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Post by broseph82 on May 14, 2016 9:50:15 GMT -5
m.flickr.com/#/photos/136551163@N03/26974736416/Been sick the past month and a half due to all the pollen and crap outside. This was my first cut in over a month and thought I'd share in case none of you have ever seen this stuff. This is called Hypersthene and comes from Labrador Canada, the same place labradorite was found.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2016 11:05:16 GMT -5
m.flickr.com/#/photos/136551163@N03/26974736416/Been sick the past month and a half due to all the pollen and crap outside. This was my first cut in over a month and thought I'd share in case none of you have ever seen this stuff. This is called Hypersthene and comes from Labrador Canada, the same place labradorite was found. What the hell are you playing on the radio? Jimi, shouldnt you be playing Metallica or something more head bang'ish?  Never seen hypersthene live like that. Nice piece. Thanks for sharing |
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Post by vegasjames on May 14, 2016 11:36:43 GMT -5
Very cool!!!
By the way, if you want to get rid of your allergies work on building up your adrenals. Allergies stem from adrenal dysfunction.
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Post by Fossilman on May 14, 2016 13:27:42 GMT -5
Now that's an awesome piece of stone!!!!!!
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Post by rockjunquie on May 14, 2016 13:29:48 GMT -5
Hey, could you post your experience with cutting it? I didn't have much luck. I ended up losing the chatoyancy. I think the key is to cut a high dome. Not sure, though. Beautiful stuff.
edit- by cut I mean cab or dome, etc.
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Post by broseph82 on May 14, 2016 22:06:33 GMT -5
m.flickr.com/#/photos/136551163@N03/26974736416/Been sick the past month and a half due to all the pollen and crap outside. This was my first cut in over a month and thought I'd share in case none of you have ever seen this stuff. This is called Hypersthene and comes from Labrador Canada, the same place labradorite was found. What the hell are you playing on the radio? Jimi, shouldnt you be playing Metallica or something more head bang'ish? Never seen hypersthene live like that. Nice piece. Thanks for sharing It's from Spotify. I listen to the top 100 songs or whatever. It's a mix of rock, country, edm, hip hop. I like a mix as music can get stale listening to the same genre for me (I've been through them all). |
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Post by broseph82 on May 14, 2016 22:09:02 GMT -5
Hey, could you post your experience with cutting it? I didn't have much luck. I ended up losing the chatoyancy. I think the key is to cut a high dome. Not sure, though. Beautiful stuff. edit- by cut I mean cab or dome, etc. This is not domed: m.flickr.com/#/photos/136551163@N03/26950889151/Personally I think you're on the grinding stage too long and grind into the chatoyant layer(in my opinion). I have the same problem with sodalite. Chatoyance there in the beginning then in the final stages it's not there. You can do the same to labradorite as well if you're not careful. I'll try to some a pair of plugs out of this and see how it goes. The only problem I have with this stuff is that I cannot drill it as it breaks right in the middle and anything small I've tried to make has broken (small plugs). Seems like there are hidden weak spots and like to snap right off. Another plug maker said he tried this stuff and hated it. I don't mind it and love the look... So much I have 125lbs of it in just two rocks |
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Post by rockjunquie on May 14, 2016 23:04:38 GMT -5
Hey, could you post your experience with cutting it? I didn't have much luck. I ended up losing the chatoyancy. I think the key is to cut a high dome. Not sure, though. Beautiful stuff. edit- by cut I mean cab or dome, etc. This is not domed: m.flickr.com/#/photos/136551163@N03/26950889151/Personally I think you're on the grinding stage too long and grind into the chatoyant layer(in my opinion). I have the same problem with sodalite. Chatoyance there in the beginning then in the final stages it's not there. You can do the same to labradorite as well if you're not careful. I'll try to some a pair of plugs out of this and see how it goes. The only problem I have with this stuff is that I cannot drill it as it breaks right in the middle and anything small I've tried to make has broken (small plugs). Seems like there are hidden weak spots and like to snap right off. Another plug maker said he tried this stuff and hated it. I don't mind it and love the look... So much I have 125lbs of it in just two rocks Thanks- I'm sure you're right. It was a real thick slab. I guess I need to go with a really high dome. It looks good flat lapped, too. I have a bunch of spectrolite that I haven't messed with, yet. It's super thin and will probably need to be backed. |
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Post by broseph82 on May 14, 2016 23:56:26 GMT -5
This is not domed: m.flickr.com/#/photos/136551163@N03/26950889151/Personally I think you're on the grinding stage too long and grind into the chatoyant layer(in my opinion). I have the same problem with sodalite. Chatoyance there in the beginning then in the final stages it's not there. You can do the same to labradorite as well if you're not careful. I'll try to some a pair of plugs out of this and see how it goes. The only problem I have with this stuff is that I cannot drill it as it breaks right in the middle and anything small I've tried to make has broken (small plugs). Seems like there are hidden weak spots and like to snap right off. Another plug maker said he tried this stuff and hated it. I don't mind it and love the look... So much I have 125lbs of it in just two rocks Thanks- I'm sure you're right. It was a real thick slab. I guess I need to go with a really high dome. It looks good flat lapped, too. I have a bunch of spectrolite that I haven't messed with, yet. It's super thin and will probably need to be backed. That plug was not flat lapped. I just didn't dome it. Still used regular wheels. No special process or machines |
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Post by broseph82 on May 18, 2016 23:01:43 GMT -5
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Post by Psycho on Aug 2, 2016 5:02:33 GMT -5
Very nice!
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