A Days Cutting

I got to spend all day cutting yesterday. Here's the results. There is a half a dozen big slabs of Jasper/Hematite. A couple of Brazilians that were less than impressive. Three slabs of some nice Jade. Three smaller slabs of some Plume that will allow me to continue with my Pietre Dure. I needed something that looked like straw in color and pattern. And then i have some mystery rock. I have at least fifty pounds of the stuff. I didn't think much of it in its rough stage but I thought I'd cut some to see what it was about. It's actually kind of cool. It is basically a Quartz formation with a lot of inclusions of Pyrite. I cut a simple little cab to see if it even polished. It did. The matrix of course was ten times harder than the pyrite. So grinding was a little touchy. But in the polishing, the pyrite smeared out nicely and looked pretty good. I don't know if the stuff has a name. So if you have any idea what to call it let me know















I wished I had some sunlight for the pics. The green in the cab dose not really show here.