lordsorril
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 12, 2020 8:32:25 GMT -5
Photo #64  The snake pictured is an Albino Enchi. I was not planning on producing Albinos--the recessive Albino genes have been kicking around in my population for a while...it was inevitable that it would pop up eventually-even if not selectively bred. Albino and Lavender Albino are two separate genes with the Lavender Albino having more of a pinkish/purplish (lavender) color than solid white between the yellow bands. I have been working exclusively with lavender albino on double and triple recessive projects. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 12, 2020 8:47:19 GMT -5
That Albino Enchi is beautiful!!!
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 14, 2020 7:51:32 GMT -5
Photo #65  Lavender Albino ball python with some stones that were marked as Agatized African Green Opal. I separated out this denser material for tumbling from those pictured in Photo #44-they may in fact be the same material, but, a different composition.  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 14, 2020 8:50:37 GMT -5
Photo #65 Lavender Albino ball python with some stones that were marked as Agatized African Green Opal. I separated out this denser material for tumbling from those pictured in Photo #44-they may in fact be the same material, but, a different composition. We have a pit-bull/hound mix. He is just the right height to do so, and has a habit of sitting in front of the living room window and resting his chin on the windowsill...as though he's too lazy to hold his head up himself. It's kinda cute though. This pic immediately reminded me of him! |
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 14, 2020 10:10:09 GMT -5
We have a pit-bull/hound mix. He is just the right height to do so, and has a habit of sitting in front of the living room window and resting his chin on the windowsill...as though he's too lazy to hold his head up himself. It's kinda cute though. This pic immediately reminded me of him! Hahaha, yes, you are very animal intuitive! if you told me that I could only choose one snake to keep in my collection. This would be him. He actually enjoys being handled and is very calm. His temperament is one of the main reasons I selected him to be the primary breeder of my Lavender Albino projects. I am keeping many of his offspring this year for future project goals. Note: Ball pythons can go on hunger strikes for months and adults easily a year or more when they reach adult size (with no ill effects). This one eats weekly for 2 months each year, and then stops and waits until the following year...quirks like this drive a lot of ball python owners crazy lol. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 14, 2020 10:31:52 GMT -5
We have a pit-bull/hound mix. He is just the right height to do so, and has a habit of sitting in front of the living room window and resting his chin on the windowsill...as though he's too lazy to hold his head up himself. It's kinda cute though. This pic immediately reminded me of him! Hahaha, yes, you are very animal intuitive! if you told me that I could only choose one snake to keep in my collection. This would be him. He actually enjoys being handled and is very calm. His temperament is one of the main reasons I selected him to be the primary breeder of my Lavender Albino projects. I am keeping many of his offspring this year for future project goals. Note: Ball pythons can go on hunger strikes for months and adults easily a year or more when they reach adult size (with no ill effects). This one eats weekly for 2 months each year, and then stops and waits until the following year...quirks like this drive a lot of ball python owners crazy lol. It would definitely keep the calendar marked up pretty well! Slithering Sammy - Feed Aug-Sept Petey Python - Feed 2nd week of June through Aug 12 Barney Boa - only likes white mice every second Tuesday Connie Constrictor - one small pig on February 30th! |
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 16, 2020 6:55:14 GMT -5
Photo #66  Larger female ball python (Lesser morph) with some banded amethyst and chalcopyrite in matrix. The amethyst has really nice color, but, was very pricey--I bought it when I first started tumbling...I think I paid more for it than any other stones I have tumbled to date. Note: I had posted another photo of some of this banded amethyst in a different thread Here |
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 18, 2020 6:20:14 GMT -5
Photo #67  Blue Lace Agate from Africa. The two smallest pieces are from different sources. I had bought the larger pieces of this material at a heavy discount from one seller because the quality was marked as 'unknown' and had a thick rind on it. Once I took the rind off the agate I revealed that it is heavily pitted on the outside: center left piece for example. I could not tumble this material into nice round pieces without damaging the patterning. Unless I can handpick the rough-I don't think I will be tumbling this stuff again. |
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 20, 2020 6:37:08 GMT -5
Photos #23, 33, 55 are of a Red Agate variant with Marcasite (from Nipomo, CA). Photo #32 a Blue variant. This material I call the 'Clear variant': Photo #68  Note: At the time of the photo the snake was 15 minutes old...still has that new snake 'shine'. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 20, 2020 8:09:37 GMT -5
Photos #23, 33, 55 are of a Red Agate variant with Marcasite (from Nipomo, CA). Photo #32 a Blue variant. This material I call the 'Clear variant': Photo #68 Note: At the time of the photo the snake was 15 minutes old...still has that new snake 'shine'. Way to go getting a "newborn" to cooperate for the photo!  That stone is absolutely stunning! Love that one! |
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 22, 2020 6:59:43 GMT -5
Photo #69  This is the larger red piece I had shown previously that I was working on. A few shallow pits are still present, but, I don't want to shrink the stone any further--keeping a larger piece of this material intact through the process is a test of luck and skill. Snake shown is an 'Orange Dream' morph I hatched this year. In addition to the reduced patterning they have an innate iridescence even outside of the shedding process. |
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Post by kyoti on Nov 22, 2020 9:17:04 GMT -5
The snake in picture 67 is gorgeous. The color pattern is amazing.
