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Post by stardiamond on Nov 22, 2019 20:53:25 GMT -5
Yes it rhymes. I started slabbing the Owyhee I got from catmadewe. Last time it was 3 medium pieces glued them to boards and got some nice size slabs. I then figured out the designs. This time it was small, medium and uneven. I had to be creative in my cutting; cuts so it was firm in the vise. I did a great job guessing on the orientation of the cuts and already got some nice slabettes. Think snack size candy bars. It will take a few more days to evaluate the haul, but all of his material has been nice. Too dark to photograph.
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Post by stardiamond on Nov 24, 2019 13:47:51 GMT -5
Started with the small rough. I have 10 or more small slabs to cut of the stripey stuff but am in no hurry to cut more. The blue rough was hourglass shape so it cut a 1/2 inch piece in the narrowest point.   |
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Post by stardiamond on Nov 24, 2019 15:13:57 GMT -5
I cut the biggest piece.  |
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Post by stardiamond on Nov 24, 2019 17:51:57 GMT -5
Next piece. I put a small piece of rough in slab grabber to face. A piece of jelly bean and I'll call it a day.  I've never seen this pattern before, so I'll glue to a board and rotate 90 degrees and try a different cut.  |
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Post by stardiamond on Nov 24, 2019 18:51:58 GMT -5
This is Jelly Bean from ebay. The heel was stunning and unusable. I Got this slice and one on the board which isn't as nice as this one. I'll finish the slabbing on Tuesday.  |
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Post by stardiamond on Nov 25, 2019 13:21:15 GMT -5
This piece was faced and the slabs were nicer.  |
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Post by RocksInNJ on Nov 25, 2019 13:57:18 GMT -5
Amazing! Who would’ve thought such beauty could be inside?
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Post by catmandewe on Nov 25, 2019 14:21:01 GMT -5
That big one was disappointing but the rest seem to be good.
Tony
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Post by miket on Nov 25, 2019 15:43:58 GMT -5
Some great material there, I'm sure you'll make some fantastic cabs!
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Post by stardiamond on Nov 25, 2019 17:40:17 GMT -5
The big piece is mainly unusable but there is an area in each slab where there are blue and tans and depending on vugs and fractures might make 3 nice cabs. From the 2 batches a lot of nice blues and other colors, not a lot of dendrites. I search ebay for lapidary material regularly and very little of the Owyhee compares with this. It is all very ahrd/gemmy and requires some force to sand. My twrim saw is going to get very busy. I thought the orientation of the cut was wrong on this piece. When I cut the other end it was the same pattern so I continued cuting the same way. Very unusual pattern.  The stripy material is in the saw now and will get larger slabs. I glued up the Rocky Butte for later. |
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Post by miket on Nov 25, 2019 17:45:57 GMT -5
I see trees in the two on the left...
Very cool material.
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Post by stardiamond on Nov 25, 2019 19:18:04 GMT -5
I finished off the Owyhee except for a very small piece and also the piece of Rocky Butte. I left a two slab heel.The color is the same but the lighting is off.  |
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Post by catmandewe on Nov 25, 2019 21:27:06 GMT -5
Sometimes if you take the stripey ones and cut parallel to the stripes you get some killer scenes.
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Post by Fossilman on Nov 26, 2019 10:15:30 GMT -5
Nice jasper for sure!
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Post by stardiamond on Nov 26, 2019 11:02:08 GMT -5
I started looking for scenes in the slabs and found this one which I call A woman and her cat snowball.  |
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Post by stardiamond on Dec 8, 2019 17:34:28 GMT -5
I cut the Rocky Butte and with the orientation I chose the scenes weren't great. I trimmed the three big slabs and got three okay scenes.  |
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