rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rollingstone on Jul 25, 2009 16:08:23 GMT -5
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Post by NatureNut on Jul 25, 2009 16:25:53 GMT -5
I'm speechless. :drool:
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 25, 2009 17:50:40 GMT -5
Wow! Closer is even better! Don, was that just a standard batch of Gem Shop tumbling OJ or is that specially selected pieces from premium cutting rough?.....Mel
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rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rollingstone on Jul 25, 2009 18:58:17 GMT -5
Mel, now that I think about it, I guess most of this is just from two sources. I bought 5 lbs of supposedly premium rough from Madagascar Minerals (I think they were the company... based in Tucson). Those are the pieces that generally don't have the bright colors or have white orbs. They sent two chunks, one with the big white-blue orbs that shined really nicely (a good example is pic #4), another with smaller orbs that had some colour but it was not premium material and most of it got rejected along the tumbling path (you can see a couple pieces in the top-left corner of pic #6). The pieces with the brightly colored orbs are mainly from 5 lbs of top quality rough from Gems24... he always sells great stuff, I think you are a fan of his too?
-Don
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NorthShore-Rocks
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by NorthShore-Rocks on Jul 25, 2009 19:15:49 GMT -5
Wow!!! Now that's a kick butt tumble right there! :drool: Outstanding!
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 25, 2009 21:06:53 GMT -5
Oh yeah, I've got some beautiful material from him, including some nice OJ slabs, and he always stresses customer satisfaction too....Mel
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jul 25, 2009 21:20:08 GMT -5
That's the coolest batch yet!!  |
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adrian65
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Arch to golden memories and to great friends.
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Post by adrian65 on Jul 26, 2009 5:19:58 GMT -5
Great batch is not enough said... oh wait! I spotted a bug among those rocks! Go catch it! ;D
Adrian
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Post by frane on Jul 26, 2009 7:33:55 GMT -5
OK, That is some outstanding OJ! The only OJ that I have ever gotten was tumbling rough from rock shed. It was ok but lots of crystals and continued to chip away throughout the load. Some were fine but most left something to be desired. I haven't bought any since.
Where to you find Gem24?
Fran
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Jul 26, 2009 20:59:03 GMT -5
These are even better close up!
I'm assuming Gem24 is on ebay?
Nate
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carloscinco
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Post by carloscinco on Jul 26, 2009 22:17:53 GMT -5
It's great to see the natural beauties of this earth buffed up just a little more. Thanks
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Saskrock
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Post by Saskrock on Jul 27, 2009 1:11:24 GMT -5
Great rocks, I love OJ.
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Good Vibrations
noticing nice landscape pebbles
Overanalysis leads to Paralysis
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Post by Good Vibrations on Jul 27, 2009 10:11:04 GMT -5
Too cool! Thanks for posting these! I also paint, and your photos just gave me some creative inspiration. Ocean Jasper - I'm going to have to get some of that. You do a great job on the polish~ Erica
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rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rollingstone on Jul 27, 2009 14:45:18 GMT -5
Thanks for the kind words, everyone! Yes, Gems24 is on ebay. He sells a lot of slabs, but also sells some nice batches of rough. The ocean jasper doesn't appear all that often, but when it does it is usually really nice stuff. He typically sells it in 5 lb lots, sometimes 10 lbs. It can be a bit pricy, but nice OJ always commands a high price.
-Don
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Post by Bejewelme on Jul 28, 2009 5:23:10 GMT -5
Holy crap, BEAUTIFUL MATERIAL!!! Impressive to say the least!
Amber
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