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Tweetiepy
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13/07 Cabs Jul 13, 2008 18:01:44 GMT -5

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Post by Tweetiepy on Jul 13, 2008 18:01:44 GMT -5

I always seem to feel guilty to go off alone to cab, but I still manage to get away sometimes. After the in-laws left I got to finishing these - I had dopped them the night before - seems we were supposed to watch a movie .

Here they are:
Some hard leopardskin jasper - my very VERY first cab was out of this stuff

Some club chrysocolla - my daughter stole this slab, I asked her what she was doing with it - she said nothing - so I cabbed a piece for her - it's gonna be wrapped in chainmaille

another piece of Chrys - this one was hers too, - she chose this shape herself as well as the location

A piece of Kim's mugglestone (reminds me that there are no more Harry Potter books when I work this stone)

This is a piece of BC something.... it's nice & purply

Rainbow obsidian - this reminds me of high school: I'm in love with this stuff, IT HATES me!!

The shine is better, but still only a matte finish, I'm wondering if you really CAN get a mirror shine on this stuff, it looks okay but it has like a "cloudy" surface
Oh well - here's a picture of my one-sided love affair stone

This stuff is from some tigeriron that I got off ebay a long time ago - it's very soft & hematitey - it kept grinding down on the 3000 belt

This was a piece I got from WarrenA - this was a beautiful slab - I chose - what I thought was the perfect shape, a nice big oval to get the whole shape & the image I wanted - I had just said in my head that I've never heard or seen this stuff have fractures.... well - it broke off!!!!

- the top part broke off (and I'd just done said that this stuff doesn't fracture much - *stupid mouth*

so I reshaped into a stubbier flat oval - I wanted the image on the back to be the front but had to settle. The front had more image play and I might have ground too much of the image off if I'd gone with my initial idea.

Front of picture jasper

I might be a bit of a backwards person, both sides are pretty much identical, but for some reason I thought it would have looked better the other way - this one will most likely get a chainmaille wrap - or a wrap of some sorts
BACK

Thanks for looking

Last Edit: Jul 13, 2008 18:04:27 GMT -5 by Tweetiepy

desertdweller fully equipped rock polisher Member since August 2006 Posts: 1,803	13/07 Cabs Jul 13, 2008 20:01:03 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by desertdweller on Jul 13, 2008 20:01:03 GMT -5 Those are awesome Tweetie, beautiful rainbow obsidian and the leopard agate is killer. Very nice chrys too.
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stoner no longer being taken for granite THE EARTH IS JUST A ROCK TUMBLING THROUGH SPACE Member since March 2003 Posts: 7,715	13/07 Cabs Jul 13, 2008 21:27:42 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stoner on Jul 13, 2008 21:27:42 GMT -5 Excellent job on all of them. One of these days you'll get the rainbow to shine. In your picture jasper cab, I see a wrist and a hand with what's left of the persons fingers curled halfway. How's that for an image!

Jurrasic Jonje driving up their electric bill Member since September 2006 Posts: 2,659	13/07 Cabs Jul 13, 2008 21:42:05 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jurrasic Jonje on Jul 13, 2008 21:42:05 GMT -5 Looking good, the chrysocolla turned out great.
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13/07 Cabs Jul 13, 2008 22:29:50 GMT -5

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Post by sitnwrap on Jul 13, 2008 22:29:50 GMT -5

They are all great! Love hearing some one else has a daughter who grabs the goods. I know when I've done good, my daughter stakes a claim to it before I even have a chance to offer it to her. Not often she does it though. Different tastes, chalk it up to the generation gap.

I love the Leopardskin. It is such a fun stone to look at.

fishenman driving up their electric bill ___________ Member since November 2007 Posts: 2,211	13/07 Cabs Jul 14, 2008 0:40:17 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fishenman on Jul 14, 2008 0:40:17 GMT -5 Very nice cabs. I think the BC one is Rhodonite.
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Sabre52 Cave Dweller Me and my gal, Rosie Member since August 2005 Posts: 20,504	13/07 Cabs Jul 14, 2008 22:52:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Sabre52 on Jul 14, 2008 22:52:31 GMT -5 Love cab #2! Purpley one looks like lepidolite and is a tough one to polish but a real pretty stone. Didn't know they had that in BC and thought it might be rhodonite. Cool stone anyway..Mel
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Tweetiepy gets rocks for Christmas Always looking in the wrong places... Member since January 2005 Posts: 5,421	13/07 Cabs Jul 15, 2008 7:25:09 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tweetiepy on Jul 15, 2008 7:25:09 GMT -5 The purple one is NOT lepidolite (I have some of that too, but not this batch, this purply stuff takes a nice shine) Rhodonite sounds about right though.

Gem'n I freely admits to licking rocks Member since March 2008 Posts: 980	13/07 Cabs Jul 15, 2008 9:22:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Gem'n I on Jul 15, 2008 9:22:33 GMT -5 The leopardskin is very pretty but the second chryscolla is a jaw dropper...you did very well!
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Tonyterner gets rocks for Christmas Cuttin', cabbin' and havin' fun Member since June 2007 Posts: 6,962	13/07 Cabs Jul 15, 2008 12:35:58 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tonyterner on Jul 15, 2008 12:35:58 GMT -5 Great job on all of them. That's a pretty atypical piece of leopardskin. Both chrysocolla's are my favs.

Titania driving up their electric bill Nichole Member since October 2007 Posts: 2,046	13/07 Cabs Jul 16, 2008 11:35:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Titania on Jul 16, 2008 11:35:38 GMT -5 Great job! I really like that Mugglestone (I always think of HP too!). That rainbow obsidian is awesome, too...I've got to get some of that.