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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2014 14:12:43 GMT -5
Dunes - color balance bad, should be greenish/reddish  Xango Red  "Emerald" Quartzite  again bad color - this is USA Flag red/blue/white I did not get the name of that one, sorry.  This is a granite called Black Fusion  and a goofy image of me in honor of my friend in Hungary GeorgeStoneStore |
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Post by GeorgeStoneStore on Jan 9, 2014 14:38:04 GMT -5
Thank you, Scott, that's very kind And it's not a goofy picture  |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 9, 2014 15:30:59 GMT -5
Look at the little gal watching Scott in the lower left of the photo. Too cute. She looks like she has his number.
That is some real pretty quartzite. Spectacular
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2014 17:02:03 GMT -5
Look at the little gal watching Scott in the lower left of the photo. Too cute. She looks like she has his number. That is some real pretty quartzite. Spectacular haha! Photobombed by a store employee! They thought I was crazee wanting a take a pic with the hungarian flag. So did kidlet! If those quartzites were saucer sized slabs we'd all be on it for lapidary. It's hard to get the scale on this things but they are roughly 9 feet by 5 feet rectangular. If memory serves that crazee fractured emerald one is unstabilized. Most of the quartzites are stabilized with epoxy. That red/blue/white one has me mesmerized. Thanks Jim. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2014 17:12:01 GMT -5
here is a brick of the blue one I posted a couple weeks ago. azul macaubus - raw  |
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Post by Pat on Jan 9, 2014 17:22:36 GMT -5
Love that red and the emerald quartzite.
That's a nice photo of you, but I think of you as the guy in your avatar.
Your shop could have an entire new market if they cut more bricks and sold them to those of us who like to carve, cab, and make spheres.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2014 17:32:07 GMT -5
I could buy that stuff from the quarries in any format I want. BUT I have to buy 20,000 pound containers and pay freight. Only Tony and the Chinese are known to me to deal in that kind of quantity. Even Mookaite has a 20,000# minimum order.
Gimme some camos and my sunglasses and I am my avatar!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2014 17:42:22 GMT -5
Ijust learned the blue quartzite Azul Macaubas is colored by dumortierite! It's color fast!! Hmmm... christopherl1234 based on your knowledge of the blue moganite, could the color be dumortierite? Alumnimum?? |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 9, 2014 17:43:13 GMT -5
Being a dune rider (Glamis) from wayback, I have to say I like the first one best. They really look like that!
Scott, you kinda favor Andrew Zimmern, the foodie that travels the world, in that pic! Cute!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2014 17:53:15 GMT -5
I got more hair!
Think about it. Have you EVER seen both of us in the same place at the same time? I AM Andrew Zimmern.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 9, 2014 18:03:57 GMT -5
Dang, I knew it!!
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Post by grayfingers on Jan 9, 2014 18:08:19 GMT -5
Wow, those are way pretty. I did not know such variety was available. Scott, you have a very cool job.
I see the Andrew Zimmern resemblence. Cool show. I think you and he may have some similarities in personality as well. I admire the way he never is among strangers.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2014 18:23:02 GMT -5
Wow, those are way pretty. I did not know such variety was available. Scott, you have a very cool job. I see the Andrew Zimmern resemblence. Cool show. I think you and he may have some similarities in personality as well. I admire the way he never is among strangers. Good call on that quality. Drives wifey crazee because I can be anywhere and strike up a conversation with anyone and start sharing beers or they are pouring me a wine (I dont even like wine!) or we order a sampler platter or something. She thinks I am crazee meeting RTH 'strangers' in the middle of nowhere too! TommyPlus I like to try new and exotic foods. lol |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 9, 2014 18:48:01 GMT -5
Scott, being able to strike up a conversation with anybody is what makes a great salesman. I call it the BS factor ahem, GREAT SALESMANSHIP! It's something that not all of us possess.
Doesn't Andrew have a great job? Travel the world, sample local foods everywhere... But I think I'd draw the line at eating balut - ewww, crunchy beaks and feet! You've probably had it though. And liked it. |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 9, 2014 18:55:31 GMT -5
Scott would be better than Andrew. No comparison. The little girl cracks me up-the look on her face.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 9, 2014 18:57:46 GMT -5
Yes, she does make the pic!
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Post by jamesp on Jan 9, 2014 19:03:47 GMT -5
Yes, she does make the pic! She has told me all about Scott. In one glimpse. haha |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2014 19:35:42 GMT -5
Scott, being able to strike up a conversation with anybody is what makes a great salesman. I call it the BS factor ahem, GREAT SALESMANSHIP! It's something that not all of us possess.
Doesn't Andrew have a great job? Travel the world, sample local foods everywhere... But I think I'd draw the line at eating balut - ewww, crunchy beaks and feet! You've probably had it though. And liked it. Never had balut. Nor 100 year old eggs. Need to try the latter. Not so sure about the balut. The embryo has feathers and my mouth doesn't like fur or feathers in it. |
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Post by Tommy on Jan 9, 2014 20:27:02 GMT -5
She thinks I am crazee meeting RTH 'strangers' in the middle of nowhere too! Tommy Hahaha be afraid... be very very afraid... |
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