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Post by radio on Mar 22, 2016 9:06:55 GMT -5
Have had this slab for a long time, but recently dug it out and noticed what appears to be a Sturgeon swimming by. Pretty cool slab, but stuff is messy as Hades to cut and will clog up a blade in nothing flat. The first time i ever cut this material, i almost ruined a 12 inch blade when it stopped cutting, but the self feed kept pushing the material into the blade. Unpolished and wet  |
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 22, 2016 9:27:20 GMT -5
Sure does look like a fish.......Messy huh...
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Post by Pat on Mar 22, 2016 9:33:06 GMT -5
That's a pretty piece! What are you going to do with it? Looks big enough for a belt buckle.
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Post by bsky4463 on Mar 22, 2016 9:42:31 GMT -5
Totally a sturgeon! Man I wish we could still keep them, those migratory ones at the mouth of the Columbia were yum-yum...hope to see your creation, I like Pats idea of a belt buckle. Cheers.
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 22, 2016 10:42:40 GMT -5
Wow, very cool slab. Don't see them around much as nice as that one and the fishy image and plumes along the edges are a bonus. I love to cab the stuff, but like you, hate to saw it. It is a booger to cut....Mel
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Post by jamesp on Mar 22, 2016 11:51:38 GMT -5
Coral hunted in those small rivers for years and saw giant silver flashes late summer.
One day I saw a sturgeon swimming up a shoal on his side, 6 feet long. answered that question.
Is that like a silicified coal ? Eerie and amazing black rock.
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Post by radio on Mar 22, 2016 12:18:48 GMT -5
Coral hunted in those small rivers for years and saw giant silver flashes late summer. One day I saw a sturgeon swimming up a shoal on his side, 6 feet long. answered that question. Is that like a silicified coal ? Eerie and amazing black rock. Psilomelane is a Manganese oxide is about all I know about it. The chunk of rough this slab came from was from the crown of silver in Mexico . sometimes also called black Malachite. |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 22, 2016 13:23:59 GMT -5
Bet it turns the saw oil black as Texas tea.
Black is a hot color now, black and white and grey. Lots of interiors going black/grey/white.
Very popular...
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Post by gemfeller on Mar 22, 2016 14:33:32 GMT -5
That's a truly outstanding piece, Arlen. Crown of Silver is one of my very favorite cabbing materials, messy though it is. The rare sturgeon image made me think of the old ditty, sung to the tune of "Reuben, Reuben" if anyone remembers it:
"Caviar comes from virgin sturgeon;
Virgin sturgeon's a very fine dish.
Very few sturgeon are ever virgin,
That's why caviar's a very rare dish."
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Post by radio on Mar 22, 2016 15:47:44 GMT -5
That's a truly outstanding piece, Arlen. Crown of Silver is one of my very favorite cabbing materials, messy though it is. The rare sturgeon image made me think of the old ditty, sung to the tune of "Reuben, Reuben" if anyone remembers it: "Caviar comes from virgin sturgeon; Virgin sturgeon's a very fine dish. Very few sturgeon are ever virgin, That's why caviar's a very rare dish." LOL! That's one ditty I never heard! Most can't be repeated on a forum either ;-) |
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Post by radio on Mar 22, 2016 15:55:55 GMT -5
Manofglass messaged me and asked me to post another pic without the glare from wetting the slab. Took a pic of it dry today and a bit closer up. Both the eye and tail are druzy and you can see the glint in the Sturgeons "eye". I also have the matching slab from the other cut somewhere around here, but if I recall, the "fish" wasn't quite as well defined as this one  |
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