Post by larrywyland3 on Dec 10, 2007 16:09:07 GMT -5
I decided to take a break from the Amazon Valley and I have been wanting to cab up some of Desertdweller's (Jamie) chrysicolla. I knew it was top notch material; I picked out a slab with lots of gem silica and one that looked super solid without any gem silica. Both came out great; it's a lot easier to make a nice looking cab when you got great material. On my continued quest to try different materials to use to break up the background so the camera can focus on the cab, I use casting wax pellets.
The one with the gem silica; it has tiny sparkly flashes in the sun light.
The more jaspery looking material. I have used chrysicolla from other sources that was more porous and I had to use hot stuff to seal it up. This one was solid and needed no treatment. As I said great material. I was thinking of Nephrite diving for jade when I was cutting this. The slab had a lighter area so I put that at the bottom. I envision Nephrite near the bottom with a light looking for the treasures from the deep.
Thanks for looking
The one with the gem silica; it has tiny sparkly flashes in the sun light.
The more jaspery looking material. I have used chrysicolla from other sources that was more porous and I had to use hot stuff to seal it up. This one was solid and needed no treatment. As I said great material. I was thinking of Nephrite diving for jade when I was cutting this. The slab had a lighter area so I put that at the bottom. I envision Nephrite near the bottom with a light looking for the treasures from the deep.
Thanks for looking
