malekyoussef
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Post by malekyoussef on Jun 24, 2016 20:40:20 GMT -5
Hi All
I am from Morocco, and new to the forum and lapidary in general, i have lots of rough Moroccan rocks and want to start working on , as there are no lapidary equipments here i would like to swap rough Agates Jaspers and Jasper-Agate for materials to help begin my work like saws ect , i wanted to post photos here but for some reason that was not working .
Best
Malek
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Post by roy on Jun 25, 2016 10:52:08 GMT -5
think it would cost way to much to send a saw to morocco !
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2016 11:36:42 GMT -5
think it would cost way to much to send a saw to morocco ! He may pay freight. Our friend in Turkey imported a saw. 24" I think. He has the only saw in his area. worth it as a business. |
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Post by Rockoonz on Jun 25, 2016 13:36:25 GMT -5
If it's for real and it would be possible to assist a local with processing the stone on site I'm all for it.
I have a new friend who has financed a small factory in Madagascar, putting several families to work there instead of the way the Chinese promote slave labor.
Photos and more info on this start-up would be appreciated.
You will have to use a photo hosting service like photobucket to post photos.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 25, 2016 16:10:02 GMT -5
I can't help, but I want to welcome you to the site.
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malekyoussef
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Post by malekyoussef on Jun 25, 2016 17:35:59 GMT -5
Thank you all for the nice comments, i am uploading photos to photobucket , i ll show you in a while  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2016 18:07:24 GMT -5
What part of Morroko are you in?
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Post by Mark K on Jun 25, 2016 18:35:45 GMT -5
Call me kooky, but I am not buying it. There is no way in hell anyone with half of a brain is going to deal with someone from another country until it has been established that it is not a con job. I also do not buy that crap about no lapidary equipment in Morocco. There is all kinds of lapidary equipment in Morocco. I know people who have gone there hounding and it is everywhere.
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malekyoussef
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Post by malekyoussef on Jun 25, 2016 19:52:51 GMT -5
What part of Morroko are you in? In Erfoud city south eastern of Morocco |
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Post by malekyoussef on Jun 25, 2016 19:59:15 GMT -5
Call me kooky, but I am not buying it. There is no way in hell anyone with half of a brain is going to deal with someone from another country until it has been established that it is not a con job. I also do not buy that crap about no lapidary equipment in Morocco. There is all kinds of lapidary equipment in Morocco. I know people who have gone there hounding and it is everywhere. I would be glad if you couldrecommend where i can buy lapidary equipments here in Morocco, all what is here is equipments for fossils and fossils related rocks and i searched everywhere here and equipments workers have are to deal with rocks that are not hard such as fossil marbles and even these equipments are brought from outside of Morocco. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2016 20:06:27 GMT -5
What part of Morroko are you in? In Erfoud city south eastern of Morocco Nice, on the western edge of the Sahara. Nice! |
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malekyoussef
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Post by malekyoussef on Jun 25, 2016 20:18:57 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2016 20:28:40 GMT -5
Call me kooky, but I am not buying it. There is no way in hell anyone with half of a brain is going to deal with someone from another country until it has been established that it is not a con job. I also do not buy that crap about no lapidary equipment in Morocco. There is all kinds of lapidary equipment in Morocco. I know people who have gone there hounding and it is everywhere. I would be glad if you couldrecommend where i can buy lapidary equipments here in Morocco, all what is here is equipments for fossils and fossils related rocks and i searched everywhere here and equipments workers have are to deal with rocks that are not hard such as fossil marbles and even these equipments are brought from outside of Morocco. Hi Malek, dont be discouraged. Mark speaks his mind, but he really is a good guy. There does seem to be some granite industry in Tangiers. I would focus on granite equipment for domestic equipment. If you decide to buy American there are plenty of manufacturers in California and I am sure they know how to export. Sell your gorgeous rocks for money and use momey to buy the gear. |
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Post by Thunder69 on Jun 25, 2016 20:43:49 GMT -5
Those are some damn fine agates...John
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Post by Garage Rocker on Jun 26, 2016 2:12:44 GMT -5
If there's that much beautiful material near you, someone else HAS to be working those rocks too. That's an Impressive collection.
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Post by wampidytoo on Jun 26, 2016 6:53:51 GMT -5
I am curious about how the pieces in your collection were cut. Beautiful rock for sure.
Jim
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malekyoussef
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Post by malekyoussef on Jun 26, 2016 7:21:20 GMT -5
I had them cut in Midelt city by a guy who has equipment , cost $1,5 for each piece cut
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 26, 2016 7:40:35 GMT -5
Gorgeous agate! Bunch of those are types I've not even seen before. Thanks for posting the pics.....Mel
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 26, 2016 9:43:20 GMT -5
We had a fella on here a few years back from Hungary (I think) got us all pumped up on some nice agate for sale... A few of the forum members got burned "BAD"!!
Never heard from him since! Yes some people are leery anymore-no hard feelings towards yourself...
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malekyoussef
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Post by malekyoussef on Jun 26, 2016 15:27:46 GMT -5
I would be glad if you couldrecommend where i can buy lapidary equipments here in Morocco, all what is here is equipments for fossils and fossils related rocks and i searched everywhere here and equipments workers have are to deal with rocks that are not hard such as fossil marbles and even these equipments are brought from outside of Morocco. Hi Malek, dont be discouraged. Mark speaks his mind, but he really is a good guy. There does seem to be some granite industry in Tangiers. I would focus on granite equipment for domestic equipment. If you decide to buy American there are plenty of manufacturers in California and I am sure they know how to export. Sell your gorgeous rocks for money and use momey to buy the gear. I am not discouraged , i think i will follow your advise , sell rocks rough and buy equipments, i will withraw my offer of trade . |
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