timloco
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Post by timloco on Aug 8, 2017 16:14:51 GMT -5
I've been neglecting the RTH boards for awhile and spending too much time on FB :-) Here's my latest. Indonesian jasper on the left, labradorite, larimar, purple chalcedony, chatoyent malachite, and moss agate. Cool material all around wish I could get some more of that larimar! The chatoyent malachite is a real project. It's got a lot of little voids and parts that don't stick together well so my cabs get smaller and smaller as I go. It's really neat material though I'm trying to document it for a separate post.  |
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meviva
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Post by meviva on Aug 8, 2017 18:37:05 GMT -5
Nice job!! They look great. I like the triangle one under the red one best.
Andrea
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2017 19:02:15 GMT -5
Polish on that Larimar look solid
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Post by socalagatehound on Aug 8, 2017 20:51:15 GMT -5
Yes, nice polish all around. I'd want some more of that larimar, too!  Craig |
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Post by pghram on Aug 8, 2017 22:17:17 GMT -5
Beautiful set, lots of color and shine.
Peace,
Rich
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 8, 2017 22:23:05 GMT -5
Hey stranger!!!! Beautiful cabs! You go some great polishes on them, but that larimar takes the cake. Outstanding polish on them!!!! Kinda miraculous actually. You got yourself some high shelf cab right there. |
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timloco
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Post by timloco on Aug 9, 2017 11:23:28 GMT -5
Thanks for the comments everyone! That larimar was actually really hard stuff, the slab I got was anyways, didn't really have much a problem other than it had a lot of healed and not-so-healed fractures that had a tendency to let go once you ground off the part that was holding it together. It was a fat slab too, with one side more of a clearish gemmy stuff that I made the back part of the cabs. I've got one more piece of it left that I'm kinda saving.
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 9, 2017 11:34:40 GMT -5
Every flippin' larimar that I have tried has broken. I do have a few pieces that I am saving for special treatment.
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Post by radio on Aug 9, 2017 12:01:13 GMT -5
Great polish! rockjunquie cut Larimar on well worn wheels and skip the coarser grits under 200 or you are usually doomed! Try hand holding the stone instead of dopping and you will find it doesn't fracture or crumble quite so bad |
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 9, 2017 12:02:47 GMT -5
Great polish! rockjunquie cut Larimar on well worn wheels and skip the coarser grits under 200 or you are usually doomed! Try hand holding the stone instead of dopping and you will find it doesn't fracture or crumble quite so bad Yup, I'll try that and soaking first. The pieces I have are pretty nice, I don't want to mess them up. |
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Post by radio on Aug 9, 2017 12:11:41 GMT -5
Great polish! rockjunquie cut Larimar on well worn wheels and skip the coarser grits under 200 or you are usually doomed! Try hand holding the stone instead of dopping and you will find it doesn't fracture or crumble quite so bad Yup, I'll try that and soaking first. The pieces I have are pretty nice, I don't want to mess them up. Use a trim saw with a very thin blade and go slow to preform, or cut from larger slabs. thicker blades with coarser diamond are too aggressive and will chip or shatter the stone. If the pieces are thinner than roughly half an inch and look at all fragile, I will back them just like Turquoise with Devcon plastic steel before cutting. I'm fully convinced that has saved me from heartache numerous times! There is a reason you rarely see cabs that are not high domed or are quite thick  |
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timloco
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Post by timloco on Aug 9, 2017 12:22:56 GMT -5
Great polish! rockjunquie cut Larimar on well worn wheels and skip the coarser grits under 200 or you are usually doomed! Try hand holding the stone instead of dopping and you will find it doesn't fracture or crumble quite so bad Yup, I'll try that and soaking first. The pieces I have are pretty nice, I don't want to mess them up. Great advice! I didn't think to soak it but I did start at the 220 wheel just to avoid wasting too much material. Larimar has been an expensive teacher but, dang what a pretty rock. Last January I cut a fat one that I put into a pendent with a garnet for my girlfriends birthday and it's her favorite. Looking at this picture kinda makes me cringe a bit for the dings on the silver that I left. Oh well I'm getting better, enough to notice the imperfections anyways.  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 9, 2017 12:37:35 GMT -5
Very nice! All close ups are less than flattering- I think it looks good. I have switched from using a 360 Nova to a 220 Nova. I think it would be perfect to start with. It's nice and worn in now, too. |
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Post by MrP on Aug 9, 2017 13:22:19 GMT -5
Good Larimar is fun to work but I have not found much of that. I find Larimar to be anywhere from crumbly - to - brittle. I have had it fall apart while trying to soak it before working. I usually cut it thick, take it to 600 on the flat lap, then glue fused quartz on both sides and split it. Wish it didn't cost so much because almost everybody like it...................MrP
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 9, 2017 14:37:50 GMT -5
I love how it looks like clouds. I have not yet had the pleasure (or stressed out) from working it yet. I had picked up a finished cab of it the end of April at a silent auction. The guy had at least a half dozen to choose from. I let someone else do the work, and enjoy the aggravation. 
This one has less color than Tim's larimar, but I had the winning (and only big) of $10, so I like it just fine. |
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jeannie
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Post by jeannie on Aug 12, 2017 12:19:52 GMT -5
Awesome! And I too, love that Larimar. I'm afraid to work on mine, because of what everyone says about it here. I don't want it to crumble.
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Post by beefjello on Aug 12, 2017 18:51:52 GMT -5
Beautiful set man!
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