Post by rockjunquie on Dec 13, 2013 14:46:23 GMT -5
My shop has been keeping me hella busy, but I managed to get these done. One is a really awesome Montana agate form Tommy, one is a golden green spectrolite, one is a mystery agate from ebay. Here is what the seller said about it:
THIS WAS PURCHASED AS PINK AMETHYST AGATE FROM BRAZIL BUT IS MARKETED AS CHAMPAGNE AGATE WHEN SOLD AS JEWELRY. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANY OF THE OTHER PINK AMETHYST AGATE WE'VE SEEN AND I BELIEVE IT WAS A POCKET OF DIFFERENT MATERIAL THEY HIT WHEN MINING PINK AMETHYST BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND MORE SINCE 2009 WITH NO LUCK. LIMITED SUPPLY OF THIS VERY PRETTY MATERIAL.
VARIES QUITE A BIT FROM A PASTEL BANDED AGATE TO PURPLE'S AND PINKS WITH BUBBLES AND EVEN SOME THAT IS BANDED WITH GREAT MOUNTAIN SCENES. ALL OF IT TAKES A GREAT POLISH. SOME WILL HAVE CRYSTAL LINED VUGS WHICH ARE USUALLY PINK. MOST IS VERY SOLID WITH A FEW SMALL CRACKS SHOWING UP ONCE IN A WHILE. IF IT HAS A WHITE OUTER RIND THE OUTER RIND IS USUALLY SOFT ON THE OUTSIDE & SLOWLY GETS HARDER THE FARTHER IN YOU GET. I USUALLY AVOID INCORPORATING THE RIND INTO MY CABS BECAUSE OF THIS.
I got two slabs and they are yielding some really nice cabs. What do y'all think it is? I think it looks like Luna agate myself.
Excuse the dust on the MA, it collects dust like a magnet. I got a liquid polish on this beautiful stone. Thank you Tommy!
The Spec has a glassy smooth polish and no cracks- that's just the nature of the material to have those lines. I didn't cab this one, but I cabbed the others. I may have posted the spec before, but it looked really off center to me, so I tweaked it this morning and saved it from being scrapped. It is super bright and hard to photograph.
Thanks for looking.
THIS WAS PURCHASED AS PINK AMETHYST AGATE FROM BRAZIL BUT IS MARKETED AS CHAMPAGNE AGATE WHEN SOLD AS JEWELRY. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANY OF THE OTHER PINK AMETHYST AGATE WE'VE SEEN AND I BELIEVE IT WAS A POCKET OF DIFFERENT MATERIAL THEY HIT WHEN MINING PINK AMETHYST BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND MORE SINCE 2009 WITH NO LUCK. LIMITED SUPPLY OF THIS VERY PRETTY MATERIAL.
VARIES QUITE A BIT FROM A PASTEL BANDED AGATE TO PURPLE'S AND PINKS WITH BUBBLES AND EVEN SOME THAT IS BANDED WITH GREAT MOUNTAIN SCENES. ALL OF IT TAKES A GREAT POLISH. SOME WILL HAVE CRYSTAL LINED VUGS WHICH ARE USUALLY PINK. MOST IS VERY SOLID WITH A FEW SMALL CRACKS SHOWING UP ONCE IN A WHILE. IF IT HAS A WHITE OUTER RIND THE OUTER RIND IS USUALLY SOFT ON THE OUTSIDE & SLOWLY GETS HARDER THE FARTHER IN YOU GET. I USUALLY AVOID INCORPORATING THE RIND INTO MY CABS BECAUSE OF THIS.
I got two slabs and they are yielding some really nice cabs. What do y'all think it is? I think it looks like Luna agate myself.
Excuse the dust on the MA, it collects dust like a magnet. I got a liquid polish on this beautiful stone. Thank you Tommy!
The Spec has a glassy smooth polish and no cracks- that's just the nature of the material to have those lines. I didn't cab this one, but I cabbed the others. I may have posted the spec before, but it looked really off center to me, so I tweaked it this morning and saved it from being scrapped. It is super bright and hard to photograph.
Thanks for looking.
