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kk has started giving rock gifts What a precious privilege it is to be alive- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. Member since October 2011 Posts: 3,223	opal May 1, 2017 8:50:55 GMT -5 MrP, grayfingers, and 6 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kk on May 1, 2017 8:50:55 GMT -5 Had a challenge last month themed femininity. My entry, Australian opal.
	Last Edit: May 1, 2017 8:53:22 GMT -5 by kk Anything that is not given, is lost! And once you realize there is nothing lacking - the whole world belongs to you ~ Lao Tzu Introduction to my undertakings in this hobby: brilliantchallenge.webs.com/

vegasjames no longer being taken for granite Member since June 2013 Posts: 9,565	opal May 1, 2017 17:09:49 GMT -5 kk likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by vegasjames on May 1, 2017 17:09:49 GMT -5 Wow, very nice carving!!!

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opal May 1, 2017 17:13:21 GMT -5 kk likes this

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Great artistic use of one of those maddening sand-shot nobbys! Cab cutters like me would despair but you've carved the lemon into lemonade, to badly mix a metaphor. I don't know where you find the creative energy after schlepping all that heavy equipment up to your new-found Shangri La.

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opal May 1, 2017 17:47:24 GMT -5 rockjunquie likes this

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May 1, 2017 17:13:21 GMT -5 gemfeller said:

Had the piece for quite a while, not knowing how to preserve the Crystal-part.
Cabbing seemed out of the question as I would have lost most of the colour by rounding it into shape and would have gotten a 95% black cab.
The challenge here was its size (about one centimeter) and the thinness. Its hard for me to hold if I cant feel any weight in my fingers.

As for energy: there is enough of that, but its hard these days to get time on the foredom. If anything, the time spend on hiking, gives more time to think about new projects. But sitting down to do it is an entirely different matter. This is the only piece for the month. The only other things are done on the road; rubbing away on Fire Agates, trying to improve on them.

Anything that is not given, is lost!
And once you realize there is nothing lacking - the whole world belongs to you ~ Lao Tzu

Introduction to my undertakings in this hobby: brilliantchallenge.webs.com/

Gayle off to a rocking start Hi, born and raised in Arizona. Love rocks and fossils. Member since May 2017 Posts: 24	opal May 15, 2017 14:24:06 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Gayle on May 15, 2017 14:24:06 GMT -5 May 1, 2017 8:50:55 GMT -5 kk said: Had a challenge last month themed femininity. My entry, Australian opal.

Gayle off to a rocking start Hi, born and raised in Arizona. Love rocks and fossils. Member since May 2017 Posts: 24	opal May 15, 2017 14:30:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Gayle on May 15, 2017 14:30:33 GMT -5 May 15, 2017 14:24:06 GMT -5 Gayle said: May 1, 2017 8:50:55 GMT -5 kk said: Had a challenge last month themed femininity. My entry, Australian opal.

santabarbara having dreams about rocks Member since February 2017 Posts: 50	opal May 27, 2017 18:38:59 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by santabarbara on May 27, 2017 18:38:59 GMT -5 thats cool for sure. what mine did the opal come from?

kk has started giving rock gifts What a precious privilege it is to be alive- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. Member since October 2011 Posts: 3,223	opal Jun 1, 2017 17:42:28 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kk on Jun 1, 2017 17:42:28 GMT -5 I'm afraid I don't know. I was send a parcel of mixed material by a friend in England to try out opal. That was one of the pieces.
	Anything that is not given, is lost! And once you realize there is nothing lacking - the whole world belongs to you ~ Lao Tzu Introduction to my undertakings in this hobby: brilliantchallenge.webs.com/

Psycho has rocks in the head Not Every Angel Wears A Halo Member since July 2016 Posts: 559	opal Jun 13, 2017 11:49:27 GMT -5 kk likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Psycho on Jun 13, 2017 11:49:27 GMT -5 Nice concept, looks wonderful to my eyes.
	Always looking to purchase quality oddball colored Jasper's and Agates. If you want to part with some of your materials, give me a pm and let's work it out !

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