NevadaBill
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Post by NevadaBill on Nov 6, 2020 14:18:04 GMT -5
Good day!
Ok, this one has a bit of a story to it. My dad was always interested in rocks. He collected them from gem and jewelry shows. He bought a lot of what he liked the best and the prices were amazing compared to what people have to pay these days.
That aside, dad passed away 25 years ago, and willed all things rocks and stone to my sister. She displays nice stones and creations in display cases and throught her house. But she also said she might have had some cabochons in a box too. I didn't know about the existence of any more than the 1 cabochon which I wrapped for her last year during a visit.
Fast forward to July, and she is digging through the attic and finds about a hundred and fifty cabochons up there. Just sitting in a box! So she sends them all over so I can see them, as she knows that I wrap these little guys for fun now a days. She identify's 7 or 8 that she wants me to wrap for her! Cool!
And let me tell you that the quality and variety of these rocks is stunning. Most of the Agates are unbelievable. I took pictures of every one of them individually before wrapping, and sending them all back to her for her birthday in August.
So, here are the 7 which she identified as her favorites, and one other runt which I also wrapped up because I liked it.
Most of these are classic 40 x 30 template unless otherwise noted.
Because all of the rocks are better than mine, I was nervous on every one of them, and tried not to mess them up too badly. Here goes:
P144 - [Dad] - TigerEye Oval - I've always like Tigerseye. I don't know where it is found though.
P145 - [Dad] - Copper Mine Metals - This is just a very funny rock. It looks copper mine, but it has a shiny, reflective, graphite metal sheen to some of this rock when it is held up. Picture couldn't capture it though. Wrapped so tight I almost had to undo it all.
P147 - [Dad] - Lapis Oval Charm - I like Lapis. Good luck to me ever finding any though. Haha. Again, symmetry is challenging and the average person would never know that.
P148 - [Dad] - Azurite Chrysocolla and Cuprite Bomb - Just look at the colors in this. I will dig copper mines the rest of my life and never find anything that approaches this... [edit] Reminds me of Van Gogh (Starry Night!)
P149 - [Dad] -Malachite Pocket Watch - This is round, but I didn't want it to look round. Looks like a pocket watch to me. Again, I have found Malachite, but not like this...
P151 - [Dad] - Rhodochrosite Oval - I love this material. Dad bought a Dremel carving of bird using this stone, and it is about 5 inches tall and stunning. I am just happy to have been able to got some to wrap.
P153 - [Dad] - Picture Jasper Collossal - This is about the largest diameter stone I've ever seen. And she has a bunch of them this large! Better have a strong necklace! I messed up the bail slightly, but... Took hours to wrap it, so I left it. Looks OK I think.
P158 - [Dad] - TigerEye Free Form - Difficult one to wrap. Smaller and funny shaped. It has been tumbled so I left it untouched. Love this material though.
That was the batch which went to my sister for her birthday.
I have to say that the 7 or 8 which she chose for me to wrap are not the best rocks she had (in my opinion). I have good photos of every single one, and might post the whole batch some day if I get the energy up. It's about 150 though. Some of the material is spectacular though.
She said I will get to wrap more in the future, which is a treat for me to be able to do some nice ones for a change! So more will appear in future postings in batches together.
Thanks for stopping by!
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Post by mohs on Nov 6, 2020 14:36:33 GMT -5
those are very fine crafted pendants Bill!
the blues may be my fave
that pink tho
whoo hoo !
slap the rock pendants on
rockers
and lets roll !
mohs
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Post by miket on Nov 6, 2020 15:21:44 GMT -5
Loved the story, beautiful cabs and wraps!  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 6, 2020 21:37:16 GMT -5
Bill, what a wonderful venture! You were right, those stones are off the charts amazing! Your wraps were an exquisite addition to those stones! You definitely framed the beauty in those! If you need a Red Bull for the energy to post the rest of those pics, I'll be more than happy to send you one or two! LOL You definitely piqued my interest! |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Nov 6, 2020 21:49:30 GMT -5
Wow, gorgeous cabs and wraps!
The Starry Night Azurite is my favorite of this bunch, but boy there's a lot of nice material there.
The Tiger Eye and Malachite most likely came from Africa. I believe it's the Congo where the really good Malachite is from.
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Post by rockjunquie on Nov 6, 2020 23:05:57 GMT -5
I enjoyed perusing your works and hearing your stories. I like P148 best. WOW!!!!!
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Post by fernwood on Nov 7, 2020 0:39:57 GMT -5
Great story and wraps. I agree on the Starry Night. It is my fav as well.
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Post by MsAli on Nov 7, 2020 7:06:45 GMT -5
What an incredible find!
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Post by opalpyrexia on Nov 7, 2020 11:23:01 GMT -5
What a treasure it is to discover a time capsule that your father left for his children!
