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Donnie's Rocky Treasures gets rocks for Christmas Member since April 2009 Posts: 6,273	Calico Lace Apr 12, 2015 17:28:46 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Apr 12, 2015 17:28:46 GMT -5 I got my eyes open for some calico lace, if anyone happens to have some. I love that stuff, it's so pretty & fun to work with!
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Donnie's Rocky Treasures gets rocks for Christmas Member since April 2009 Posts: 6,273	Calico Lace Apr 17, 2015 9:04:36 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Apr 17, 2015 9:04:36 GMT -5 Nobody has any? Is it really that scarce? Sure is some gorgeous material to work with!!!
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Calico Lace Apr 17, 2015 9:12:21 GMT -5

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I was just outbid on a one pound piece of rough calico lace agate on ebay last week. It went for $65.00 plus shipping
It is great material though and I really should have upped my max bid.

www.ebay.com/itm/Extremely-Rare-And-Beautiful-Calico-Lace-Agate-Whole-Uncut-Lapidary-Rough-/371248505335?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item567022a1f7&nma=true&si=vETFgqyJ7KO6rKtA%252FpkerJPYSl4%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

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Donnie's Rocky Treasures gets rocks for Christmas Member since April 2009 Posts: 6,273	Calico Lace Apr 17, 2015 12:31:59 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Apr 17, 2015 12:31:59 GMT -5 WOW!!!!! Nice piece but OMG the bid!!! I was able to score on a 2 pound piece this week for $30, but I am greedy & want more!
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Calico Lace Apr 17, 2015 12:38:24 GMT -5

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Apr 17, 2015 12:31:59 GMT -5 Donnie's Rocky Treasures said:

WOW!!!!! Nice piece but OMG the bid!!! I was able to score on a 2 pound piece this week for $30, but I am greedy & want more!

I was watching that one too but I really like the ones that have clear agate areas where you can see inside to the pinks and purples. Those hurt the pocket book though.

Chuck

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Calico Lace Apr 17, 2015 12:53:41 GMT -5

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Donnie, Man I wish rockyraccoon ( Kim) was still on here. She used to get in the most wonderful Calico lace and sell it for really reasonable prices. It seems to have gotten quite scarce lately and I've seen very little even at shows. May have something to do with export rules for rough rock. There are two forms, one from Mexico which is almost never seen and IMHO not as nice as the African stuff, and one from Africa, and some African nations are now more about exporting finished items rather than rough rock.....Mel

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Calico Lace Apr 17, 2015 13:09:39 GMT -5

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Apr 17, 2015 12:53:41 GMT -5 Sabre52 said:

Donnie, Man I wish rockyraccoon ( Kim) was still on here. She used to get in the most wonderful Calico lace and sell it for really reasonable prices. It seems to have gotten quite scarce lately and I've seen very little even at shows. May have something to do with export rules for rough rock. There are two forms, one from Mexico which is almost never seen and IMHO not as nice as the African stuff, and one from Africa, and some African nations are now more about exporting finished items rather than rough rock.....Mel

Mel - this is a picture of a pendant I made from some of the best calico lace I have ever had. Would you say this is Mexican or African?

Chuck

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Chuck. My best guess would be that's African material. The Mexican stuff tends to not have pinks though it can have a little purple and the plumy bits look a bit different, with less defined centers.....Mel

spiritstone Cave Dweller Member since August 2014 Posts: 2,061	Calico Lace Apr 17, 2015 19:01:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by spiritstone on Apr 17, 2015 19:01:31 GMT -5 They have two chunks. www.ebay.ca/itm/CALICO-LACE-AGATE-Rough-specimen-120GR-RARE-/291415970611?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43d9bed333
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Apr 17, 2015 19:01:31 GMT -5 spiritstone said:

They have two chunks.

www.ebay.ca/itm/CALICO-LACE-AGATE-Rough-specimen-120GR-RARE-/291415970611?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43d9bed333

$160/#??

Wow!!

Donnie's Rocky Treasures gets rocks for Christmas Member since April 2009 Posts: 6,273	Calico Lace Apr 18, 2015 7:32:17 GMT -5 spiritstone likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Apr 18, 2015 7:32:17 GMT -5 Yeah, I saw those 2 little pieces. I don't want it that bad!!!!!! That's just a little bit ridiculous!!! However, I am watching both pieces just to see how long they stay there at that price.
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