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krazydiamond Global Moderator Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far. Member since June 2004 Posts: 9,636	rough amethyst slabs Mar 9, 2016 9:35:51 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by krazydiamond on Mar 9, 2016 9:35:51 GMT -5 I am looking for some high quality amethyst to work with, anybody out there got any? thanks, KD
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rough amethyst slabs Mar 10, 2016 19:50:41 GMT -5 Fossilman likes this

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Could you be more specific? Most fine amethyst crystals are too small to slab and are used for faceted stones or small cabs. The only notable types large enough to slab I'm aware of are Sowbelly and Chevron amethyst. Those display lacy and chevron patterns, respectively, and neither of them has pure purple color.

Toad misunderstood rock expert Only rocks understand me. Member since September 2004 Posts: 12,798	rough amethyst slabs Mar 11, 2016 18:07:50 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Toad on Mar 11, 2016 18:07:50 GMT -5 I was thinking the same, but I'm just a tumbler. What do I know???
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rough amethyst slabs Mar 11, 2016 19:50:50 GMT -5

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I bought a couple pounds of Chevron a couple years ago to make slabettes on the trim saw and found it to fracture very badly. Some fractured when slabbing, some fractured when cabbing, and much of it fractured when popping the cab off the dop stick after a few minutes in the freezer. What did survive made a few pretty cabs though. Could have just been a bad batch, or overzealous sledgehammer work when mining it

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rough amethyst slabs Mar 11, 2016 20:19:10 GMT -5

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radio, I've made quite a few nice cabs from the African Chevron material but it does tend to be "cracky." You have to be extra careful when laying our your design. I like the stuff but haven't seen much for sale lately at a price I think is reasonable.

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rough amethyst slabs Mar 11, 2016 20:32:26 GMT -5

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Mar 11, 2016 20:19:10 GMT -5 gemfeller said:

It's pretty stuff. Mine was in pretty small chunks a couple inches across, so might have been broken up with a sledge causing the fractures.

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vwfence has rocks in the head Member since January 2013 Posts: 567	rough amethyst slabs Mar 14, 2016 10:53:45 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by vwfence on Mar 14, 2016 10:53:45 GMT -5 If you go to Facebook and contact R Kelly Laughlin he may have some from Thunder Bay . i bought some ieces from him a while back that are probably 3 x 3 chunks

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