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Pinolith Jan 23, 2019 19:29:47 GMT -5 Pat, socalagatehound, and 5 more like this

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Picked up this little chunk in Quartzsite Saturday just because I had never had any and I wanted to see what it looked like inside.

Cut a few slabs, pretty neat. I think it would be a good material to use in intarsia work.

Thanks for looking!

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Pat misunderstood rock expert Member since February 2012 Posts: 11,834	Pinolith Jan 23, 2019 20:24:34 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Pat on Jan 23, 2019 20:24:34 GMT -5 Re intarsia—- that is exactly what I was thinking!! Classy!
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MsAli misunderstood rock expert Member since October 2017 Posts: 11,455	Pinolith Jan 23, 2019 21:00:12 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MsAli on Jan 23, 2019 21:00:12 GMT -5 It would make some really cool cabs as well
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vegasjames no longer being taken for granite Member since June 2013 Posts: 9,581	Pinolith Jan 23, 2019 21:16:17 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by vegasjames on Jan 23, 2019 21:16:17 GMT -5 Love the patterns in that.

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Pinolith Jan 23, 2019 21:40:21 GMT -5 goatgrinder likes this

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Nice piece of rough! Sometimes the inside has big voids of just white or the pattern looks kind of smudged or blurry. Yours looks to be pretty consistent with the nice, tight patterns.

Robin

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lpl has rocks in the head Member since December 2017 Posts: 748	Pinolith Jan 24, 2019 15:02:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lpl on Jan 24, 2019 15:02:55 GMT -5 I love pinolith.. It has such interesting patterns. The few cabs I have made haven't taken as good of a polish as I had hoped. I'll be curious to hear how these work for you. Beautiful slabs!
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rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 35,012	Pinolith Jan 24, 2019 15:30:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Jan 24, 2019 15:30:15 GMT -5 Yeah, those are rally nice. I love pinolith. It's polished well for me but is often fractured.

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Pinolith Jan 24, 2019 16:38:03 GMT -5 rockjunquie likes this

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Jan 24, 2019 15:30:15 GMT -5 rockjunquie said:

Yeah, those are rally nice. I love pinolith. It's polished well for me but is often fractured.

Yeah, same here. Have to follow the fractures. Can verify that it is ~~good~~ great for intarsia!

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