Post by rockjunquie on Apr 10, 2019 7:31:45 GMT -5
Been cabbing for days straight. I did some cabs that I need to sit down and wrap now.
For vegasjames, I fell in love with this when I saw him post it, so I am doing a big pendant in exchange for some.
I'm making 2 pendants for a box of Dallasite that bcrockhound was kind enough to do a trade for. Postage to the east coast had to hurt. I really enjoy working with it. Very stable and easy to polish. I like it a lot.
This incredible pink tiffany made me nervous cutting. The expensive slab flew apart trying to precab, only this one made it. I'll freeform what was left of it. It's a good size. Unfortunately, AFTER I cabbed it, I found a tiny hairline that I will seal- for aesthetics only. (The diagonal line at the bottom is a color line.)
Here's the cab that flew off the dop. I found it 2 days later. Pretty quick. A little scrap of rose bud agate.
A big rhodochrosite with some eyes. Very thin, I was amazed that I managed it considering how soft it is and how thin it started out.
A big purple passion freeform. The "cracks" are actually internal features.
An agate called A fairfield agate, but I think that is generic for either a dryhead or teepee, right? I'm going with dryhead. I had to seal a hairline. It will go in my giveaway pile. I was really curious how the scrap would freeform. Not too bad, but I have others.
A freeform of pink crinoid marble from China. I love this stuff, but it is problematic.
My first Wildhorse magnesite. LOVE IT!
And another for my giveaway pile- some others made it to the pile, too, but I didn't take pictures. An amazonite.
Thanks for looking.
For vegasjames, I fell in love with this when I saw him post it, so I am doing a big pendant in exchange for some.
I'm making 2 pendants for a box of Dallasite that bcrockhound was kind enough to do a trade for. Postage to the east coast had to hurt. I really enjoy working with it. Very stable and easy to polish. I like it a lot.
This incredible pink tiffany made me nervous cutting. The expensive slab flew apart trying to precab, only this one made it. I'll freeform what was left of it. It's a good size. Unfortunately, AFTER I cabbed it, I found a tiny hairline that I will seal- for aesthetics only. (The diagonal line at the bottom is a color line.)
Here's the cab that flew off the dop. I found it 2 days later. Pretty quick. A little scrap of rose bud agate.
A big rhodochrosite with some eyes. Very thin, I was amazed that I managed it considering how soft it is and how thin it started out.
A big purple passion freeform. The "cracks" are actually internal features.
An agate called A fairfield agate, but I think that is generic for either a dryhead or teepee, right? I'm going with dryhead. I had to seal a hairline. It will go in my giveaway pile. I was really curious how the scrap would freeform. Not too bad, but I have others.
A freeform of pink crinoid marble from China. I love this stuff, but it is problematic.
My first Wildhorse magnesite. LOVE IT!
And another for my giveaway pile- some others made it to the pile, too, but I didn't take pictures. An amazonite.
Thanks for looking.
. At least I won't have to worry about my back as my wallet is so light now.
