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a few more 2/28 Feb 28, 2007 15:47:15 GMT -5

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Post by krazydiamond on Feb 28, 2007 15:47:15 GMT -5

i swear ice was forming on the tips of my fingers finishing these up. if Stefan smelled skunk, can spring be far behind? sure looks that way from my back window....anyway....here are some cabs:

this is from a slab i got in one of BearCreeks moving auctions, i think someone (Mel?) ID'd it as dendritic opal (25mm x 18mm)?

here is a piece of mahogony obsidian (25mm x 18mm) that Connrock sent me, the photo doesn't do it justice:

here are a pair of 14mm x 10mm cabs of denim lapis i got on eBay that i'm hoping to make earrings out of:

next up is a piece of ruby in zoisite (left) that was gifted to my by Stoner (first time i ever worked with this) and an unknown (right) kind of quartz-y stuff with green rutile???anybody have a clue what this might be, i don't even remember where i got it...the first photo is without flash, second is with flash to try and show the colors:

and one with back lighting on the unknown:

note the deep blanket of white in the background....i think i have a few more weeks to wait for Mr. Skunk.

thanks for looking!

KD

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Tweetiepy gets rocks for Christmas Always looking in the wrong places... Member since January 2005 Posts: 5,421	a few more 2/28 Feb 28, 2007 18:32:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tweetiepy on Feb 28, 2007 18:32:40 GMT -5 KD if you're looking for grass, check inside that cab! hehe - those are amazing - the last two are my favorites - You're backyard looks like mine

WyckedWyre fully equipped rock polisher Member since April 2007 Posts: 1,391	a few more 2/28 Feb 28, 2007 20:44:05 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by WyckedWyre on Feb 28, 2007 20:44:05 GMT -5 I love your cabs, KD. WIsh you'd post more often! :DS
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akansan still telling self it's just a hobby Member since January 2006 Posts: 4,075	a few more 2/28 Feb 28, 2007 20:48:04 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by akansan on Feb 28, 2007 20:48:04 GMT -5 Love these! The dendritic opal has to be my favorite, but I'm going through one of those dendrite stages. Is it tourmilated quartz if it's not rutile? Is that what I'm thinking of?

rockds still telling self it's just a hobby Member since September 2005 Posts: 4,130	a few more 2/28 Feb 28, 2007 21:15:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockds on Feb 28, 2007 21:15:15 GMT -5 don't know what the unknown is but it looks like it has grass in it - very cool
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a few more 2/28 Feb 28, 2007 22:33:27 GMT -5

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Post by stoner on Feb 28, 2007 22:33:27 GMT -5

Cool, break the unknown one open and let's smoke it! Excellent cabs KD. Really nice cut on the dendritic opal. And it looks like you got a great shine on the ruby in zoisite. That one always gives me problems. Good to see your work again.

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a few more 2/28 Mar 1, 2007 11:04:08 GMT -5

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Post by stefan on Mar 1, 2007 11:04:08 GMT -5

ED!!!! Shame on you!
KD- Smelled PePe again this AM- Haven't seen him yet- but he's around somewhere (yea probably laying dead in some snowbank!) Love the cuts- Not a "stinker" in the batch- I noticed on your domes that the sides seem to be narrower than the tops- is that just an optical illusion?

I can't tell if thats some Gneiss Schist, or that Schist is Gneiss. All I know is don't take it for Granite