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MyNewHobby driving up their electric bill Member since January 2009 Posts: 2,282	Finished Vibe Batch - Very Pic Heavy!! - Post# 2 Aug 6, 2009 20:16:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MyNewHobby on Aug 6, 2009 20:16:53 GMT -5 Second wave (I took a total of 96 pictures) ...
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Finished Vibe Batch - Very Pic Heavy!! - Post# 2 Aug 6, 2009 22:00:06 GMT -5

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Post by tkrueger3 on Aug 6, 2009 22:00:06 GMT -5

Dang, Julie, you have some really pretty stones in that batch. In pictures 17 & 18 in this thread, is that some kind of chrysocolla, or what? It is gorgeous. And in 19, what is the creamy stone next to the red one? Smoky quartz, maybe? It looks like nearly all your quartz varieties turned out beautifully. And in picture 13, what are those 2 pieces with the spots that look like maybe little bitty fossils of some sort? Are those an agate of some kind?

I liking this batch! And I being jealous! I haven't been able to finish anything as nice as that yet.

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Finished Vibe Batch - Very Pic Heavy!! - Post# 2 Aug 6, 2009 22:05:19 GMT -5

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Post by Geo-Ing Crazy on Aug 6, 2009 22:05:19 GMT -5

Julie - you sure have an AMAZING variety in there (and I haven't looked at all the pictures yet). I was going to ask if that was turritella agate (spelling?) - which several people identified for me a week or so ago when I posted pictures in the fossil section (some rocks I got from a yard sale). Anyway, if mine would turn out anywhere as good as yours, I'd better get to sawing them!
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Finished Vibe Batch - Very Pic Heavy!! - Post# 2 Aug 7, 2009 15:47:06 GMT -5

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Post by 10thumbs on Aug 7, 2009 15:47:06 GMT -5

Hey Julie. You have some very nice stuff there. I like the turritella agate best. I have a brick size piece of that in my slab-saw-required box. Your tigers eye turned out exactly like mine when I did a big mixed batch. Nice faces but white edges. I guess it's just a shade softer than the average jasper or agate. I re-tumbled them with softer stones and saw some improvement.

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colliel82 has rocks in the head Member since November 2007 Posts: 664	Finished Vibe Batch - Very Pic Heavy!! - Post# 2 Aug 7, 2009 22:37:18 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by colliel82 on Aug 7, 2009 22:37:18 GMT -5 Thanks for the pictures. I always learn a lot from them. Love the color and variety.

tntmom has started giving rock gifts Member since August 2009 Posts: 3,500	Finished Vibe Batch - Very Pic Heavy!! - Post# 2 Aug 8, 2009 14:09:18 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tntmom on Aug 8, 2009 14:09:18 GMT -5 Very cool! The red and green one in pic #17 and #18 is so pretty! What is it?
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Noosh9057 fully equipped rock polisher Member since November 2003 Posts: 1,613	Finished Vibe Batch - Very Pic Heavy!! - Post# 2 Aug 17, 2009 11:08:09 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Noosh9057 on Aug 17, 2009 11:08:09 GMT -5 Very very nice. Roger
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Finished Vibe Batch - Very Pic Heavy!! - Post# 2 Aug 19, 2009 17:06:45 GMT -5

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Post by frane on Aug 19, 2009 17:06:45 GMT -5

I suspect the red and green are fancy jasper/red green jasper or even bloodstone. Looks like they shined up really nicely but it is a bugger to keep from chipping sometimes. The woods are also dificult about fracture lines. Looks like you have some really neat ones there!
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harryz starting to spend too much on rocks Member since January 2008 Posts: 137	Finished Vibe Batch - Very Pic Heavy!! - Post# 2 Aug 26, 2009 6:55:02 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by harryz on Aug 26, 2009 6:55:02 GMT -5 I would second that, the red and green is fancy jasper. I personally liked the tigereye in pic # 4,5. Harry

Bikerrandy can identify rocks - even green ones Say what?? Member since September 2005 Posts: 15,688	Finished Vibe Batch - Very Pic Heavy!! - Post# 2 Aug 26, 2009 18:11:59 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Bikerrandy on Aug 26, 2009 18:11:59 GMT -5 Great stuff, great job!!
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