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Post by sophia13 on Apr 24, 2019 20:04:07 GMT -5
Anyone know where I can get some fire obsidian rough please? Thanks
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Post by sophia13 on Apr 25, 2019 17:03:14 GMT -5
Man, I must have cooties.....or maybe there is no such thing as fire obsidian. Lol, hope it's not the first one.  |
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 25, 2019 17:10:50 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2019 17:14:54 GMT -5
Sort of difficult to source rough. There was someone selling some pieces (at high prices) at the Prineville and Madras shows 2-3 years ago. Don't recall who they were, though. Might look again if I make it to those this year. Also, it is one of those things that pictures seldom give a good idea of the quality and how useable it is in the rough - I've gotten a couple of pieces online in the past that turned out would have been hard to cut and get good gems - sold 'em as specimens. Good idea to learn to identify pieces that may have color layers before going looking through piles - you could go blind looking at wet obsidian from every angle over an afternoon.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 25, 2019 17:25:46 GMT -5
Yes, it is expansive. I saw a cab listed of the material with a price of $450.
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Post by Pat on Apr 25, 2019 18:14:10 GMT -5
Beautiful stuff! Glad you asked. Thanks.
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Post by jasperfanatic on Apr 25, 2019 19:27:35 GMT -5
It's pretty risky to purchase online, as @rocks2dust noted...even if you buy it at a show, really. That thin film of fire could stop just inside the rock beyond your view, or wrap around on itself. I'd want to practice a whole bunch with some of the other flavors like silver/gold sheen or lace, learning how to cut the rough to get to the planes/film, and rocking the super low dome you need to show everything off properly. You could drop a pretty penny on rough and then kill it very quickly, or find that it wasn't worth the money to begin with. I spent hours digging out a piece of low-grade fire that was in some mahogany/gold sheen I had...it was like a ridiculously difficult puzzle.
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Post by broseph82 on Apr 26, 2019 8:30:21 GMT -5
Anyone know where I can get some fire obsidian rough please? Thanks Go to Facebook and contact Emory Coons. Hes the main source for this stuff! Be sure to have you CC ready or an open wallet with some Benjamins in it cause its not cheap material |
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Post by sophia13 on Apr 28, 2019 11:51:46 GMT -5
Thank you all. Man, you folks are awesome. |
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 29, 2019 14:13:19 GMT -5
Anyone know where I can get some fire obsidian rough please? Thanks Go to Facebook and contact Emory Coons. Hes the main source for this stuff! Be sure to have you CC ready or an open wallet with some Benjamins in it cause its not cheap material Emory will work with you on the material....He has some nice stuff in his shop...Thumbs up |
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