jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Apr 12, 2015 19:50:27 GMT -5
I seriously just let out a squeak of envy at the sight of those photos! Soooo shinyyyy, ohhhhh Also, followed you on flickr. I can always use more eye candy in my feed! (I'm excitablegirl on flickr) Well we are flickr buddies now. I looked at your photography and found you are talented with the camera. Killer scenery, cute boy and JR's. You must have a lot of energy. All interesting.
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 12, 2015 22:32:17 GMT -5
Holy smokes James, those are freaking awesome. I like the first black and white one and the white one with the polyps...Mel
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Post by stephan on Apr 14, 2015 11:52:27 GMT -5
Great stuff, especially #s 1, 3, 4 & 6. I'd love to try my hand at cabbing some of that stuff.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 15, 2015 5:34:43 GMT -5
Great stuff, especially #s 1, 3, 4 & 6. I'd love to try my hand at cabbing some of that stuff. PM address and I will send you some Stephan. The colors and patterns are on the outside layer. So the colorful ones are tumbled knappings and not so much slabs. Many of the tumbles can be reworked to cabs. It is very hard/tough but polishes in a blink. Good for thin guitar picks and thin low dome cabs as it has few fractures. The arrowhead knappers like it. Much of it I heat treated to bring out more color; the heat reduces its hardness and toughness. But still hard even after. I made unorthodox tumblers to tumble the stuff at high speeds since it hardly bruises or chips. Takes forever to tumble. Something about the original coral composition must have increased the density or molecule arrangement to make it so hard. It is kind of like a giant garnet. The northern most coral (in Georgia) is the hardest, and some areas along the Suwanee River. a 1/16" slab tumbled with some pretty big rocks in the vibe without breaking, and this is the softer southern range stuff heat treated: I should send you that slab. You could make the world's thinnest cab. It does have a finger print in about all of it. Shown here with a matte 500 tumble finish. Basically an undercut I guess. But a diamond wheel can make that disappear somehow, as will a good run in the vibe with polish. Odd how that corallite fingerprint runs throughout it. Many of those corallite fingerprints have tiny capillaries that have filled with minerals making tiny specs. spice... This piece from Georgia, not heated, and hard as it gets. A chip of this will cut thru deer hide like butter. The arrowhead knappers show out at hunt camp by skinning deer with an untumbled chip like this. Typical raw material after a little hammer work. Zero fractures, dense, pure and small pieces. Protective gear LOL
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Post by rockpickerforever on Apr 17, 2015 12:01:04 GMT -5
I take no credit for the name. James is the one that placed that moniker on them.
Call it what you want, they are certainly pretty!
And while on that theme...
James also sent this to me, as well as some coral slabs with dog hairs, lol. Must be something in the water back there, eh jamesp? All these mutations and disease.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Apr 17, 2015 18:48:22 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2015 22:07:07 GMT -5
Jim.
You have taken coral to the top tier of crazy rock tumbling insanity.
In pure respect, I'm gonna go pop a fresh Natty Light.
Thanks for sharing the pics.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Apr 18, 2015 0:05:02 GMT -5
NEVER get rid of the evidence, lol.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 18, 2015 4:48:22 GMT -5
Jim. You have taken coral to the top tier of crazy rock tumbling insanity. In pure respect, I'm gonna go pop a fresh Natty Light. Thanks for sharing the pics. it is good that reason for celebration was created. Cheers to you
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Post by jamesp on Apr 18, 2015 4:55:52 GMT -5
NEVER get rid of the evidence, lol. There is a file box in the house that my wife keeps the key hidden LOL. After 30 years it probably gives security to know that there is evidence should escape be warranted.
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