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Post by christopherl1234 on Nov 1, 2011 19:59:07 GMT -5
I dug this out of the mountain on Holloween brought back more lavender this time. This is about 200lbs
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Nov 1, 2011 20:14:23 GMT -5
Wow, cool stuff! I got some cabs in the works from the last batch I got from you
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Post by christopherl1234 on Nov 1, 2011 20:33:52 GMT -5
I can't wait to see them!! Did you figure out how to get the star to show?? The best I have done so far is an "eye".
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Nov 1, 2011 20:38:47 GMT -5
not quite but got a "moonstone" effect with no star
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Post by christopherl1234 on Nov 1, 2011 20:42:00 GMT -5
The schiller is nice in this material too. It is really amazing at the claim because the whole outcropping does this when you walk by at certain angles
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 1, 2011 20:44:13 GMT -5
Star would be best cut with a very high dome, or as a sphere. Once you find the star in a sphere, there should be a matching star on the opposite side. Just mark and saw the sphere and you have 2 star cabs.
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Nov 1, 2011 20:44:46 GMT -5
I would not be able to leave if I went there Did you ever find out what that purple stone was that you got at an estate sale?
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Post by christopherl1234 on Nov 1, 2011 21:12:25 GMT -5
I don't remember Diane. So many rocks so many estate sales. I get them mixed up sometimes. Did I send it to you? If I did, you could send me a photo and I could tell you. If I was asking about it then I forgot... lol ....
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Post by tntmom on Nov 1, 2011 21:40:26 GMT -5
Oh wow, that looks wonderful!!
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Nov 1, 2011 21:55:28 GMT -5
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Post by christopherl1234 on Nov 1, 2011 23:16:12 GMT -5
Oh yes I remember this now. It is most definitely old stock Burro Creek. From what I have learned this is the type of material they collected out there before they covered the hole with 40 feet of dirt. I had a hard time IDing it because it is more agate like than the Burro Creek you see now a days which is more jasper like. Did you get some? If not let me know I still have some.
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Nov 2, 2011 1:02:20 GMT -5
yes and I want more but cannot do right now. The end of the month I can
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Post by Toad on Nov 2, 2011 11:13:44 GMT -5
Beautiful stuff.
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Post by Don on Nov 2, 2011 11:27:50 GMT -5
I've managed a star, but it wasn't oriented right. didn't see it unless you looked at the stone from an angle. now that my saw is up and running again I might try cutting a few cubes and rounding them out to orient a star
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 2, 2011 11:35:51 GMT -5
A star can often be found and oriented if you submerge the rough in oil of wintergreen or diffraction oil under a strong light.
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Post by Don on Nov 2, 2011 12:01:51 GMT -5
I was finding stars in the rough with honey and bright sun light, but even so, cutting the rough right is tricky.
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Post by Dicky the Rockhunter on Nov 2, 2011 12:06:34 GMT -5
stars in rose quartz, Wow. Never heard of that before , but I am not around rose that much. Is it similar to stars on Ruby ? Can ya picture it ? How does it happen ?
Dicky
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2011 13:30:16 GMT -5
Great stuff. How is your back?
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Post by stasiak on Nov 2, 2011 17:53:09 GMT -5
Nice! *covers screen from girlfriend* Can't show her...she'll want some.
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Post by christopherl1234 on Nov 2, 2011 23:29:21 GMT -5
Here us what the stars look like in this material My back is okay. It is my legs and butt that are soar from humping that stuff back up the mountain. Cutting the star is pretty tricky. I didn't cut those two. All I have manage so far is to cut this eye There is a star there. The only problem the apex is at the bottom of the girdle. So only an eye shows when it is laid in a pendant orientation.
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