karock
has rocks in the head
Member since November 2007
Posts: 667
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Post by karock on Jul 24, 2009 20:58:29 GMT -5
A couple of years ago I started collecting this material near Cordes Junction, Az. It ranges from Ivory white to grey to a few rare pieces having a bluish tint. You never know what is inside until you cut into it. Some of it is super hard and some of it can be soft but even the softer specicmens take a nice shine. I cut alot of slabs and slabbets the last couple of weeks and wanted to share. Enjoy! This first pix shows the wide variety it comes in. Here is the smaller of the two pieces in the first frame being slabbed. This is a piece that has more of the blue tint. This one is gnarly on the outside, but sweet inside. Similar pieces I really went gaga when I opened this piece up. Some of the first pieces I tumbled. I got several slabbets from this nugget. Thanks for looking.
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Post by frane on Jul 25, 2009 7:23:32 GMT -5
That first rock looked like it might be soft but the cut looks great! The rest are really nice and the tumbles look fantastic! You have some nice soft patterns in the slabs too! Fran
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pporky
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since May 2007
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Post by pporky on Jul 25, 2009 17:05:13 GMT -5
Nice solid material, them pendants came out great...ppork
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Post by texaswoodie on Jul 25, 2009 17:26:44 GMT -5
That blue is awesome!
Curt
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jul 25, 2009 20:59:22 GMT -5
Cool stuff, great pendants!!
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Post by stonesthatrock on Jul 26, 2009 18:30:16 GMT -5
those turned out really nice. i love the blue.
mary ann
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