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Tommy Administrator Member since January 2013 Posts: 12,957	WTB - clear material for backers/doublets Aug 8, 2016 16:05:41 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tommy on Aug 8, 2016 16:05:41 GMT -5 Aug 8, 2016 15:55:59 GMT -5 Dr DG said: I bought 3 ..... 5 inch cubes for a old rockhound. the glass is 30 to 40 years old. Are you selling any?
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Dr DG fully equipped rock polisher Gone Fishing Member since April 2005 Posts: 1,848	WTB - clear material for backers/doublets Aug 8, 2016 16:42:56 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Dr DG on Aug 8, 2016 16:42:56 GMT -5 I am going to hang on to it.
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WTB - clear material for backers/doublets Aug 8, 2016 18:17:36 GMT -5

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Aug 8, 2016 17:56:45 GMT -5 christopherl1234 said:

www.opalsmith.com/quartz%20caps.htm

I checked on those Christopher and they're not quartz. He wouldn't say specifically what they're made of but I suspect they're borosilicate glass.

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WTB - clear material for backers/doublets Aug 13, 2016 23:26:13 GMT -5

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Post by dottyt on Aug 13, 2016 23:26:13 GMT -5

Thanks for the photo! It is super beautiful! I can see there are all kinds of possibilities there. Your agate doublet looks way better than many manufactured opals I have seen. (I not saying it looks like that, it looks more natural, and of course, agatey). I'm looking forward to seeing more!

Rockoonz misunderstood rock expert Member since August 2009 Posts: 11,449	WTB - clear material for backers/doublets Aug 14, 2016 0:53:01 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Rockoonz on Aug 14, 2016 0:53:01 GMT -5 Richardsons ranch has lab grown quartz pieces, scrap from the crystal ball spheres they make, I think $4-$6 a lb somewhere. I will probably stop there on Labor day on the way to the rockhound retreat.
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