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Post by socalagatehound on Aug 25, 2018 15:38:11 GMT -5
We've had so many great postings of cabs!!! It's very inspiring to see such great craftsmanship from so many. Thanks to all for posting your work! Here are a few of my recent cabs from all over. First, India Green Moss. If you have a green tooth, you need to get a little gold in it.  Also from India, swirly bloodstone...more aqua than green...  Condor agate from Argentina. From the broken end of a double nodule. It took a killer polish.  Bumble Bee plumes. Worked up better than I expected.  Australian Dendritic Opalite. I love and hate this stuff. Getting the last few scratches out before polishing is like pulling weeds. The next time you look there's another one that wasn't there before.  Cady Mountains tube agate.  Cady Mountains Feather Plume  That's all for now. Hope you enjoyed. Thanks for looking!!! |
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Post by MsAli on Aug 25, 2018 15:44:11 GMT -5
All very gorgeous but that Cady is my favorite. How did you get it so clean and pretty in there?
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 25, 2018 15:50:35 GMT -5
All beautiful and thank YOU for posting. I love your material and especially your shapes. The opalite has my vote for tops. I love it and yeah, it's a pain.
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Post by vegasjames on Aug 25, 2018 17:11:11 GMT -5
Great cabs,
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Post by socalagatehound on Aug 25, 2018 18:00:15 GMT -5
All very gorgeous but that Cady is my favorite. How did you get it so clean and pretty in there? In all honesty, it just started out clean and stayed that way.  Just required a little rinse at the end. |
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fishnpinball
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Post by fishnpinball on Aug 25, 2018 18:08:15 GMT -5
Bunch of beauties.
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mgrets
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Post by mgrets on Aug 25, 2018 18:21:29 GMT -5
Beautiful group of cabs. I don't know how you managed to cut and grind that Cady tube without breaking it in half - great job!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Aug 25, 2018 18:30:51 GMT -5
They are all so beautiful and you take such fabulous pictures of them. Love the Green Tree, love the dendritic opalite and absolutely adore the Cady - because - druzy!
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Post by Garage Rocker on Aug 26, 2018 2:00:29 GMT -5
That's some great stuff, beautiful cabs!
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Post by kk on Aug 26, 2018 6:49:57 GMT -5
Super finish and excellent layout on all of them.
I particularly like the Indian bloodstone and the Australian dentrite. Love the strong colour variations.
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Post by fernwood on Aug 26, 2018 7:57:55 GMT -5
Love the opalite and the Cady.
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Aug 26, 2018 10:22:53 GMT -5
Beautiful set of cabs! Hard to pick one but the Cadys druzy is great. Does it go through to the back?
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Post by socalagatehound on Aug 26, 2018 14:10:55 GMT -5
Beautiful set of cabs! Hard to pick one but the Cadys druzy is great. Does it go through to the back? Yes it does. I'll try to get a picture posted today. The vug actually looks better (at least to me) from the back but there is a large pitted soft spot next to it that I thought would look bad and create more problems structurally than it was worth. |
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Post by socalagatehound on Aug 26, 2018 21:47:43 GMT -5
From the back.  If I ground it down and domed it you could see the crystal coating on the tube in the middle, which is way cool, but you can see the soft spot on the right. I wasn't confident that it would grind away before making the cab too thin to remain stable and it would break on me. |
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Post by socalagatehound on Aug 26, 2018 21:49:41 GMT -5
Once again, the greens really pop in the hand but not so much on the gray background. Almost no green on the front, anyway.
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