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Post by RWA3006 on Jun 7, 2024 13:09:23 GMT -5
Nope. The fingerprints are coming back. For a little while I was thinking of a new career as a safecracker. Soon they will become prestigious scars honorably won on the lapidary battlefield. I've heard that chicks dig scars. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Jun 8, 2024 21:26:23 GMT -5
Nope. The fingerprints are coming back. For a little while I was thinking of a new career as a safecracker. I'm glad you said "new" career...otherwise we'd be calling you "gemfencer"! LOL Here's my latest batch of dino poop cabs. Nice colors but a few problems with undercutting. Still have to polish the backs. More in process but going is slow due to a little problem 10 days ago with setting myself on fire. When filling my alcohol lamp preparing to dop I unknowingly spilled alcohol on the bench and my left hand. When I lit it, boom! Things were exciting for a few moments with both my hand and hair on fire. I've been doing this for many years but I got careless. Alcohol burns with a nearly invisible flame and I didn't realize I was on fire until I got 2nd degree burns on three fingers of the left hand. Be careful! Nice cabs! Glad you are ok and house is still up! The older I get, the more I have to tell myself to slow down and be careful. But ....  Let me know if you ever figure out how to convince yourself of that "before" we do the things we do...you know...the things that make it SO difficult to get out of bed the next day due to aches and pains in parts of the body we didn't know we had before that! LOL Nope. The fingerprints are coming back. For a little while I was thinking of a new career as a safecracker. Soon they will become prestigious scars honorably won on the lapidary battlefield. I've heard that chicks dig scars. ...just the physical scars...not mental scars! LOL |
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Post by liveoak on Jun 9, 2024 7:18:19 GMT -5
Thanks. I'm happy it wasn't a lot worse. Alcohol fires are sneaky -- they burn with an almost invisible flame. Fortunately I saw it in time to prevent much worse damage including a house fire. Maybe it's time to buy an electric dop pot.
The worst thing you can do is you can leave it on too long.
Glad your OK
Patty
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Post by gemfeller on Jun 9, 2024 12:32:49 GMT -5
Thanks. I'm happy it wasn't a lot worse. Alcohol fires are sneaky -- they burn with an almost invisible flame. Fortunately I saw it in time to prevent much worse damage including a house fire. Maybe it's time to buy an electric dop pot.
The worst thing you can do is you can leave it on too long.
Glad your OK Patty
Thanks for your good thoughts. Re: electric dop pot. I use one, but my years-long dopping procedure starts with heating a bit of wax on the stone along with a tiny chip of shellac (for some reason wax alone doesn't seem to work here in AZ at elevation like it did on the Coast). I also coat a wooden dowel with wax and heat it with an alcohol lamp so wax on both stone and stick is molten just before adhering them. It's worked very well for years though lately I've been experimenting with super glue, which seems to work well on the back of cabs but isn't strong enough on their polished tops, needed to polish the backs. The torque generated sanding/polishing a flat is much greater than with a curved surface. I'm still working on a flameless solution for that. |
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Post by RWA3006 on Jun 11, 2024 7:02:17 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Jun 18, 2024 6:52:36 GMT -5
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Post by 1dave on Jun 18, 2024 7:48:56 GMT -5
There is a lot of information on the transition from chalcedony into quartz crystals in that piece!
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Post by RWA3006 on Jun 21, 2024 19:21:46 GMT -5
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Post by RWA3006 on Jun 25, 2024 7:06:08 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 25, 2024 9:40:55 GMT -5
Kinda lacy looking. I like how the outside gives you a hint about what's inside. |
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Post by ThomasT on Jun 26, 2024 17:49:27 GMT -5
The Dung beetles make quick work out of the bear scat around my house. So, no coprolite formation happening these days in the southern Appalachians... at least not in my neck of the woods.
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Post by ThomasT on Jun 28, 2024 6:59:31 GMT -5
Woohoo! I finally finished reading all the posts and documents and videos posted in the 170-pages of the Coprolite thread... took a long time. RWA3006 You are certainly the Grand Poopah of Coprolite. Thank you for creating this amazing and informative thread and thanks to all the contributors. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 28, 2024 7:05:56 GMT -5
Woohoo! I finally finished reading all the posts and documents and videos posted in the 170-pages of the Coprolite thread... took a long time. RWA3006 You are certainly the Grand Poopah of Coprolite. Thank you for creating this amazing and informative thread and thanks to all the contributors. What a feat!! You deserve a gold star! |
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Post by ThomasT on Jun 28, 2024 7:15:01 GMT -5
Woohoo! I finally finished reading all the posts and documents and videos posted in the 170-pages of the Coprolite thread... took a long time. RWA3006 You are certainly the Grand Poopah of Coprolite. Thank you for creating this amazing and informative thread and thanks to all the contributors. What a feat!! You deserve a gold star! That is a big honor. Thank you! |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 28, 2024 7:16:17 GMT -5
What a feat!! You deserve a gold star! That is a big honor. Thank you! You're welcome! A little late coming, I think. |
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Post by RickB on Jun 28, 2024 8:03:34 GMT -5
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Post by ThomasT on Jun 28, 2024 8:14:44 GMT -5
Thank you again, but I am only a discipulus acolyte of the Grand Poopah... Randy.
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Post by RWA3006 on Jun 28, 2024 8:39:19 GMT -5
Woohoo! I finally finished reading all the posts and documents and videos posted in the 170-pages of the Coprolite thread... took a long time. RWA3006 You are certainly the Grand Poopah of Coprolite. Thank you for creating this amazing and informative thread and thanks to all the contributors. What a feat!! You deserve a gold star! I think a special specimen will be arriving at his place soon in honor of the feat. |
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Post by RWA3006 on Jun 28, 2024 8:57:10 GMT -5
Woohoo! I finally finished reading all the posts and documents and videos posted in the 170-pages of the Coprolite thread... took a long time. RWA3006 You are certainly the Grand Poopah of Coprolite. Thank you for creating this amazing and informative thread and thanks to all the contributors. Congratulations on the accomplishment! A special stool specimen is headed your way as prize to the feat. I sometimes contemplate how much knowledge this thread has accumulated due to the contributions of numerous RTHlings. I never dreamed it would grow into such a body of knowledge. I've become aware that there are a bunch of armchair experts (outside RTH) who deny these are actually coprolites and to them I say "good for you" but I'll never take their opinions seriously unless they wade through these 170 pages, plus the writings of leading coprolite scientists such as Karen Chin. I think we yet have many more interesting things to see and learn about ancient poo. |
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Post by Tommy on Jun 28, 2024 8:57:26 GMT -5
I think a special specimen will be arriving at his place soon in honor of the feat. Uh-oh... ThomasT if you find any burning paper bags on your porch do yourself a favor and grab a fire extinguisher  |
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Maybe you can post some pictures here