jspencer
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Apr 9, 2012 22:24:00 GMT -5
Post by jspencer on Apr 9, 2012 22:24:00 GMT -5
Found some really nice colors in this rock. I didn`t slab it all but did cut enough to do for now. I turned it and cut some longer slabs in that direction with even better colors! I forgot to get a pic of it but will get one before I cab any. Attachments:
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Apr 10, 2012 22:33:11 GMT -5
Post by jspencer on Apr 10, 2012 22:33:11 GMT -5
Here is some of the other slabs I cut from the rock. Some really high quality material for cabbing. I am impatiently waiting for the motor to my Inland swap top to return from free repairs being done by Inland. I wrote to order a switch for it and they offered to take care of it. Pretty nice gesture in my book. When I get it I Attachments:
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Apr 10, 2012 23:29:13 GMT -5
Post by helens on Apr 10, 2012 23:29:13 GMT -5
Those are some interesting colors and patterns there! You're going to have really pretty cabs:).
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Apr 13, 2012 19:43:18 GMT -5
Post by frane on Apr 13, 2012 19:43:18 GMT -5
Wow! The OJ in the second picture is about the clearest I have ever seen! They will make some amazing cabs! Fran
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jspencer
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Apr 14, 2012 23:00:12 GMT -5
Post by jspencer on Apr 14, 2012 23:00:12 GMT -5
The problem with the elongated slabs is I have stared at them and just cannot find a place in it that I want to interrupt the pattern of any of it. I am toying with the idea of a really long cab with a beveled edge in a cab shape to be named later. I cut one kind of thin so it may do for that. I guess I`m gonna hafta break down and cut one. I`ll stare at it some more and see what I can imagine it to be. I have over 30 lbs. of OJ but I have to say this is the finest I`ve slabbed or seen available. One longer slab same as the 2nd pic had some nice white field with orange orbs in it at the bottom. I gave it to Darstcreek so we will have to see what he makes of his.
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Apr 15, 2012 5:21:14 GMT -5
Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Apr 15, 2012 5:21:14 GMT -5
Very pretty slices of OJ! I hope you find some more like that in your batch!
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Apr 18, 2012 22:29:41 GMT -5
Post by jspencer on Apr 18, 2012 22:29:41 GMT -5
Today I was trimming some slabs for cabbing. I had this OJ and some west Tx. plume agate to cut. This OJ has to be the hardest jasper I have run across. Harder than most agates! I tried to cut it on my small trim saw and decided the blade needed replacing since it didn`t want to cut. Then tried brand new diamond grinding wheel on swap top and it hardly ground anything. Next went to 6" cabber and removed some material but knew it would take all day. Finally I took it out to 10" saw and cut it. Over twice as long to cut it as the agate took. Cabs coming soon. I finally cut one slab into 2 cabs.
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Apr 25, 2012 22:12:01 GMT -5
Post by jspencer on Apr 25, 2012 22:12:01 GMT -5
So this is how I decided to use one of the ajoining slabs from this one pictured. The slab was a heavy 1/4" thick and gives great depth to the cabs. Attachments:
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Apr 26, 2012 1:10:19 GMT -5
Post by helens on Apr 26, 2012 1:10:19 GMT -5
That's certainly different looking! I think it looks prettier in slab form tho... but that could be the lighting in the shot. I LOVE those orbital patterns!!! Beautiful stuff!
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Apr 26, 2012 12:06:23 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2012 12:06:23 GMT -5
sorry for being thick. Where I come from OJ is either a breakfast beverage or a criminal with a Heisman trophy.
What is this beautiful material so cryptically named OJ?
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Apr 26, 2012 16:50:08 GMT -5
Post by jspencer on Apr 26, 2012 16:50:08 GMT -5
Shotgunner it is an abreviation for ocean jasper from Madagascar. The resources for it are limited and most mining rights have been bought by the Chinese. Thus the price goes high and it is found in limited supply. I have cut a lot of it and have not found any as hard, fracture free, and easy to work as this one rock. My wife bought a 6 lb. chunk of OJ she loved but it has so many fractures in the slabs they tend to break while trimming the slabs into cab forms. I showed them to my friend who manages a rock shop and she loved them. Said she would sell these for $200 or more if she had them in her store. Made me feel good since she is the one who gave me the cabber and has coached me when I need help.
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Apr 27, 2012 13:11:25 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2012 13:11:25 GMT -5
ahhh... ocean jasper. My bad!
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