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Post by christopherl1234 on Nov 29, 2012 0:43:02 GMT -5
Looks like you just got blessed. Hard to find Mexican Opal jars with larger pieces like that anymore. Smaller stuff now a days. I see a lot of man made faceting rough in the green trays in the photo with the Rocks & Minerals book, the boules.
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Nov 29, 2012 7:55:57 GMT -5
I had to come look at all these neat toys & rock again - drooling big time! What are those gauges in the ninth picture?
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Post by Tonyterner on Nov 29, 2012 9:56:13 GMT -5
John that's a heck of a score. I have the same exact saw and love it. I'm thinking the purple is sugilite. If it is a piece that size is worth a good chunk of cash. Can't wait to see you cab it. Those mexican opals are some really big chunks, you'll have fun cabbing those.
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Post by Thunder69 on Nov 29, 2012 17:28:11 GMT -5
Donnie if you are talking about the guages to the right those are multimeters..Got 3 of them....Tony the rock is most likely sugilite from what I have been able to find about it on the web ...It weighs 7.4 lbs so I will put it in the Score box ;D...Gonna try to do some cutting this weekend...Chris I was given some opal from a fella I got some slabs from before ..Not big at all ..There are some big pieces in here ...Hey Beef Remember what I said about Rock Karma...Gotta do it again....John Some more pics of odds and ends Glass boules for faceting  Disk Box for flat laps...Still has the stone /polish guide attached  Some jewelry stuff Ring sizers hammer  Old microscope with box and slides  Slabs that didn't get posted the first time      The tiger eye is solid, the big green square is jade.. John |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2012 19:05:53 GMT -5
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Post by beefjello on Nov 29, 2012 20:17:25 GMT -5
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Post by Thunder69 on Nov 29, 2012 21:11:11 GMT -5
Brian it is a slice of sodalite.....As far as what the purple one is... When I get a better cut we can go from there....Who knows ;D...John
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