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stardiamond
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Something to work on preforms all 7 completed ..... next Sept 19, 2019 12:18:27 GMT -5 adrian65, Fossilman, and 4 more like this

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I spend a lot of time looking at odds and ends to make cabs. I decided to work on the larger turquosie piece. There was a nice cluster of blue shapes on the bottom and drew a line. I've never worked on this material before. I ground and even edge and then ground down the top to see what it would look like. I need to adjust the shape and the dome but am pleased with the appearance. I then did the same to the scrap. The darker material on the scrap wasn't as nice. It is interseting how the material can change on the ame slab.

I then cut preforms for Morrisonite, petrified fruit wood, gemmy rhodonite and dryhead.

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stardiamond
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Something to work on preforms all 7 completed ..... next Sept 20, 2019 14:30:59 GMT -5 adrian65 and opalpyrexia like this

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Same sequence as preforms. I need fix bottom face of Rhodonite, The Dryhead as a small vug near the lower left edge and I 'm not going to recut it. The small Morrisonite had a big chip near the edge and I was fortunate to lower the girdle and get rid of it. The big Morrisonite is 63mm in length.

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miket misunderstood rock expert Member since April 2018 Posts: 11,242	Something to work on preforms all 7 completed ..... next Sept 20, 2019 14:41:42 GMT -5 fernwood likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by miket on Sept 20, 2019 14:41:42 GMT -5 Gorgeous. Seriously, you're on my list of people setting my bar too high...
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