rockhound97058
freely admits to licking rocks
Thundereggs - Oregons Official State Rock!
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Post by rockhound97058 on Nov 20, 2010 22:40:49 GMT -5
For the past few days I've eyeballed this piece of Coral I had laying around I got from Jeff. Finally a lightbulb clicked and this is what I made. I free-formed/contoured polished this piece and impressed with the way it turned out. Great stone to work with! I cut a flat face for the base and used the natural shape of the stone to guide the shape. I left the natural white skin to show the original texture, plus I think it highlights the polished face. The only bad thing I have to say is today when I ground and polished it, it was only high 30's and dang cold with the hose spraying water. Talking snow tomorrow. Enjoy! Jason    |
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chromenut
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by chromenut on Nov 21, 2010 2:34:48 GMT -5
That's a monster. What's it weigh?
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rockhound97058
freely admits to licking rocks
Thundereggs - Oregons Official State Rock!
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Post by rockhound97058 on Nov 21, 2010 11:09:24 GMT -5
It's not too large, runs right at a 10 pound piece. Actually a real small piece from some of the chunks I've seen in pictures Jeff sent me.
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Post by Toad on Nov 21, 2010 18:06:01 GMT -5
Looks neat. I like the contrast of white with polished areas.
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Post by frane on Dec 3, 2010 16:12:44 GMT -5
Coral is such a neat material! Great specimen!
Fran
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jcinpc
has rocks in the head
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Post by jcinpc on Dec 7, 2010 11:40:31 GMT -5
awesome job, Jason, I love how you left the cortex on it. I nned one of those for my desk,lol
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rockhound97058
freely admits to licking rocks
Thundereggs - Oregons Official State Rock!
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Post by rockhound97058 on Dec 8, 2010 23:02:17 GMT -5
Hmmm - I'm sure we can work something out. If I keep this up I'll be running out of Coral soon. The next one I think will blow this one out of the water. Next candidate will have more pollups across the entire face. - Now if I can get any temps over 35 degree's I'll be in business to start grinding again. Something about wet grinding in the snow/freezing rain, just sucks lol.
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Gotta lick those rocks to see if they shine!!
