Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 21, 2017 10:25:18 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Cut a few more duds but got a couple good ones too. Here are some pics...Mel Like this one because of the little patch of gold plume against dark chalcedony on the left of the slab.  Started this one from the wrong end. Heel is much more vug free.  Another tigertail jasper with orby stuff instead of stripes  And finally, a lot going on in this one.  |
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Post by wigglinrocks on Apr 21, 2017 10:37:31 GMT -5
Pretty stuff .
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Post by fantastic5 on Apr 21, 2017 14:09:38 GMT -5
So the orbs vs stripes on the tiger tail. Is that just because of the way the stone was oriented when you cut it?
Love the pattern n that last one too.
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 21, 2017 15:13:45 GMT -5
fantastic, Nope, the Tigertail seems to sometimes have diagonal bands like striping and other times have spots or orbs with only the color scheme remaining the same. The orbs with concentric circles seem to be pretty rare and are usually just on the outside of the piece. Vein material must be a little botryoidal in situ. Sadly, the orbs seem to lose contrast on the inside of the stones and I've yet to find me a type specimen where nice concentric orbs are well defined all the way through the piece....Mel
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