Sabre52
Cave Dweller 
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on May 29, 2006 15:58:28 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Mentioned another weird form of jasper we call picture jasper because of the snowy ground and red bushes. Red-purple sky is all shot through with cube shaped pyrite crystals and all the little veins and streaks are pyrite filled too looking a bit like a lightning shot sky. Kinda neat material anyway and I like the sparkle that the included pyrite gives the cabs. Cabs are 30 x 40's.Thanks for lookin...mel  |
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Post by Cher on May 29, 2006 16:13:41 GMT -5
Cool
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Post by rockds on May 30, 2006 8:36:37 GMT -5
those are neat mel, looks more like shooting starts to me thou
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Post by krazydiamond on May 30, 2006 10:41:26 GMT -5
that is pretty cool looking material...nice cabs!
KD
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Jun 1, 2006 10:16:30 GMT -5
wowzer mel I love em!!! is that self collected material?  |
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Post by gemkoi on Jun 1, 2006 13:20:33 GMT -5
very cool Mel, they are very picture-esq. reminds me of flying around some other world. kinda like above the clouds. i think it was a dream once. very cool and nice color.
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rockhard
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since March 2006
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Post by rockhard on Jun 2, 2006 4:04:03 GMT -5
Mel, you mentioned pyrite... does that give you any special problems? My favorite dark green local jasper sometimes has a lot of it included, so I've wondered if there's anything to watch for in working it.
PS- those ARE beautiful.
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Post by joe on Jun 2, 2006 23:29:51 GMT -5
Great cabs Mel. I do believe that this is the first time that you have posted pics of rock without a very specific name! "Kinda sorta picture Jasper" ?  That's the kind of thing I would say. |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 14, 2006 15:18:47 GMT -5
Stefan: Yup. Self collected from an area neat the poppy jasper deposits.
Joe: Got lots of wierd mateirlas I have no name for . Just keep finding more stuff than I can name!
Rockhard: The pyrite included jaspers seem to work up pretty well if I use optical grade tin oxide for the final polish on cabs and rockshed aluminum oxide as final polish in the tumbler. Some pyrite will eventually rust from the salt on your hands though. The locals here say the more rust free pieces are due to a high gold content in the pyrite but I've seen rusty pyrite and non-rusting in the same stone so i don't know about that. I just hit it again with the poilsh if it gets too tarnished....mel
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Post by driftwood on Jun 15, 2006 5:18:06 GMT -5
I would call them bloody cabs, very cool !
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That's the kind of thing I would say. 
