highplainsdrifter
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Post by highplainsdrifter on Jun 7, 2009 18:50:03 GMT -5
Here are the first cabs cut from the material I brought home from central Oregon this week. I'm proud to present 2 Bat Cave jasper cabs. This is definitely one of my favorite materials. The material is a pleasure to work and takes as good of a polish as I've seen. It is sometimes called Ochoco Rim Jasper and was mined in caves up in the cliffs above the Ochoco Reservoir in Prineville. I was lucky enough to score 125 pounds from a friend. I also cut a couple Vistaite cabs from a group of slabs I got from Judy Elkins. This stuff is also very hard and takes a great polish. Finally, I cut a rutilated quartz cab from a slab Amber sent me. I still need to polish up the back to finish it off. Bat Cave...     Vistaite   Rutile  see you at the Pow-wows... |
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Post by frane on Jun 7, 2009 19:26:16 GMT -5
Oh, these are so beautiful! you never cease to amaze with your cabs!
Fran
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Post by Bejewelme on Jun 7, 2009 19:32:07 GMT -5
Dan: WOW, never saw or even heard of Bat Cave or Vistaite Those Bat Caves would be cool for Halloween, and that first Vistaite Cab looks like a perfect impressionist painting, beautiful cab! I am glad you tried the rutile! Twice the work but worth it! Great set as always! Amber  |
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Jun 7, 2009 19:41:56 GMT -5
Dan,
I've never seen a Bat Cave Cab done up...it's always been the rough I've seen. Those are pretty amazing cabs. They remind me somewhat of Bruneau. That Vistaite stuff is very rare isn't it?? That 2nd one looks like Earth. I love the Rutile best! Thanks for posting.
Steve
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 7, 2009 22:34:34 GMT -5
Wow great job on the Bat Cave! You don't see it worked much but those are really nice especially the second one.....Mel
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mc2
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Post by mc2 on Jun 7, 2009 22:50:44 GMT -5
Those are fantastic.
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Post by stonesthatrock on Jun 7, 2009 23:36:13 GMT -5
hold one while i wipe up my drool............. man those are all very beautiful. I have never seen the bat cave stuff and the Vistaite and the quartz. oh man all of them are fantastic.
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Post by Titania on Jun 8, 2009 8:49:01 GMT -5
Wow...you definitely should have posted a drool warning, HPD! As much as I love rutilated quartz, those bat cave pieces really do it for me. I've never seen that material before, and boy...it's incredible! The Vistalite is cool, too. I really like the 2nd one.
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Jun 8, 2009 11:04:37 GMT -5
A lot of great cabs as usual in your posts, but that bat cave in the 3rd and 4th pic is a class above! Perfect pattern, perfect orientation of material and, as usual, perfect shine!
Adrian
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kjohn0102
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Post by kjohn0102 on Jun 8, 2009 13:40:35 GMT -5
All Absolutely drop dead gorgeous! That bat cave is something else.
kj
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Post by MyNewHobby on Jun 8, 2009 13:50:28 GMT -5
Those are gorgeous!!
Julie
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Post by rockmanken on Jun 8, 2009 15:37:25 GMT -5
Glad you posted these. I needed my cab fix for today as two of mine broke on me while polishing. Love that rutilated quartz. The others are real cool. Nice cabs.
Ken
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Post by sitnwrap on Jun 8, 2009 16:39:46 GMT -5
I have never seen nor heard of Bat Cave or Vistaite so seeing something I have never seen before in the form of one of your cabs, is just such a treat.
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stoneviews
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Post by stoneviews on Jun 8, 2009 18:42:13 GMT -5
dana,nanananananananana, bat cave. yea Thats stuff is cool, I love that cab.
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bouldergal
freely admits to licking rocks
Glacier Meadow
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Post by bouldergal on Jun 9, 2009 10:16:07 GMT -5
Extraordinary! Material and cabs! Your work is spectacular. :drool:
We need a big mop to clean up all the drool!!!!!
Susan
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Post by Tonyterner on Jun 11, 2009 7:57:51 GMT -5
Never even heard of bat cave or Ochoco rim jasper before. Beautiful stuff and your cabs are stunning as usual. Love the pattern and shape of the third.
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Post by rockds on Jun 11, 2009 23:20:56 GMT -5
the bat cave is killer material
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sphereguy
having dreams about rocks
Hello all I've been lurking for months now
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Post by sphereguy on Oct 16, 2018 19:02:24 GMT -5
Any of this material out there stil?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2018 20:23:30 GMT -5
Any of this material out there stil? Folks still come up with Rim jasper pieces now and then when hunting the slopes north of Ochoco Reservoir. The vistaite is all in old stockpiles and collections these days. The folks who've claimed to have found more vistaite have turned out to have dug Ochoco Green/Skaggs jasper (really nice stuff, but not the same). A few have triumphed with thumbnail size flakes. Elkins and Quant were real thorough when they dug up that ridge back in the 1960s and Judy Elkins was real sure they got every sizable piece between them (and they were taking even small chunks; anything that could be sawed). |
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Post by vegasjames on Oct 17, 2018 2:23:34 GMT -5
Here are the first cabs cut from the material I brought home from central Oregon this week. I'm proud to present 2 Bat Cave jasper cabs. This is definitely one of my favorite materials. The material is a pleasure to work and takes as good of a polish as I've seen. It is sometimes called Ochoco Rim Jasper and was mined in caves up in the cliffs above the Ochoco Reservoir in Prineville. I was lucky enough to score 125 pounds from a friend. I also cut a couple Vistaite cabs from a group of slabs I got from Judy Elkins. This stuff is also very hard and takes a great polish. Finally, I cut a rutilated quartz cab from a slab Amber sent me. I still need to polish up the back to finish it off. Bat Cave... Vistaite Rutile see you at the Pow-wows... Hope you got permission from Batman to collect the stuff or he and Robin may come to kick your butt.  |
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