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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Feb 4, 2014 21:01:12 GMT -5
Here's a petoskey stone thats a bit on the darker side. I usually wrap the lighter Petoskeys in silver but wanted to see how copper would look with the darker pattern. The blue one is Leland blue slag glass. This material was dumped in Lake Michigan between 1870-1890 as an iron ore smelting bi-product.     Thanks for looking Chuck |
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 6, 2014 12:52:20 GMT -5
Oh wow! I love that slag glass! Never seen that blue or heard that story before.
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Post by pghram on Feb 7, 2014 12:35:11 GMT -5
Both are beautiful, I especially like the first one. The colos are a perfect match. I am assuming that you added a patina, no?
Rich
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Feb 7, 2014 16:00:56 GMT -5
Both are beautiful, I especially like the first one. The colos are a perfect match. I am assuming that you added a patina, no? Rich Thanks Yeah rich that one was dipped in LOS. Chuck |
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Post by jamesp on Feb 7, 2014 18:11:32 GMT -5
A friend was in Italy on the beach below those bluffs. Said that the beach was loaded w/old glass that was very beach tumbled.
No telling how old some of it was.
Nice to make a jewel out of an antiquity like that glass.
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Post by drocknut on Feb 7, 2014 21:18:42 GMT -5
Very nice, the copper looks great with that stone.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Feb 8, 2014 10:18:14 GMT -5
Oh wow! I love that slag glass! Never seen that blue or heard that story before. Tela- this material is a great seller locally because the place its found is a very popular tourist destination and all the gift shops near there sell jewelry made from it. Here's a couple shots of the rough. Look close at the slab picture and you will see the cut was made right thru some of the iron ore pellets that are all throughout the material. Rough  Slab  Chuck |
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 8, 2014 12:42:00 GMT -5
Thanks Chuck  That looks like some cool stuff. Makes pretty cabs. We have lots of fake driftwood and beach glass.  |
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That looks like some cool stuff. Makes pretty cabs. We have lots of fake driftwood and beach glass. 
