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Jafar
Mar 21, 2011 21:07:44 GMT -5
Post by deb193redux on Mar 21, 2011 21:07:44 GMT -5
I think this is Jafar Jasper (so named at thegemshop, thegemshop.com/osc/product_info.php?products_id=190) but I am not sure because I got a similar rock that was unnamed form Richardson's Rock Ranch. In moving to Kansas they got mixed up. But the Jafar usually has the red in a wider band, and often includes some orange. This is atypical for thegemshop, but it is typical of what I would have picked when I visited in 2007. I am leaning toward saying this rock is from Richardsons purchase in 2008, but I don't think I will ever know. I am a scene hound, and for a time I was very interested in dark/black backgrounds. What you see is the endcut and the 1st slab. The LS12 choked a bit on it, and I had to finish the cut hand-feeding on another saw. I trimmed the rock down to a block that has just the central landscape scene, which will hopefully be under the tipping point for the LS12, or maybe now even fit in the LS10, which does better when the vise is all the way over next to the blade. I think I will get at least 4 more slabs, maybe 5.
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Jafar
Mar 21, 2011 22:21:13 GMT -5
Post by roy on Mar 21, 2011 22:21:13 GMT -5
nice it has a lot of color
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cabjunky
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Jafar
Mar 21, 2011 22:39:59 GMT -5
Post by cabjunky on Mar 21, 2011 22:39:59 GMT -5
nice slabs, I don't have a clue on the identification though. It will make some nice cabs.
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Jafar
Mar 21, 2011 22:43:21 GMT -5
Post by deb193redux on Mar 21, 2011 22:43:21 GMT -5
No cabs! I want to keep the scenes intact in large tiles. Maybe if the scene deteriorates on subsequent slabs there will be some cabs.
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Wolfden
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Jafar
Mar 23, 2011 18:34:26 GMT -5
Post by Wolfden on Mar 23, 2011 18:34:26 GMT -5
Wow ... sure is alot going on with color in that one . great piece
Wolf
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Jafar
Mar 28, 2011 12:48:19 GMT -5
Post by frane on Mar 28, 2011 12:48:19 GMT -5
I think it is a good idea to keep them whole. I would not know where to begin to cut those and they should be beautiful polished up as is! Fran
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mossyrockhound
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Jafar
Mar 30, 2011 18:46:31 GMT -5
Post by mossyrockhound on Mar 30, 2011 18:46:31 GMT -5
Cool colors. The material shown on your referenced link is huge. See the size of the crack hammer in the box with those monsters? Garry
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Jafar
Mar 30, 2011 19:10:26 GMT -5
Post by deb193redux on Mar 30, 2011 19:10:26 GMT -5
Yes. I had to shift about 300lbs of rock looking for both "smaller than a softball", AND the pattern I wanted. In the end, I took at least one piece that was closer to a 5lb bag of sugar. Got about 15lbs total.
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adrian65
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Jafar
Mar 30, 2011 22:41:29 GMT -5
Post by adrian65 on Mar 30, 2011 22:41:29 GMT -5
Great colors on that jasper and the dark "sky" looks also good. What about the hardness, is it uniform or does it vary by the colors?
Adrian
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Jafar
Mar 31, 2011 9:33:58 GMT -5
Post by deb193redux on Mar 31, 2011 9:33:58 GMT -5
Adrian, the black part seems a little softer. It turned the oil gray, and I suspect some hematite (or other metallic) content. It did apparently glaze the blade in a manner very similar to the recent discussion of cutting Psilomelane. The green and red seem to be hard agate, except for the green on the very edges where it is a little crystallized.
Since I plan to cut a largish rectangle for an intarsia tile, and not really dome the material. I think I will be OK. If it does seem to grind well, I will throw a slabette in the next box send you way.
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