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 22, 2020 10:36:40 GMT -5
The snake in picture 67 is gorgeous. The color pattern is amazing. Thanks! That one is a Lemon Pastel with one Axanthic (VPI) & one Hypomelanism (Orange Ghost) gene. |
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 24, 2020 6:54:25 GMT -5
Photo #70  Boring old Milky Quartz. The color and patterning of the snake is interesting though--a bit unexpected from a breeders perspective, but, not outside the range of variability for the Lesser gene. As I mentioned previously: Milky Quartz was my 'go to' for expendable filler in my rotaries...very common in my area and shapes nicely.   |
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 26, 2020 7:28:20 GMT -5
Photo #71A  Corundum (Ruby) in Matrix. This is the only corundum in matrix that I have successfully tumbled and polished to date---I have only rotary tumblers and vibes. It was sold to me by GemsByMail under the name 'Crystal Ruby'. I was very suspicious that it was even corundum until fuss mentioned that corundum will fluoresce under long wave UV light ( discussion here). I was trying to have some fun and polish a larger piece of obsidian in the vibe batch, but, one of the pieces of red corundum chipped off during final polish and scratched up everything below Mohs 7. Long wave UV photo pictured below--Note: My camera had trouble with this one--missed a lot of detail in every shot I took. Photo #71B  |
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 28, 2020 7:39:18 GMT -5
Photo #72  My girlfriend says this one reminds her of Christmas (reds/greens). Not me! lol Red - Mookaite White - Milky Quartz Green - River stone from the Salmon River, ID - really hates to shine - ran it through through polish 3X times in the vibe - still a bit hazy. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 28, 2020 8:20:22 GMT -5
Photo #72 My girlfriend says this one reminds her of Christmas (reds/greens). Not me! lol Red - Mookaite White - Milky Quartz Green - River stone from the Salmon River, ID - really hates to shine - ran it through through polish 3X times in the vibe - still a bit hazy. Ummm yeah! Tapatalk showed a preview pic before I even opened the thread and I immediately thought you were posting a seasonally "festive" pic already...kinda like radio stations playing Christmas songs yesterday. LOL Another great group of pics! Please don't ever think they're not appreciated...I love the pics and the commentary about both the rocks AND snakes. |
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 28, 2020 10:59:00 GMT -5
For some reason the colors and shapes of the green and red stones remind me of Green and Red Peppers so I think 'Mexican' instead of 'Christmas', or maybe even Italian (flag colors)... |
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Post by lordsorril on Nov 30, 2020 6:40:05 GMT -5
Photo #73  I had gotten this odd dark colored stone in a box of assorted rough gathered from the Southwest USA. It came in about a 6lb. oval nodule. I tumbled the nodule whole and when I ran it through polish it looked like it had a textured surface. I backed it up to 220 Aox and then tumbled it through polish again with the same result. I smashed the nodule into pieces and then tumbled them and then ran them through my vibe...after polish-I arrived at the same result. When I tossed the polished pieces back into my pre-polish bin I noticed that they mirrored the rocks around them--they were in fact completely polished, the texture was within the rock itself: Not the surface! Now I can't help but wonder if the 6lb. nodule was polished before I smashed it....  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 30, 2020 7:39:45 GMT -5
Photo #73 I had gotten this odd dark colored stone in a box of assorted rough gathered from the Southwest USA. It came in about a 6lb. oval nodule. I tumbled the nodule whole and when I ran it through polish it looked like it had a textured surface. I backed it up to 220 Aox and then tumbled it through polish again with the same result. I smashed the nodule into pieces and then tumbled them and then ran them through my vibe...after polish-I arrived at the same result. When I tossed the polished pieces back into my pre-polish bin I noticed that they mirrored the rocks around them--they were in fact completely polished, the texture was within the rock itself: Not the surface! Now I can't help but wonder if the 6lb. nodule was polished before I smashed it.... Glasses...get some glasses! This pic reminds me of an ode to Burning Man...except rocks instead of sticks... That really sucks about the nodule. Just keep telling yourself it wasn't REALLY polished. |
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