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Post by miket on Dec 13, 2018 17:22:25 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 13, 2018 18:05:34 GMT -5
These wanted cut Thank you fernwood  Just more prairie agates...I know they're not as nice as some of the other agates I've seen posted but I like them!      The top one looks like some stuff from Wyoming they were calling petrified sponge. Nice pattern. |
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Post by vegasjames on Dec 13, 2018 21:07:22 GMT -5
Nice patterns.
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Post by greig on Dec 14, 2018 9:56:22 GMT -5
I like them. ;-)
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fireforged
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Post by fireforged on Jan 8, 2019 19:15:35 GMT -5
Those are real nice. I like cutting the prairie agates and jaspers that I find in western SD as well. The pastel colors make beautiful cabs when you get to cutting the right rocks. Most of the time those prairie rocks are just overlooked as lapidary material.
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Post by miket on Jan 9, 2019 10:57:46 GMT -5
Those are real nice. I like cutting the prairie agates and jaspers that I find in western SD as well. The pastel colors make beautiful cabs when you get to cutting the right rocks. Most of the time those prairie rocks are just overlooked as lapidary material. Thanks. I've found some really nice ones that I've slabbed, some I've left alone. Since I'm still new at this tumbling thing I don't have many tumbled yet. I'm also starting to tumble the bubblegums that I've collected- I have high hopes for those, too. Still not a cabber but I'll get there eventually. Also, I'm thinking I'll stick some nice prairie agates in the traveling rock box to see what someone with more experience can do with them. Maybe you could post some pics of a few cabs you've made with them? |
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Post by fireforged on Jan 9, 2019 22:30:16 GMT -5
 P1060232 by Rodney Mace, on Flickr  IMG_0331 by Rodney Mace, on Flickr The first is a pendant I have for sale in my wife's shop. The second two were not finished when I took the picture of them but I sent them to the customer before I took a finished picture. The first one is a slice of prairie agate and the second two were of jasper and brecciate jasper. All the stones were self collected from near Scenic SD. |
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Post by miket on Jan 10, 2019 10:42:36 GMT -5
Nice, thanks for showing me.
I've collected a ton of prairie agates and jasper, now I know that once I finally begin cabbing they'll be worth doing...
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Post by mohs on Jan 10, 2019 14:42:04 GMT -5
a little rock by the door is always a treat  crank it up ! mohs |
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Post by fireforged on Jan 11, 2019 9:26:19 GMT -5
Nice, thanks for showing me. I've collected a ton of prairie agates and jasper, now I know that once I finally begin cabbing they'll be worth doing... Not all of them are suitable for cabbing. Some pieces have fine pitting that spoils the polish. Other pieces seem to develop fractures as you cut and polish them. The only way I have figured out to determine if you can cab the rock is to cut it and try it and move on if they are too frustrating. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 11, 2019 15:52:51 GMT -5
Nice, thanks for showing me. I've collected a ton of prairie agates and jasper, now I know that once I finally begin cabbing they'll be worth doing... Not all of them are suitable for cabbing. Some pieces have fine pitting that spoils the polish. Other pieces seem to develop fractures as you cut and polish them. The only way I have figured out to determine if you can cab the rock is to cut it and try it and move on if they are too frustrating. Yeah, sometimes you just have to know when to quit. Been there. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 11, 2019 17:09:01 GMT -5
Not all of them are suitable for cabbing. Some pieces have fine pitting that spoils the polish. Other pieces seem to develop fractures as you cut and polish them. The only way I have figured out to determine if you can cab the rock is to cut it and try it and move on if they are too frustrating. Yeah, sometimes you just have to know when to quit. Been there.
The old "GIGO" saying is appropriate here. If you start with substandard rough, you will end up with a substandard finished product. No two ways around it!
Still trying to figure out why I bring some of that substandard material home, lol.
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Post by miket on Jan 12, 2019 21:16:34 GMT -5
Yeah, sometimes you just have to know when to quit. Been there.
The old "GIGO" saying is appropriate here. If you start with substandard rough, you will end up with a substandard finished product. No two ways around it!
Still trying to figure out why I bring some of that substandard material home, lol.
For the same reason I do Because you like rocks And you see something in them that no one else does. 😃 |
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Post by beefjello on Jan 13, 2019 19:02:59 GMT -5
Nice cuts miket ! Hope you don't mind me adding to your thread, here's a Prairie Agate cab I cut many moons ago  |
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Post by miket on Jan 14, 2019 8:59:55 GMT -5
Nice cuts miket ! Hope you don't mind me adding to your thread, here's a Prairie Agate cab I cut many moons ago You hope I don't mind? I'm glad you did, that's a nice one! |
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