BOULDER OPAL

sandsman1 In Memoriam RIP John "sandsman1" Member since December 2003 Posts: 11,341	BOULDER OPAL Jun 2, 2006 15:46:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sandsman1 on Jun 2, 2006 15:46:15 GMT -5 kinda nice
	GOT TO KEEP THE LOONEYS ONNNN THE PATH john-- NOMAD--- U.S.A. -- IN GOD WE TRUST

rockds still telling self it's just a hobby Member since September 2005 Posts: 4,130	BOULDER OPAL Jun 2, 2006 17:34:14 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockds on Jun 2, 2006 17:34:14 GMT -5 yea, kinda
	Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand. Ignorance and Prejudice and fear walk hand-in-hand.

Tweetiepy gets rocks for Christmas Always looking in the wrong places... Member since January 2005 Posts: 5,421	BOULDER OPAL Jun 2, 2006 17:37:07 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tweetiepy on Jun 2, 2006 17:37:07 GMT -5 Whadda ya mean kinda!?

stoner no longer being taken for granite THE EARTH IS JUST A ROCK TUMBLING THROUGH SPACE Member since March 2003 Posts: 7,715	BOULDER OPAL Jun 2, 2006 17:44:41 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stoner on Jun 2, 2006 17:44:41 GMT -5 Holy crap, nice colors in that piece. Alright, that does it, I'm heading into the garage and I'm gonna cut up some of that stuff and work up some cabs. In the words of our "Govenator", "I'll be back".

Cher In Memoriam Tumbling is addictive - Resistance is futile - You will be assimilated Member since August 2004 Posts: 14,072	BOULDER OPAL Jun 2, 2006 17:48:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cher on Jun 2, 2006 17:48:33 GMT -5 Oooooo look at the green sparkles in the center, I'll give you "kinda" it's beautiful.
	The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done. George Carlin

krazydiamond Global Moderator Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far. Member since June 2004 Posts: 9,636	BOULDER OPAL Jun 2, 2006 19:25:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by krazydiamond on Jun 2, 2006 19:25:30 GMT -5 Slim sent me some of that, extremely pretty but equally hard to work......are there different grades to that??? KD
	Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine!

WyckedWyre fully equipped rock polisher Member since April 2007 Posts: 1,391	BOULDER OPAL Jun 2, 2006 19:31:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by WyckedWyre on Jun 2, 2006 19:31:20 GMT -5 I love green in Boulder Opal. But then, you knew that. S
	ARE WE THERE YET?

offbeat no posts Member since May 2010 Posts: 0	BOULDER OPAL Jun 2, 2006 22:15:09 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by offbeat on Jun 2, 2006 22:15:09 GMT -5 That's sweet, John!! Man, I gotta get me some of that. Between you and Ed, you guys got me drooling all over my keyboard!! Bill

Cher In Memoriam Tumbling is addictive - Resistance is futile - You will be assimilated Member since August 2004 Posts: 14,072	BOULDER OPAL Jun 3, 2006 10:28:50 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cher on Jun 3, 2006 10:28:50 GMT -5 Where do you get that stuff at anyway?
	The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done. George Carlin

sandsman1
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RIP John "sandsman1"

Member since December 2003
Posts: 11,341

BOULDER OPAL Jun 3, 2006 11:50:36 GMT -5

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Post by sandsman1 on Jun 3, 2006 11:50:36 GMT -5

kd there is good and bad or not so good watch for soft stuff i had acouple pieces that had very crumbly soft matrix on part of them and had to lose some of the opal because it was too thin after the soft stuff came off --- it was alot lighter in color and allmost powdery to the touch

GOT TO KEEP THE LOONEYS ONNNN THE PATH
john-- NOMAD--- U.S.A. -- IN GOD WE TRUST

sandsman1 In Memoriam RIP John "sandsman1" Member since December 2003 Posts: 11,341	BOULDER OPAL Jun 3, 2006 11:56:22 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sandsman1 on Jun 3, 2006 11:56:22 GMT -5 cher i got a bunch from a guy on ebay oubla is his id --- i pretty sure it come from austraila
	GOT TO KEEP THE LOONEYS ONNNN THE PATH john-- NOMAD--- U.S.A. -- IN GOD WE TRUST

joe still telling self it's just a hobby Member since June 2005 Posts: 4,900	BOULDER OPAL Jun 4, 2006 21:15:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by joe on Jun 4, 2006 21:15:20 GMT -5 Cool cab Sands!
	"Always keep a diamond in your mind"

stefan Cave Dweller Member since January 2005 Posts: 14,113	BOULDER OPAL Jun 8, 2006 10:34:36 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stefan on Jun 8, 2006 10:34:36 GMT -5 Talk about GLOW WORMS!!!!! awesome John- just plain old Awesome!
	I can't tell if thats some Gneiss Schist, or that Schist is Gneiss. All I know is don't take it for Granite

gemkoi Guest	BOULDER OPAL Jun 11, 2006 12:59:48 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by gemkoi on Jun 11, 2006 12:59:48 GMT -5 ya, glow worms, thats a good look! i can see they're alive!

creativeminded still telling self it's just a hobby I am a crazy crafter. Member since January 2004 Posts: 4,524	BOULDER OPAL Jun 12, 2006 9:00:10 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by creativeminded on Jun 12, 2006 9:00:10 GMT -5 WOW that is just georgous. Tami
	Necessity is the mother of invention