James
freely admits to licking rocks
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Post by James on Jan 15, 2005 20:25:29 GMT -5
Hi guys and gals. Finally, I'm back after nearly a month. I just lost my other computer to a plague viruses, trojans and a barrage of other spywere applications!!! Be careful out there! Anyway, I would have posted these pics about a month ago, had that not happend... These stones are a variety of agates that I had lying around. Basically, what I did was threw in handfuls of this stuff as a filler, for my other ongoing projects. As time progressed I gathered up enough "stage 1" stones to fill up an entire barrel. Then I went to 120/220 for 2 weeks, 1000 alumina for 1 week and titanium oxide polish for 2 weeks. It was an experiment, and it worked out just fine. Besides, I was in no hurry. In the mix there is Montana moss agate, dentritic agate, Oregon carnelian, plumb agate for Zimbabwe, plume agate, agatized wood, agua nueve agate, pigeon-blood agate, some crazy-lace and a bunch of other goodies!   Here is some of that lovely carnelian form Oregon. These stone were so hard that it took about 4 months total in 60/90 to get them that round!  Here's a "cute" little piece of crazy-lace that managed to sneak its way into the mix.  Pigeon-blood agate. This pic isn't the greatest...  Left: Montana mosa agate Right: "Plumb" agate from Zimbabwe Africa. The plumb agate was just a test piece. I wanted to see how it would respond to titanium oxide polish. I think next time I'll ues tin oxide instead.  This is agua nueva agate from Mexico. I found this piece to be quite interesting. You can actually see into the stone.  Now for my two favorites. This is a "flame" variety of agua nueva.   Thanks for looking!  |
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Post by docone31 on Jan 15, 2005 20:36:02 GMT -5
That is really a superior polish on those stones. They really shine, great job.
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Post by cookie3rocks on Jan 15, 2005 21:06:26 GMT -5
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Post by sandsman1 on Jan 15, 2005 21:12:35 GMT -5
dam james lookin good man ---sorry to hear about your computer that sucks,, glad your back online
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rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rollingstone on Jan 15, 2005 21:13:20 GMT -5
Amazing eye-candy once again! Of course, we've come to expect nothing less from you In that family-photo (2nd pic) there are a bunch of pieces of mixed orange and black rock -- one just a bit below centre, another to its upper right, one on the outside "dial" at about 1:30- 2:00, and two more on the outside, one at about 10:00 and the other at about 11:30. I really like that, is it the agatized wood or something else? BTW, if you are wondering why your ocean jasper pics from many months ago have reappeared...they were going to scroll off the bottom of the list and I thought they were worthy of saving so replied to the thread to bring it back up top (so please don't wipe out the photobucket pics of them). |
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James
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since October 2003
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Post by James on Jan 15, 2005 21:30:21 GMT -5
Thanks for the comment everyone! It feels great to be back! ;D Rollingstone, thanks for resurrecting that thread. I didn't know that really old threads got pushed of the edge of the list.  I still have all my other photos stored at imageevent.com. Those stones you're asking about were called "dentritic agate." They were a little different then I had expected when I bought it. Infact, the look really cool up close. It's more like moss agate with blue inclusions. I got it from my friend at www.roughandtumble.com |
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Post by BearCreekLapidary on Jan 15, 2005 22:19:04 GMT -5
James,
I always love to see your tumbled stones ... they always seem to be absolutely perfect!
WOW,
John
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Post by krazydiamond on Jan 15, 2005 22:30:52 GMT -5
jaw dropping as usual, James, thanks,  KD |
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Post by Cher on Jan 15, 2005 22:57:10 GMT -5
Hi James,
Welcome back, sorry to hear about your computer. Hope you have downloaded and installed Ad-aware and Spybot Search & Destroy ... definitely two programs that will help avoid the nasty malware and spyware.
The shine on those stones is stunning, awesome job. I can't decide which I like best but that agua nueva agate is really cool. Oh heck, I like 'em all!! Great job.
Cher
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Post by rockyraccoon on Jan 15, 2005 23:57:17 GMT -5
so glad to see you posting some of your beautiful polished stones james! they are excellent.
kim
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WarrenA
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by WarrenA on Jan 16, 2005 0:58:37 GMT -5
still another ATTA BOY
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Post by gaetzchamp on Jan 16, 2005 1:40:57 GMT -5
Freaking awesome!!!!!
I like the fact that you can see the reflection of trees in some of the pics......nice!!!
I think I have Polish Envy.
Gaetz
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Post by stoner on Jan 16, 2005 1:51:23 GMT -5
What can I say, awesomely super fantasticly great job. Yea, that'll work. Ed |
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Banjocreek
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Post by Banjocreek on Jan 16, 2005 2:36:24 GMT -5
Never a bad batch.
Your work is just awsome!
Thanks for sharing and thanks for identifying all this stuff.
Your photos are a real learning experience.
Hoo RaH!
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rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rollingstone on Jan 16, 2005 3:31:51 GMT -5
James, thanks for the dendritic agate ID. I'll have to look that one up in more detail.
As for old theads disappearing, in the photo section, any thread prior to Apr. 30, 2004 is gone, so a lot of pics seem to have disappeared since I started reading this board. Funny though, in the general section there are threads more than a year older than this that are still there. Maybe that's because getting rid of photos saves a lot more space then getting rid of text, or maybe it's something else? I'm not sure, but that Ocean Jasper thread was only a page or two from the bottom of the list, and it is just too impressive to risk having it disappear.
There's lots of other very impressive pics that are nearing the end of the list also, but the ocean jasper is my all-time favourite, so I had to save at least that one!
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joanna
spending too much on rocks
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Post by joanna on Jan 16, 2005 7:07:21 GMT -5
Wow....what else can I say.
Not only the amazing polish job, but the rocks themselves have so much character. And then there's the excellent photography. I think I'll be popping back to these pictures to look at again and again.
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Post by creativeminded on Jan 16, 2005 10:39:32 GMT -5
That batch is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Tami
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llanago
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by llanago on Jan 16, 2005 11:07:40 GMT -5
Absolutely incredible, James! One could drown in that shine.
llana
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Glenn
having dreams about rocks
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Post by Glenn on Jan 16, 2005 21:15:48 GMT -5
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Post by puppie96 on Jan 17, 2005 2:00:19 GMT -5
Inspirational, as always.
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