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Post by stonesthatrock on Dec 9, 2008 12:20:38 GMT -5
I started to cut the big rock, i'm loving how its looking. heres 3 slabs that i have started with. ty ralph and mary ann
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Post by sandsman1 on Dec 9, 2008 18:36:51 GMT -5
yea thats what it looks like to me and nice large slabs easyer to pic your cabs
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Post by Bikerrandy on Dec 9, 2008 20:24:30 GMT -5
Beautiful stuff!! If you haven't cut it all yet, turn the rock 90% and take another cut. Changing the orientation might show something unreal.
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Post by Tweetiepy on Dec 9, 2008 20:29:26 GMT -5
Is it stinky? - that stuff is my first rock love!
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Post by sbreed on Dec 9, 2008 23:01:27 GMT -5
My guess would be porcelain. Nice cuts!
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Post by Bikerrandy on Dec 9, 2008 23:43:01 GMT -5
LOL, she know's it's porcelain y'all, this is from the 27 pound chunk that she started talking about last week. ;D
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Post by Jurrasic Jonje on Dec 10, 2008 0:29:37 GMT -5
looking good, I agree with randy give that rock a turn. Cant wait to see more pics.
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Post by stonesthatrock on Dec 10, 2008 9:24:25 GMT -5
ok i will give it a turn and see what happens
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Post by rallyrocks on Dec 10, 2008 11:16:41 GMT -5
My guess would be porcelain. Nice cuts! I was under the impression that the "porcelain" designation was kind of generic for any jasper with a very fine grain and taking a high polish, so rather than being a specific material- Hart mountain, Blue Mountain, Willow Creek, Imperial, many of the picture jaspers and even Morrisonite- along with several other materials all fall into that category. This purple and white material I always knew as "exotica" although I've seen it called "Sci-fi" too....
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Post by Bikerrandy on Dec 10, 2008 14:58:16 GMT -5
Porcelain jasper refers to this rock specifically. Sci-fi and Exotica are two other names for the same rock.
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Post by rallyrocks on Dec 10, 2008 15:18:13 GMT -5
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Post by stonesthatrock on Dec 10, 2008 15:30:30 GMT -5
ok soooooooo after all that, if i was so advertise it, would i call it Porcelain or Exotica???
ty ralph and mary ann
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Post by rallyrocks on Dec 10, 2008 15:33:30 GMT -5
Apparently, a lot of people would know it as either, I only was pointing out that in some circles, the Exotica designation would be considered a more specific name than calling it Porcelain Jasper.
A "Big Cat" could be a Tiger or a Lion or a panther etc. (Porcelain)
A "Leopard" would be a big yellow cat with spots. (Exotica)
I'd want a way out if either a Big Cat or a Leopard were known to be loose, much as I would buy a slab of that stuff whatever you choose to call it
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Post by Bikerrandy on Dec 10, 2008 15:49:35 GMT -5
I'm far from being an expert by any means, many appologies . I've learned some thing new today.
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Post by rallyrocks on Dec 10, 2008 17:12:05 GMT -5
No apologies needed, we all learn something every day, and I'm not much of an expert either, just wanted to share my observations...
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Post by stonesthatrock on Dec 11, 2008 11:10:57 GMT -5
really ty all for you help. Its always good to learn something new. Now when someone asks me, i can give them new information in return
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