indiana
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Post by indiana on Oct 11, 2015 19:15:12 GMT -5
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indiana
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Post by indiana on Oct 11, 2015 19:18:30 GMT -5
The Bad and the Ugly: This stuff, sold as panther jasper did not tumble well. It undercut badly. These rocks, sold as "sea fossil jasper" did not polish at all. They are cool though.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2015 19:31:03 GMT -5
Nice tumbles.i believe the last one is coquina jasper.i just finished a pendant and scales for a Damascus tanto with that material.never gets old looking at it.thanks well done Dave
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indiana
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Post by indiana on Oct 11, 2015 19:39:56 GMT -5
i believe the last one is coquina jasper. Thanks Dave. That's the stuff for sure it's very soft. Do you have a pic of your creation?
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Post by Rockoonz on Oct 11, 2015 19:57:18 GMT -5
The India jasper/agates are interesting. We saw a big piece in Q-site that had the Bloodstone, Fancy jasper, Zebra agate, fancy agate, and green tree agate all on the same rock. Apparently it all comes out of the same hole somewhere in India. After all these years it must be a really big hole.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Oct 11, 2015 21:06:44 GMT -5
Wow, those are super cool. Where did you get them?
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indiana
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Post by indiana on Oct 12, 2015 7:14:53 GMT -5
Fantasia mining on Ebay
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2015 7:33:27 GMT -5
Sorry I didn't post my knife or pendant.i didn't want to bomb your thread Dave
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 12, 2015 8:20:32 GMT -5
Sure has some nice colors going on there-I like them,great job!
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Post by Jugglerguy on Oct 12, 2015 11:19:45 GMT -5
Thanks Indiana. I might have to try some of those. Now I know which kind I want.
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indiana
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Post by indiana on Oct 12, 2015 11:29:57 GMT -5
I'm sure you'll love it. Even though it is kind of expensive, it was all usable rock. There was no "crust" and it was all about the same size. Some of the stuff I've ordered, was up to 50% garbage.
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Post by broseph82 on Oct 12, 2015 14:38:21 GMT -5
That last one is also called Elephant skin jasper and India Script stone
Nice job on those that polished! The one that undercut on the left looks like Picasso marble
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Oct 12, 2015 17:24:09 GMT -5
Beautiful tumbles indiana. Hit the shine real well on the hard rocks.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 12, 2015 18:50:00 GMT -5
This one is off the chart
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Post by jamesp on Oct 12, 2015 18:51:29 GMT -5
(8)Hammer blows ? that stuff is dang tough
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indiana
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Post by indiana on Oct 12, 2015 19:17:55 GMT -5
This one is off the chart It's like a display sample that shows all the possibilities in one.
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