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NevadaBill
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Post by NevadaBill on Nov 9, 2020 15:57:39 GMT -5
those are very fine crafted pendants Bill! the blues may be my fave that pink tho whoo hoo ! slap the rock pendants on rockers and lets roll ! mohs Very kind of you to comment on the parts of the pendants which are not necessarily the stone itself, Ed! The designs are simple, but I was still nervous! |
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NevadaBill
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Post by NevadaBill on Nov 9, 2020 16:08:19 GMT -5
Bill, what a wonderful venture! You were right, those stones are off the charts amazing! Your wraps were an exquisite addition to those stones! You definitely framed the beauty in those! If you need a Red Bull for the energy to post the rest of those pics, I'll be more than happy to send you one or two! LOL You definitely piqued my interest! Thank you for the nice words, Jason! Hehe, I might just take you up on the offer, as I think it would take about half a day to post pictures of all of them. Here is a shot with about half of them:
It would be hard to tell from this shot, but the details on some are pretty cool! I don't hardly find any Agates (or anything else this nice really), but these would be cool to wrap! |
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NevadaBill
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Post by NevadaBill on Nov 9, 2020 16:12:15 GMT -5
Wow, gorgeous cabs and wraps!
The Starry Night Azurite is my favorite of this bunch, but boy there's a lot of nice material there.
The Tiger Eye and Malachite most likely came from Africa. I believe it's the Congo where the really good Malachite is from.
Thank you for saying so, Robin! I appreciate the encouragement. And the Copper Mine rock is also my favorite of the bunch too! I guess dad wasn't too interested in those kinds though as there are only a few of them.
It is also nice of you to let me know where some of them might have come from as well.
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NevadaBill
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Post by NevadaBill on Nov 9, 2020 16:14:50 GMT -5
I enjoyed perusing your works and hearing your stories. I like P148 best. WOW!!!!! Thank you! Since I don't buy rocks, this is the closest that I will ever get to wrapping anything nice. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Nov 9, 2020 16:21:31 GMT -5
I enjoyed perusing your works and hearing your stories. I like P148 best. WOW!!!!! Thank you! Since I don't buy rocks, this is the closest that I will ever get to wrapping anything nice. Oh, I don't know about that.... seems I remember quite a few really stand out stones. I'm a sucker for the copper stuff, too. |
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NevadaBill
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Post by NevadaBill on Nov 9, 2020 16:21:39 GMT -5
What a treasure it is to discover a time capsule that your father left for his children! I agree! This is such a crazy gift. Dad never knew I liked rocks or lapidary. I went to a couple of gem & mineral shows with him. But he apparently he just bought all of these cabs, and didn't have a single application in mind for them?!?
He was an artist too, and used to occasionally make stuff with rocks he bought (like petrified wood tables).
I am very fortunate indeed that these came to light.
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NevadaBill
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Post by NevadaBill on Nov 9, 2020 16:26:18 GMT -5
those are very fine crafted pendants Bill! the blues may be my fave that pink tho whoo hoo ! slap the rock pendants on rockers and lets roll ! mohs Very kind of you to comment on the parts of the pendants which are not necessarily the stone itself, Ed! The designs are simple, but I was still nervous! Thank you! I am happy that at least some of my self-found rocks were appealing at one time. Very shortly I will be back to posting my also-ran rocks again soon. So this is a flash in the pan for now.
Here is another I like:
Maybe I will get some from more around Christmas time to wrap! Who knows!
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Post by mohs on Nov 9, 2020 16:34:04 GMT -5
wow Bill that one of kind find !
never seen that yellow
w/ azuremalo mix
at least to me
must not be abundant...
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NevadaBill
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Post by NevadaBill on Nov 9, 2020 17:14:33 GMT -5
wow Bill that one of kind find ! never seen that yellow w/ azuremalo mix at least to me must not be abundant... I am also curious about the yellow, thinking the same. Hope that I get to wrap it some day! Thank you! |
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Post by drocknut on Nov 21, 2020 12:51:35 GMT -5
Great story and even better wire wraps. Too bad your dad didn't give them to you or share his collection between your sister and you. Hope she gives you more to wrap and maybe even some to keep for yourself.
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NevadaBill
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Post by NevadaBill on Nov 24, 2020 19:37:22 GMT -5
Great story and even better wire wraps. Too bad your dad didn't give them to you or share his collection between your sister and you. Hope she gives you more to wrap and maybe even some to keep for yourself. Thanks so much for the compliments, Diane! Even though I accompanied dad to some of the gem & mineral shows, I never bought anything. And I don't think he knew that I created 3 cabochons in Jr. High school when I was 11 and might be interested in rocks some day. I had other hobbies and interests back then and didn't know I would ever get to do any gem or jewelry stuff until I came to the RTH!
Most all of my inspiration comes from the posts of others here on the RTH! |
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