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Post by jamesp on Sept 20, 2013 16:14:50 GMT -5
These are common and a lot of trouble to get the cab out of. Could make some bizarre cabs and tumbles. These show more polyps and absorb more color making metals and chemicals. They are what i reject regularly. But saved some to play with this time. The heat may turn this tangerine orange This would be a unique cab....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2013 16:40:09 GMT -5
we need daniel to "virtual cab" it for us!
So cool.
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Post by Pat on Sept 20, 2013 20:49:23 GMT -5
That's beautiful as is. Yes, would make a lovely cab for a piece of jewelry.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 20, 2013 23:58:32 GMT -5
I bought more of that home Pat/Scott. It is similar to partially filled/replaced wood.The bigger the coral the more likely that partial silicification occurs. The 2-3 foot corals break and leave the solid sections that have very rich saturations of yellow/orange that heat treat into wild colors.
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Post by bhiatt on Sept 21, 2013 2:26:36 GMT -5
last picture looks like a big flock of birds.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 21, 2013 8:34:28 GMT -5
That rock was covered with roots woven thru it. Many coming thru those holes. Like they were eating the birds. We can get help Brad.
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Post by pghram on Sept 25, 2013 14:47:19 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see what your new cooker does to it.
Rich
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Post by jamesp on Sept 25, 2013 22:04:17 GMT -5
Yes Rich. I have collected and prepped a large load to start in the morning. And about 20 chips off of big chunks to see how they change. Mark w/a graphite pencil on the chip and the mother chunk. Twenty mother chunks and 50-60 pounds to cook.
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Post by grayfingers on Sept 26, 2013 7:37:01 GMT -5
Very interesting stuff, James. It is great how much diversity there is in the corals you find in the differing sites.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 9, 2013 16:49:29 GMT -5
I guess the heat made this come out almost almost canary yellow. I can not wait to tumble these 'rocks with fins'. The fins are plenty strong to handle cabbing and tumbling. This is a coral i have always rejected. I am thinking it would make some liberal gems. Lots of surface area for mineral/metal absorption assisting in rich color development. All in this batch is from one coral. Some more in the flicker set www.flickr.com/photos/67205364@N06/sets/72157636368390784/
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Post by Pat on Oct 9, 2013 17:22:07 GMT -5
They would make stunning cabs after being heat treated. The yellow photo, third from bottom, with black stars on the left is a real stunner. Who wouldda' thunk?
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Post by jamesp on Oct 9, 2013 18:46:59 GMT -5
I will tumble them and test their reaction Pat. That is the most skin abrading stuff you have ever touched. i have tumbled a bit of this type and it does just fine. I am thunking it will work. I only bought back one of those. If that texture got a demand i could mix it up w/color and patterns.
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Post by quartz on Oct 9, 2013 22:30:39 GMT -5
Nice result in the oven, you got some really good color. Anxious to see the tumbled product. Larry
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Post by jamesp on Oct 9, 2013 22:58:10 GMT -5
Should be an interesting effect Larry. They are color rich.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2013 10:27:40 GMT -5
Imagine when in 1000 years anthropologists go over jims acreage to study "the ancients" and they find all this there. It will be the rosetta stone of coral localities and identification. Before they found his place there would just be corals all over the place from many sources and causes. But at Jim's they'll find the numbered chips and mother corals along with anotebook identifying the river and coral seam they came from.
Jamesp making science 10 centuries in the future.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 10, 2013 12:03:44 GMT -5
People laugh that the bamboo will take over and strangle me. Before even i am ancient Scott. Canes grew up through the asphalt this year.
I will leave a record that a tornado came through and deposited it here. I will leave info about you Scott. They will be mesmerized by it for sure.
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Oct 10, 2013 12:45:26 GMT -5
James, those are very nice! That last piece is gorgeous & the first two pieces you are holding are very nice too. It will be interesting to see what the tumbler does to them! Someone should give cabbing a try too. I would be very happy to volunteer!
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Post by jamesp on Oct 10, 2013 13:48:37 GMT -5
Donnie. I am headed back tomorrow. After heating, sawing ,breaking that stuff down with a hammer i now have an intimate feel for it. Cooking it with saw oil on it also concerned me. Man it passed all the tests and will tell you right now it will hold up to cabbing lest you get pretty far out on the fins. It would not break in slivers cause it is too cherty.But it will polish as about all grainy coral will. It is not common so i may or may not do well collecting it. We'll see and i will see that you try some. Or you could saw some out of those chunks? Let me know.
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Post by pghram on Oct 11, 2013 10:34:43 GMT -5
What a nice improvement, looking forward to seeing the finished tumbles.
Rich
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Oct 11, 2013 20:17:00 GMT -5
Thank you, James! Let me know how your collecting goes. I can certain crank the saw up, as long as the pieces aren't too big!
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