jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Dec 9, 2015 20:03:20 GMT -5
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Dec 9, 2015 20:06:15 GMT -5
Those snake skins are really cool James. The ones I got from captbob might be the shiniest thing I have tumbled and they were the number one tumble attraction at my last rock and mineral show. 95% of the people had never heard of them and could not believe they were from the good ole USA. Chuc
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Post by jamesp on Dec 9, 2015 20:16:45 GMT -5
These were real old and large, not real snaky though. I payed attention to your posts carefully when you were doing Bob's material. Kept pulling them and restarting them during coarse grind with several loads. Like you said, it is hard hard stuff, like Montana consistency. I moved them to polish early out of 500, obvious they were easy to shine up.
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Post by mohs on Dec 9, 2015 20:41:01 GMT -5
That top pic does look like a coiled snake ready to strike fabulous pictures ! agrin
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Post by jamesp on Dec 9, 2015 20:42:51 GMT -5
That top pic does look like a coiled snake ready to strike fabulous pictures ! agrin Guessed some imaginations may want to grapple with that rock Edmost. Edit/add-yes, coiled snake(w/cleft palate), well done.
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Post by Starguy on Dec 9, 2015 20:56:40 GMT -5
jamespYou did a great job of taking those snake skins out of the coarse grit at the right time. Nice job and thanks for showing pics. Later Brent
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Post by Jugglerguy on Dec 9, 2015 21:19:21 GMT -5
Those are so cool! Nice work!
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Tom
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Post by Tom on Dec 9, 2015 22:13:29 GMT -5
Those are very cool, what is a snake skin and where do they come from in the US. The top one sure looks like a cobra ready to strike
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Post by rjbud1 on Dec 9, 2015 23:23:23 GMT -5
Wow. Never heard of this material before, almost looks like bubbles. The top one does look like a ready-to-strike snake. Nice stuff Jamesp!
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Post by quartz on Dec 10, 2015 0:25:32 GMT -5
You did well on those, my compliments. For tom and rjbud1: Snakeskin agate is found [that I know of] about 5 miles east of Rome, Oregon and in a fairly large area in the N.W. corner of Nevada.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 10, 2015 1:22:46 GMT -5
You did well on those, my compliments. For tom and rjbud1: Snakeskin agate is found [that I know of] about 5 miles east of Rome, Oregon and in a fairly large area in the N.W. corner of Nevada. Got that Viking dialed in on bigger rocks Larry. Use at least 50% round pea size filler and avoid a pasty slurry of any type. The pasty slurries or filler that is not roundish makes the bigger rocks pile up on one side of the hopper. Straight out of fresh coarse grit in the rotary so SiC 220 w/1 cup sugar/1 cup water for two days. That made a slight shine. AO 500 w/1 cup sugar/1 cup water for two days AO 14,0000 w/Borax and 1/4 cup sugar/1/4 cup water for 1 day. The sugar can be 1/2 to 1/2 or 3/4 to 3/4 or 1.5 to 1.5 -cups sugar to cups water. So 1:1 ratio, sugar:water If you do 1 cup sugar to 1 cup water or more, you will not have to add water very often at all. Not much risk of the slurry getting thick. if you run that machine w/out the cover for 4-8 hours the heat of the motor will sure dry any slurry out.
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Post by Tom on Dec 10, 2015 11:39:29 GMT -5
Thanks for the info on the Snakeskin, nice looking stuff for certain
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Post by micellular on Dec 10, 2015 13:33:06 GMT -5
Looks like Argus Panoptes, beast of a hundred eyes.
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Post by washingtonrocks on Dec 10, 2015 15:19:56 GMT -5
That's some wild stuff. I used to find some snakeskins on the Oregon coast when I was a kid, but nothing as spectacular and unusual as yours.
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 10, 2015 17:15:42 GMT -5
Snakeskins are hard to tumble right-great job...
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Post by mohs on Dec 10, 2015 17:22:32 GMT -5
That second pic as a snake head profile w/out the cleft
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Post by rollingstone on Dec 10, 2015 18:44:17 GMT -5
Those look really cool. I can see why it would be so tricky taking them out of coarse at just the right time. -Don
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Post by jamesp on Dec 10, 2015 20:37:43 GMT -5
Those snake skins are really cool James. The ones I got from captbob might be the shiniest thing I have tumbled and they were the number one tumble attraction at my last rock and mineral show. 95% of the people had never heard of them and could not believe they were from the good ole USA. Chuc Maybe Chuck will post his rollingstone. They have some serious snake skin texture. They are about completely coated with the white rind before tumbling.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 10, 2015 20:40:36 GMT -5
That second pic as a snake head profile w/out the cleft Which white spots are the eyes on your snake Ed ?
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Dec 10, 2015 20:44:45 GMT -5
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