:22:54 GMT -5
Nice job shain. I like the shapes and the Guadalupe is really nice material. Looks like there aren't any fractures in those at all.
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Post by joe on Apr 16, 2006 23:38:07 GMT -5
All are very nice but I really like the poppy jasper.
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Apr 17, 2006 14:38:30 GMT -5
Shain!!!!! Man oh man- I loved the Paiute Agate- Was that from Banjo also?  I got a nice chunk from him- it has been giving me a bear of a time on the grinder- so I tossed some into the tumbler- looks pretty awesome!!!! I think that one is my Fave from this batch- but the poppy jasper is a real close second- Man i love your work! |
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Post by gemkoi on Apr 17, 2006 15:24:24 GMT -5
Thanks folks, ya Ed, That Poppy jasper is fracture free! There shows a couple nice healed fractures, but nothing that would fail easy. It was cut form a piece i got from a neighbor who wifes has a monster piece of Morgan Hill in her Rock garden. And she told me she will never sell it. It roughly 30pounds and has a green color to it. Though its full of fracutres, boy the cabs that could make. I got another dozen slabs that will all cut similar cabs to that set.
The Piaute comes from my over stocks Stephen. Banjo most likely has gotton it from me, as i have sevral hundreds pounds of just piaute, but not all is as nice as that cab. I managed two large cabs out of one piece i found a week ago while pooking around in my stocks. It will taken forever to sort the piles i tell ya. But its like rockhounding in my backyard. I only have to walk outside and start digging. Most of the stuff i cut comes out of these piles. I already sorted out most of the Regnecy, about 8000 pounds worth!
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Post by Cher on Apr 17, 2006 17:16:13 GMT -5
Apache Junction ... right near the Superstition Mountains? Just recently saw some pics of that place.
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Apr 18, 2006 10:32:12 GMT -5
THanks for the Info- That Piaute is truely some awesome stuff!
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WyckedWyre
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Post by WyckedWyre on Apr 18, 2006 19:44:41 GMT -5
Shain, did you change your tag? S
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Post by gemkoi on Apr 18, 2006 19:58:17 GMT -5
Ya, it been coming long before i joined this board. I do the Koi and ponds with my folks, but the lapidary and cabochons i do all by myself. So mainly for biuness reasons i had to reformatt my dealins with them, which also resulted in the newer site. It makes tax time so much easier.
So i am changing that handle in a number of boards that are just for rocks and gems.
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Post by rockyraccoon on Apr 19, 2006 2:00:43 GMT -5
shain you had me confused with the new name. i love that guadalupe poppy jasper.
kim
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 20, 2006 20:06:12 GMT -5
Great cabs Shain! Of course, me being a poppy jasper collector, I have to like the Guadalupe best but darn that purple material is nice too......mel
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I got a nice chunk from him- it has been giving me a bear of a time on the grinder- so I tossed some into the tumbler- looks pretty awesome!!!! I think that one is my Fave from this batch- but the poppy jasper is a real close second- Man i love your work!
