Malachite boulder (Commissioned polish piece)

rxscram
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Malachite boulder (Commissioned polish piece) Mar 23, 2015 10:45:24 GMT -5 peachfront, Pat, and 4 more like this

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Post by rxscram on Mar 23, 2015 10:45:24 GMT -5

This weekend I finished up a commissioned polish piece... an 80 kg (176 pound) Malachite boulder that I imported from the Congo. A lot of you probably remember when I was talking about bringing this in (in the General Rocks Board, I think). Unfortunately, I don't have very good "after" pictures because it was late enough in the day that the sun was nearing the horizon, which means really bad shadows. Hopefully you'll be able to get the idea though...

Before Pictures

After Pictures

I'm going to try to go back to my customer's house and see if he will let me get some more pictures of it in better lighting.

Thanks for looking!
Jeff

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Malachite boulder (Commissioned polish piece) Mar 23, 2015 11:38:25 GMT -5

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Post by gingerkid on Mar 23, 2015 11:38:25 GMT -5

That's a stunning piece and you did a really nice job polishing the malachite, rxscram. Your last photo really shows the detail in it and looking forward to seeing more photos of it when you post them.

What equipment did you use to polish it, and how long did it take to polish monsta malachite?

captbob is gonna faint when he sees it.

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Fossilman Cave Dweller Member since January 2009 Posts: 20,723	Malachite boulder (Commissioned polish piece) Mar 23, 2015 14:52:26 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fossilman on Mar 23, 2015 14:52:26 GMT -5 Man oh man,that is a beast!!!!!
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woodman driving up their electric bill If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you do not know enough about it. Member since December 2014 Posts: 2,710	Malachite boulder (Commissioned polish piece) Mar 23, 2015 15:11:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by woodman on Mar 23, 2015 15:11:31 GMT -5 That is something!

fantastic5 driving up their electric bill Member since August 2011 Posts: 2,034	Malachite boulder (Commissioned polish piece) Mar 23, 2015 19:40:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fantastic5 on Mar 23, 2015 19:40:38 GMT -5 Beautiful!

snowmom still telling self it's just a hobby Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Member since April 2014 Posts: 4,480	Malachite boulder (Commissioned polish piece) Mar 26, 2015 15:43:11 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by snowmom on Mar 26, 2015 15:43:11 GMT -5 it sings!

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