Round 2, Trades (Photo Overload)

Back at storage unit today.



Here is what I traded, 22 display sized counter scraps. Also had 3 earrings, a few pendants and 10 pieces of tumbled Apache Tears/Pet Wood. A couple rings and a copper bracelet.  

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Received in trade.



A nice, pretty deep shadow box.

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End cuts and another piece.

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Dave (unit owner), said the blue one is Sodalite, but I do not know. It appears too crystal like, especially on the rough side.

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cut 2a



cut 2b



cut 2c



What is this? I thought it was cool.

cut 1



This square of mud with fossil shells has a beveled edge and slight polish. About 1” thick.



cut 3



Crystals

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cry 2



cry 3



cry 4



I really like this smoky colored one. Dave said it was Flourite. The crystals appear dark due to a vein of black material running through the middle. It looks like Smoky Quartz to me.

cry 5



Slabs



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slabs 3



Shells. The one on the lower left has a lot of brilliant flash and is a whole piece.

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shells 2



Loved finding this turritella. Was allowed to talk half of what he had. It appears partially polished.

shells 3



More cabs.

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cabs 2



cabs 3



A Hematite (I think) necklace. I will be using these for jewelry. The white spots do not appear in person.



beads

Two bracelets. The stones are double drilled. One appears to be an agate/jasper mix. The other might be a combo of Serpentine and “Yellow Turquoise”, aka jasper. I will take these apart, polish the stones a little more and use for wire wraps.



brace 1



The fun thing about today was that Dave was going through boxes and finding stuff in his two storage units he wanted to take back to his apt. for winter projects. Was showing me many of his finds. Gave me many of those items. He knows what is in those large storage units. Sometimes where it is even.

Another seller was leaving as I arrived. Dave was the only one left selling there. No customers came while I was there.

He loves the counter scraps. Was setting some of his best items on those for display. Planned on using some for semi permanent mounts. He was also very impressed with the jewelry pieces I made for him.



I am so glad I came cross one of the earlier storage unit sales there. Met a wonderful person who I plan on staying in touch with