Post by tkrueger3 on Sept 25, 2009 23:16:12 GMT -5
Finally finished my "preforms in the vibe" experiment, and I'm quite pleased with the results. Given, some of them would have been "thrown back" by most of the folks who've been doing this for a while, but for me, I like them, even with the pits, warts, etc. I'm just happy to get a shine on something, FINALLY!
OK, here's what was in the vibe: Preforms, some "accidents" that are leftovers from cutting preforms, some of the old beach rocks that I could not get to shine, and a ton of ceramics:
Surprisingly, some of the beach rocks decided to give a little shine, while others still refuse:
Foreground, the cabs, background, the "accidents"
Now the fun: IF YOU KNOW WHAT THE STONE IS, PLEASE TELL ME!
These all from the same slab - some kind of jasper:
I have no clue but I like it, pits, cracks, and all:
Couple of snowflake obsidians:
Couple of Montana agates:
Some real skinny little laces:
Another I don't know - very creamy looking:
I think these may be the same kind of stone - don't remember if they were off the same slab. Might they be something like St. John's Flower agate? Dunno.
Picture jasper - stuff refuses to get past the "satin" finish.
A little piece of banded onyx
Don't know - amy? quartz? they are both chatoyant, and backlit show everything from rootbeer color to lavender - I love them.
Little kambaba (I know, it looks kinda like O.J. - but isn't that what kambaba really is?)
3 pet palms from the same little slab
Don't know - hard as nails, very pitty, sorta resembles bacon.
Okay, that's all of them. Thanks for looking. Again, if you can name one or more of them, please do - and correct me if I'm wrong on my guesses, PLEASE!
Tom
OK, here's what was in the vibe: Preforms, some "accidents" that are leftovers from cutting preforms, some of the old beach rocks that I could not get to shine, and a ton of ceramics:
Surprisingly, some of the beach rocks decided to give a little shine, while others still refuse:
Foreground, the cabs, background, the "accidents"
Now the fun: IF YOU KNOW WHAT THE STONE IS, PLEASE TELL ME!
These all from the same slab - some kind of jasper:
I have no clue but I like it, pits, cracks, and all:
Couple of snowflake obsidians:
Couple of Montana agates:
Some real skinny little laces:
Another I don't know - very creamy looking:
I think these may be the same kind of stone - don't remember if they were off the same slab. Might they be something like St. John's Flower agate? Dunno.
Picture jasper - stuff refuses to get past the "satin" finish.
A little piece of banded onyx
Don't know - amy? quartz? they are both chatoyant, and backlit show everything from rootbeer color to lavender - I love them.
Little kambaba (I know, it looks kinda like O.J. - but isn't that what kambaba really is?)
3 pet palms from the same little slab
Don't know - hard as nails, very pitty, sorta resembles bacon.
Okay, that's all of them. Thanks for looking. Again, if you can name one or more of them, please do - and correct me if I'm wrong on my guesses, PLEASE!
Tom
) from this exercise - if you want DOMED cabs, don't try to get them via the vibe route. I can't see a reliable way to do that, although ONE of these does have a bit of a dome, the littlest "chatoyant-see-through-rootbeer/lavender-thing-that-I-wish-I-knew-the-name-of-because-I-love-it" cab in the 13th picture. Somebody please give me a name for that stone? Please? 
