Don
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He wants you too, Malachi.
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Post by Don on Jun 27, 2017 11:03:28 GMT -5
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bsky4463
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by bsky4463 on Jun 27, 2017 11:08:38 GMT -5
Killer capture on that cab Don....love the graphic nature of Picasso. Thanks for sharing. Cheers
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Post by coloradocliff on Jun 27, 2017 11:25:46 GMT -5
Great looking piece of Picasso and the cab was perfect.
Like the clouds over the "butte" in the cab.
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Post by fantastic5 on Jun 27, 2017 12:10:14 GMT -5
Really pretty stuff! Love the composition of the cab too!
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 27, 2017 14:38:43 GMT -5
Nice rough! You sure pulled out a sweet cab!
I heard a while back that picasso jasper was getting hard to get with some saying it was rare. Any truth to that?
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Don
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He wants you too, Malachi.
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Post by Don on Jun 27, 2017 14:55:39 GMT -5
Nice rough! You sure pulled out a sweet cab! I heard a while back that picasso jasper was getting hard to get with some saying it was rare. Any truth to that? The original mine has been reclaimed and filled in. Still lots of float to be found but really nice stuff is hard to find. This is the site that the RTH group visited this spring. Dave Penney has 2 of his own picasso stone claims and mines them. He offers a "dark" picasso and a "light" picasso. I bought these 2 pieces of rough out of his "light" picasso pile of rough. This stuff is much harder than the original mine stuff and takes a great polish, even the lighter colors which usually undercut badly in the original mine stuff. He owns the rock shop in Beaver UT. I'd highly recommend his rough. If he decides to stop mining it, commercial availability of the good picasso rough will become very hard to come by. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 27, 2017 14:58:17 GMT -5
Nice rough! You sure pulled out a sweet cab! I heard a while back that picasso jasper was getting hard to get with some saying it was rare. Any truth to that? The original mine has been reclaimed and filled in. Still lots of float to be found but really nice stuff is hard to find. This is the site that the RTH group visited this spring. Dave Penney has 2 of his own picasso stone claims and mines them. He offers a "dark" picasso and a "light" picasso. I bought these 2 pieces of rough out of his "light" picasso pile of rough. This stuff is much harder than the original mine stuff and takes a great polish, even the lighter colors which usually undercut badly in the original mine stuff. He owns the rock shop in Beaver UT. I'd highly recommend his rough. If he decides to stop mining it, commercial availability of the good picasso rough will become very hard to come by. Thanks! Great answer. One hears so many rumors. |
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 27, 2017 15:14:49 GMT -5
Yup, that's the good old timey stuff all right. Beautful material!...Mel
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Post by orrum on Jun 27, 2017 16:14:41 GMT -5
Ohhh that's is the good stuff!
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Post by orrum on Jun 27, 2017 16:15:55 GMT -5
I use Zam to.polish it.
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zarguy
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Post by zarguy on Jun 27, 2017 17:11:49 GMT -5
Nice rough! You sure pulled out a sweet cab! I heard a while back that picasso jasper was getting hard to get with some saying it was rare. Any truth to that? The original mine has been reclaimed and filled in. Still lots of float to be found but really nice stuff is hard to find. This is the site that the RTH group visited this spring. Dave Penney has 2 of his own picasso stone claims and mines them. He offers a "dark" picasso and a "light" picasso. I bought these 2 pieces of rough out of his "light" picasso pile of rough. This stuff is much harder than the original mine stuff and takes a great polish, even the lighter colors which usually undercut badly in the original mine stuff. He owns the rock shop in Beaver UT. I'd highly recommend his rough. If he decides to stop mining it, commercial availability of the good picasso rough will become very hard to come by. When we had the RTH get together here in So. Utah in May, we went to the reclaimed mine. It has been bulldozed & covered over, but that didn't stop any of us from getting great material. I showed a photo on one of the related threads of a 15lb or so chunk I found right next to where orrum was sitting. I think you need to have orrum along as a good luck charm, though. Lynn |
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zarguy
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Post by zarguy on Jun 27, 2017 17:14:37 GMT -5
Wow, I'm only 4, make that 3 posts away from 1000. It's only taken 12 years! That means I have a chance of catching up to coloradocliff who's been on this forum for what 2 months & is already over 1100.  Lynn |
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Post by coloradocliff on Jun 27, 2017 17:36:24 GMT -5
zarguyHey Lynn, 12 Years  For Gods sakes man. . Step away from Zar and be sociable. Good thing I'm busy a running a business and have a bunch of other hobbies or would have embarrassed you worse. grin. Need to have a show over in Colorado. Cool here. Thought that you had a Picasso boulder you were going to tell me you were sending Rac Transport. Grin
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Post by coloradocliff on Jun 27, 2017 17:39:28 GMT -5
Don.. Would you mind saying what you had to give for that beauty of a chunk of rough ? Bet you got a better deal cause you hang out there? grin
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2017 17:43:41 GMT -5
Super nice piece Don. Nice buy. |
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zarguy
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Post by zarguy on Jun 27, 2017 18:42:04 GMT -5
zarguyHey Lynn, 12 Years For Gods sakes man. . Step away from Zar and be sociable. Good thing I'm busy a running a business and have a bunch of other hobbies or would have embarrassed you worse. grin. Need to have a show over in Colorado. Cool here. Thought that you had a Picasso boulder you were going to tell me you were sending Rac Transport. Grin , I keep wondering where you get the time to post so much. I thought you had a nursery to run.  I do have a show July 7-9 in Durango. It's put on by the local rock club. It'll be my first time. Just hop on that Million Dollar Highway & come on down! Lynn |
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Post by coloradocliff on Jun 27, 2017 20:22:21 GMT -5
zarguy Hey Lynn, 12 Years For Gods sakes man. . Step away from Zar and be sociable. Good thing I'm busy a running a business and have a bunch of other hobbies or would have embarrassed you worse. grin. Need to have a show over in Colorado. Cool here. Thought that you had a Picasso boulder you were going to tell me you were sending Rac Transport. Grin , I keep wondering where you get the time to post so much. I thought you had a nursery to run. I do have a show July 7-9 in Durango. It's put on by the local rock club. It'll be my first time. Just hop on that Million Dollar Highway & come on down! Lynn zarguy Yeah have that giant anchor tied to my neck. I type fast and read even faster.. wish that I could comprehend..grin I run ads in a lot of the small regional papers so am always at a puter somewhere working on ads, ordering, checking availability etc. Plus I am up most of the nights setting water on this big ole nursery. Hand sets make a great difference in quality. WIll try like crazy to get down there and check out your stuff. TY For the heads up. Also if I can bring anything down in the way of plants, shrubs, annuals, perennials. vines etc, PM me..Dont charge RTH members.
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grizman
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Post by grizman on Jun 27, 2017 22:31:03 GMT -5
That is truly some wonderful stone. I could probably never make up my mind on what part of the slab I wanted to work...I see dozens of options in the same one inch. You did a great job with your volcano cab!
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Post by orrum on Jun 28, 2017 7:41:16 GMT -5
Hey Lynn got s premier piece of Picasso. Tony and I found a 50 pound hunk that is awesome!!! Tony got one bigger than he could carry, he rolled it to the truck. It was tough collecting. The pit was filled back with broken hunks from baseball size to park bench size. It was mostly no patterns so you had to prowl thru and chip it to see what was there. Some at one side had a green pattern added!!!
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Post by fernwood on Jun 28, 2017 8:40:25 GMT -5
I love the volcano cab with lava flowing down.
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For Gods sakes man. . Step away from Zar and be sociable.
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