nik
spending too much on rocks
Member since May 2019
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Post by nik on Jan 4, 2020 21:47:42 GMT -5
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Post by miket on Jan 4, 2020 22:08:13 GMT -5
Fantastic!
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Post by RocksInNJ on Jan 4, 2020 22:46:56 GMT -5
That really cool looking. What material is it?
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El JeffA
spending too much on rocks
Member since February 2016
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Post by El JeffA on Jan 4, 2020 23:22:02 GMT -5
“Tiger iron (or tigereye matrix) is a quartz-lignite aggregate gemstone containing layers of vibrant golden tigereye, metallic grey hematite and rich, red jasper”
Copied from firemountaingems.com .
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Post by RocksInNJ on Jan 4, 2020 23:25:49 GMT -5
Ah ok now I see it. Pretty interesting piece of it there. Most of the pics that I’ve seen of it have continuous bands running through it.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 4, 2020 23:32:23 GMT -5
Great round!
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Post by Pat on Jan 4, 2020 23:37:20 GMT -5
Looks like sunshine shining through a woven curtain.
Tiger eye, tiger iron, pietersite—- all lovely. Thanks!
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nik
spending too much on rocks
Member since May 2019
Posts: 315
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Post by nik on Jan 5, 2020 2:26:58 GMT -5
Thanks everybody for the kind words. It was a fun one to cut, if a bit thinner than most that I have cut that size. It's about 25mm diameter, and 5mm thick.
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Post by MsAli on Jan 6, 2020 7:03:22 GMT -5
Really nice cab.
Tiger Iron is one of my favorites.
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Post by fernwood on Jan 6, 2020 7:43:06 GMT -5
Super nice cab from a great material.
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deedolce
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since October 2006
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Post by deedolce on Jan 6, 2020 11:34:44 GMT -5
Beautiful! Tiger iron is underrated in my opinion~
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IMG_20200105_122942 by nik1924, on Flickr
VID_20200105_123042 by nik1924, on Flickr
