ChicagoDave
has rocks in the head
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Post by ChicagoDave on Aug 29, 2017 21:11:07 GMT -5
I'm wondering if anyone has a large stash of faceting rough that they would like to sell some pieces from. Maybe you thought you would get into faceting but never got the time. Maybe you've moved on to the nice stuff and have a bunch of CZ lying around from when you were a beginner. I'm just starting out so I don't really know what is best for a beginner, but I'm open to any suggestions. Let me know what you have and how much you need for it. I have all kinds of rocks big enough for slabbing if someone wants to work a trade also. Thanks!
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Post by orrum on Aug 30, 2017 7:04:14 GMT -5
Dave I have seen flat back cabs cut with the top portion faceted. They are totally awesome!
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QuailRiver
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by QuailRiver on Aug 31, 2017 0:15:35 GMT -5
I usually recommend that beginners start out with inexpensive materials like the quartz family (Amethyst, Citrine, Rose Quartz, Smokey Quartz, etc.) which are fairly easy to polish with cerium oxide and can be polished on less expensive laps like Spectra-laps, CeO Lightning laps, or Gearloose's darkside or creamway laps, etc.. Or if you want to go old school then cerium oxide slurry on Lucite, acrylic or phenolic laps.
While lab grown CZ, Corundum and Spinel are inexpensive they are harder materials and to polish require diamond on higher end pre-polishing and polishing laps like tin, zinc, ceramic, or Gearloose's Matrix or Diamatrix laps.
Larry C.
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Post by roy on Aug 31, 2017 10:40:19 GMT -5
I'm wondering if anyone has a large stash of faceting rough that they would like to sell some pieces from. Maybe you thought you would get into faceting but never got the time. Maybe you've moved on to the nice stuff and have a bunch of CZ lying around from when you were a beginner. I'm just starting out so I don't really know what is best for a beginner, but I'm open to any suggestions. Let me know what you have and how much you need for it. I have all kinds of rocks big enough for slabbing if someone wants to work a trade also. Thanks! This lady has tons of this kinda thing Jaunita Ross 541-571-0702 |
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