Skipper
spending too much on rocks
Member since March 2003
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Post by Skipper on Oct 20, 2004 0:23:17 GMT -5
...part 2 because if you didn't see James' stuff, take a look: andy321.proboards16.com/index.cgi?board=Pictures&action=display&thread=1094691903I have a bag of "shards" of this stuff and it is one of my favorite. Generally grey and purple rock with beautiful parallel white bands. I recommend the stone to you because it is fairly easy to get a beautiful shine. - 50/85 (can't remember exact size, but not 60/90) 2 weeks
- 220 1 week
- prepolish 1 week
- titanium oxide polish 1 week
- borax burnish 1 day
The botswana was put in with some confetti jasper (top), yellow jasper, clear rutilated agate/quartz (left), tiger jasper (bottom), and other stuff.   This is a chunk of polkadot jasper with no polkadots. It looks more like autumn jasper. More of it in polish right now.  Confetti:  |
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rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rollingstone on Oct 20, 2004 0:33:09 GMT -5
Wonderful job with the agates, Skipper. Where did you score the rough from?
That confetti jasper is amazing also!
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Post by rockyraccoon on Oct 20, 2004 0:36:26 GMT -5
very nice! where does the confetti jasper come from? i've never seen that stone before. they are all great.
kim
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Skipper
spending too much on rocks
Member since March 2003
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Post by Skipper on Oct 20, 2004 0:43:20 GMT -5
The tiger, confetti and botswana were all picked up at the local lapidary here www.greenslapidary.com. However, I've never seen them sell botswana rough since then. I was thrilled to get this big bag of shards and you can see why. Ya - the confetti is quite nice. It came in a few bags of "pot luck" I got from Green's, but the also sell it in bags on their own. |
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deepsouth
fully equipped rock polisher
He who rocks last rocks best
Member since January 2004
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Post by deepsouth on Oct 20, 2004 2:50:20 GMT -5
Wow , I love your batch of rocks. Confetti, Yeah great !!
Botswana agates SUPER , I always pick up a few extra stones with bands in them or dotted ones.
Some rocks here on the beach look a bit like dalmation stones
Thanks for showing
Jack
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Post by sandsman1 on Oct 20, 2004 9:38:01 GMT -5
hey skip that botswana agate is too cool it came out great,, nice Confetti jasper too havent seen that before all around great job
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Post by krazydiamond on Oct 20, 2004 10:49:01 GMT -5
great batch, Skipper! love the shine on those banded agates, glorious! looks like candy!
i've never seen confetti jasper before.
very well done,
KD
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Post by Toad on Oct 21, 2004 1:24:39 GMT -5
lovely batch
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Post by Cher on Oct 21, 2004 13:01:30 GMT -5
You really did a great job of it. I love looking at these pics, it's so interesting to see the different stones polished up.
Thanks for sharing,
Cher
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Post by creativeminded on Oct 22, 2004 10:01:28 GMT -5
Love those banded stones. Beautiful shine, you did a great job.
Tami
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James
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since October 2003
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Post by James on Oct 24, 2004 3:26:33 GMT -5
Wow! You got a hell of a lot of good stuff there. I kinda like the rugged look opposed to the rounder stuff.
That titanium really put a shine on them! Good job again!!!
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