Roger
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by Roger on Jul 17, 2017 1:35:28 GMT -5
I haven't posted any cuts in a while, but I haven't really been cutting much that has been too exciting. I picked up this 3lb Dryhead Agate a while back. It looked promising, though Dryhead has a habit of breaking my heart with "promising" looking nodules. Normally I would be cutting for slabs and I had intended to actually sphere this one. Instead I ended up going for the split nodule. This one turned out to be the best one I have personally cut and will make a nice display specimen...but the sphere would have been killer..   Roger |
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Post by fernwood on Jul 17, 2017 4:16:21 GMT -5
Beautiful
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Post by MrP on Jul 17, 2017 4:49:08 GMT -5
I haven't posted any cuts in a while, but I haven't really been cutting much that has been too exciting. I picked up this 3lb Dryhead Agate a while back. It looked promising, though Dryhead has a habit of breaking my heart with "promising" looking nodules. Normally I would be cutting for slabs and I had intended to actually sphere this one. Instead I ended up going for the split nodule. This one turned out to be the best one I have personally cut and will make a nice display specimen...but the sphere would have been killer.. Roger Always like it when the inside gives a surprise like that. That is better then when the outside looks so promising and the inside turns out blah...........................MrP |
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Sabre52
Cave Dweller 
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 17, 2017 6:21:24 GMT -5
Oh cool! That's a Dryhead from near the top of the deposit. When I dug there we had to dig down through a layer of those before we hit the lower layer with the chocolate brown matrix. Most we found were full of small fortifications but were just too full of open vugs and crystals to be much good and the reject piles contained hundreds of them. You though, got one of the good'uns that is nice and solid. Beautiful cut and a keeper specimen for sure.....Mel
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Post by orrum on Jul 17, 2017 6:52:29 GMT -5
X2 Mel! It's a super killer hunk of awesome!!!
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 17, 2017 9:05:34 GMT -5
Liking that,a bit different than most dryheads....Thumbs up
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Post by deb193redux on Jul 20, 2017 22:28:21 GMT -5
i agree too killer specimen to cab. i can send you a nice cabing slab if you want
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Jul 23, 2017 10:47:12 GMT -5
Wow. That is nice.
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Post by pghram on Jul 23, 2017 17:34:14 GMT -5
Superb, I assume that you will polish the halves?
Peace,
Rich
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Roger
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since January 2013
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Post by Roger on Jul 25, 2017 11:12:33 GMT -5
i agree too killer specimen to cab. i can send you a nice cabing slab if you want Daniel, you know I can't refuse that kind of an offer lol. We will need to figure out a trade though  Superb, I assume that you will polish the halves? Peace, Rich I have already taken it through 600# on the Richardson polisher and hope to do the final polish this weekend Roger |
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Post by deb193redux on Jul 25, 2017 16:00:19 GMT -5
i agree too killer specimen to cab. i can send you a nice cabing slab if you want Daniel, you know I can't refuse that kind of an offer lol. We will need to figure out a trade though :) Trade is OK. Let me PM pics of some slabs I cut. IF you see something great, or I can slab up some more. |
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