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Post by fernwood on Dec 15, 2018 14:56:23 GMT -5
OK, I had time to do one more. After taking the photo I was able to get the end of the circles tucked under. Time to relax a little before getting ready for work. Another one of Terry Ragon's points.  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 16, 2018 20:36:33 GMT -5
Like the gold-filled accent on that. Turned out very pretty!
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Post by toiv0 on Dec 16, 2018 20:42:58 GMT -5
Killer...is that politically correct?
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Post by vegasjames on Dec 16, 2018 21:15:49 GMT -5
Killer...is that politically correct? Great point.  |
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Post by vegasjames on Dec 16, 2018 21:18:30 GMT -5
My mom was asking me for an arrowhead out of the baskinite. Is this something Terry Ragon does for other people for trade or pay?
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Post by fernwood on Dec 17, 2018 4:16:31 GMT -5
My mom was asking me for an arrowhead out of the baskinite. Is this something Terry Ragon does for other people for trade or pay? is this something you are interested in? |
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Post by terryr on Dec 17, 2018 9:01:52 GMT -5
Sorry, gang, I’m new to this site, and slow.
I’ve never heard of baskinite, does it break into conchodial fractures, the way a BB breaks glass?
Im happy to try, but it may be a waste of postage?
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 17, 2018 9:54:28 GMT -5
From what I have seen of baskinite I doubt it's doable. It was a bear just to precab and cab.
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Post by stephan on Dec 17, 2018 15:18:08 GMT -5
Very nice. I like the simplicity of the wrap, keeping th stone as the focal item.
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Post by vegasjames on Dec 17, 2018 16:08:43 GMT -5
Sorry, gang, I’m new to this site, and slow. I’ve never heard of baskinite, does it break into conchodial fractures, the way a BB breaks glass? Im happy to try, but it may be a waste of postage? It is a type of jasper. Appears to be what they refer to as porcelain jasper, which is finer grain, denser and glass-like. Takes a very high polish. Don't know about conchoidal fracture but I broke some up with a sledge hammer and it does form thin, very sharp shards. I will have to look at the shards closer. I threw most of them in the tumbler as a fill with some larger chunks.
This is a slab:
And what it looks like cabbed:
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 17, 2018 16:49:20 GMT -5
Mine, clearly, wasn't as solid. It was money wasted.
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Post by terryr on Dec 19, 2018 8:40:19 GMT -5
from the photo, I would not even try to knap that stone. Beautiful.
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Post by vegasjames on Dec 19, 2018 17:34:27 GMT -5
from the photo, I would not even try to knap that stone. Beautiful. OK, thanks. Can I ask why though? Because of the way it fractures? |
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Post by terryr on Dec 20, 2018 8:40:51 GMT -5
It’s difficult to explain, but knapping relies on the structure of the rock to break in a predictable manner. The stone has a very high silica content which allows this. The stone above, although Jasper, has many inclusions in it which I bet would influence the manner in which it breaks.
Here is a piece of Fancy Jasper, with some tiny inclusions in it, but notice how the rock flakes predictbly.
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terryr
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Post by terryr on Dec 20, 2018 8:43:04 GMT -5
ooops, trying to upload a photo...
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Post by vegasjames on Dec 20, 2018 18:46:29 GMT -5
Thanks for the explanation.
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