azgnoinc
spending too much on rocks
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Post by azgnoinc on Dec 11, 2014 0:49:07 GMT -5
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Post by snowmom on Dec 11, 2014 6:35:46 GMT -5
Jess gorgeous.  (couldn't help myself) WOWser- truly beautiful material. Now I have to go look it up! |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 11, 2014 7:11:26 GMT -5
Neat material.It does have a crazy lacey look to it. Wonder if it's from the same region/deposits?....Mel
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kellyj
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Post by kellyj on Dec 11, 2014 12:03:56 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing 
Don't worry about having too many pics, I say the more the merrier and plus that is how people learn more  . |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2014 12:08:28 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing
Don't worry about having too many pics, I say the more the merrier and plus that is how people learn more . +1 for KellyJ! I agree, more pics is always better. Dialup is dead. No worries! |
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timloco
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Post by timloco on Dec 13, 2014 13:16:18 GMT -5
That is really nice material, shine it up can't wait to see it finished.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Dec 13, 2014 13:30:41 GMT -5
Bet it will be set on fire when cut/tumbled/cabbed
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riverbendlapidary
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by riverbendlapidary on Dec 15, 2014 10:56:13 GMT -5
nice stuff, but looks just like some of the lace that was coming out from the 70's. probably reworking some old claims. hope they bring alot of it out.
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azgnoinc
spending too much on rocks
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Post by azgnoinc on Dec 15, 2014 19:53:16 GMT -5
nice stuff, but looks just like some of the lace that was coming out from the 70's. probably reworking some old claims. hope they bring alot of it out. They initially thought the claim would produce upwards of 3-4 tons, turns out it produced less than 2, so we'll see what the future holds. Personally I hope they can't/don't find another single ounce making this stuff more rare than it is already. I was only hatched in the earl.y 70's so I have no idea what that old material looks like, but it doesn't look like any lace I've seen or currently own. timloco & jamesp - waiting on warmer weather to cut these up and then we'll see how it turns out, but I'm betting on pretty darn good!! |
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Post by pghram on Dec 20, 2014 18:13:10 GMT -5
That's a new material for me, very nice.
Rich
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gemologistjohn
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Post by gemologistjohn on Jan 22, 2015 10:35:09 GMT -5
I named Jessite and wrote the article on it last year. Jessite is very rare in top quality. Mine run material from most mines have 90% medium to low quality and 10% good to gem. Gem in Jessite is about 1%. The sister stone is Kaily Agate and is a bit more plentiful. I have 27000 pounds of it but the same rings true in quality but a bit higher ratio. Kaily is 80% medium to poor grades. White Kaily is more common than the material with good colors. see www.slabstocabs.com for more information and my Facebook page Heusler Academy where I have lots of pix. I think this is Will's material I sold him? This is interesting stuff! |
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 22, 2015 11:06:25 GMT -5
HOLY MOLY and WOW!!!!!!! Sweet rough!!! Get to cutting some,I wanna see the inner's!!!!!!!! LOL
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Post by gingerkid on Jan 23, 2015 18:45:30 GMT -5
I named Jessite and wrote the article on it last year. Jessite is very rare in top quality. Mine run material from most mines have 90% medium to low quality and 10% good to gem. Gem in Jessite is about 1%. The sister stone is Kaily Agate and is a bit more plentiful. I have 27000 pounds of it but the same rings true in quality but a bit higher ratio. Kaily is 80% medium to poor grades. White Kaily is more common than the material with good colors. see www.slabstocabs.com for more information and my Facebook page Heusler Academy where I have lots of pix. I think this is Will's material I sold him? This is interesting stuff! Very cool, and thanks for sharing with us!! Welcome to RTH, gemologistjohn! |
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azgnoinc
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Post by azgnoinc on Jan 27, 2015 11:20:56 GMT -5
I named Jessite and wrote the article on it last year. Jessite is very rare in top quality. Mine run material from most mines have 90% medium to low quality and 10% good to gem. Gem in Jessite is about 1%. The sister stone is Kaily Agate and is a bit more plentiful. I have 27000 pounds of it but the same rings true in quality but a bit higher ratio. Kaily is 80% medium to poor grades. White Kaily is more common than the material with good colors. see www.slabstocabs.com for more information and my Facebook page Heusler Academy where I have lots of pix. I think this is Will's material I sold him? This is interesting stuff! Hi John, I will have to go back and look at who I got it from, it was found through an ebay vendor I was getting some Willow Creek jasper from and asked if they had anything else (not listed on ebay) that was cool & unusual. Very cool stuff thus far but I didn't get it before the snow started to fly so it will be waiting till the spring thaw for me to start cutting. Glad to see you here on RTH!! |
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Post by gingerkid on Jan 27, 2015 11:26:35 GMT -5
Hi, azgnoinc, I think gemologistjohn was trying to figure out to upload pics of the material onto the forum. Read it in the shoutbox thingy. I hope he'll log back on. |
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azgnoinc
spending too much on rocks
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Post by azgnoinc on Jan 27, 2015 12:30:56 GMT -5
I named Jessite and wrote the article on it last year. Jessite is very rare in top quality. Mine run material from most mines have 90% medium to low quality and 10% good to gem. Gem in Jessite is about 1%. The sister stone is Kaily Agate and is a bit more plentiful. I have 27000 pounds of it but the same rings true in quality but a bit higher ratio. Kaily is 80% medium to poor grades. White Kaily is more common than the material with good colors. see www.slabstocabs.com for more information and my Facebook page Heusler Academy where I have lots of pix. I think this is Will's material I sold him? This is interesting stuff! I went back and looked, I got it from Nature's Treasures in Austin, TX - Karen Richards shop down there. |
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jessiegumdrop
having dreams about rocks
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Post by jessiegumdrop on Sept 17, 2015 18:39:12 GMT -5
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azgnoinc
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Post by azgnoinc on Sept 18, 2015 14:12:23 GMT -5
jessiegumdrop - No progress at all, been too busy having moved & the new job, plus my saw & tumblers are all a couple hundred miles away right now, I'll post pics when I'm all set back up & rolling again.
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jessiegumdrop
having dreams about rocks
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Post by jessiegumdrop on Sept 20, 2015 15:43:02 GMT -5
jessiegumdrop - No progress at all, been too busy having moved & the new job, plus my saw & tumblers are all a couple hundred miles away right now, I'll post pics when I'm all set back up & rolling again. Looking forward to it! Would love to buy a cab. |
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(couldn't help myself) WOWser- truly beautiful material. Now I have to go look it up! 
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