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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 29, 2020 11:39:04 GMT -5
The unknown Brecciated Jasper was acquired from stephen . (Interesting you had mentioned this stuff yesterday and I had it dopped ready to work!). The large oval was wider and longer, but it acquired a chip during the 500 stage, so I had to go backwards and regrind the shape. It also seems like there was a flake of the diamond wheel that became imbedded in the surface. You can just see it in the darker brown section. It actually had five tiny pieces imbedded, but I felt I could only get out four of them without losing the entire dome going after that last one. The smaller of the two Brecciated polished up the best. I spent quite a bit of time on each stage to ensure no scratches...and I still don't see any.  I really do love this Brecciated Jasper. I might have to start keeping my eye out for some Stone Canyon Jasper! Then there's the Indian Paint Stone. Holy smokes this was the messiest and softest material I've worked so far! Talk about needing a surgeon's touch with this material! This was the best polish I could get on this one. I believe of I had finer grit wheels...or higher grit diamond paste (or Zam), I could possibly get a better shine. But this is where this one ended up. Thanks for taking a peek. EDIT - Dang! These pictures looked WAY better on my phone! Arghhhh...       |
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Post by miket on Dec 29, 2020 12:31:56 GMT -5
Nice ones again!
Yeah that Indian Paint is kind of a pain, isn't it?
Beautiful, but kind of hard to work...anyway, I do like the red and black.
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 29, 2020 14:26:42 GMT -5
I like them, you did a good job. Love the color of the Indian paint stone.
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 29, 2020 14:46:04 GMT -5
Nice ones again! Yeah that Indian Paint is kind of a pain, isn't it? Beautiful, but kind of hard to work...anyway, I do like the red and black. Thanks Mike. I love the pattern and color, but boy is it touchy... I like them, you did a good job. Love the color of the Indian paint stone. Thanks Tela. I worked on them until 1am...about froze my fingers off! LOL |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 29, 2020 21:48:03 GMT -5
Very nice stones, jasoninsd! I really like the Indian Paint Stone. Excellent colors and pattern in that one. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 29, 2020 21:55:54 GMT -5
Very nice stones, jasoninsd ! I really like the Indian Paint Stone. Excellent colors and pattern in that one. Thanks Robin! I can't stress how messy this stuff was! LOL My wife said the Indian Paint looked like a beetle!  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 29, 2020 22:01:20 GMT -5
Very nice stones, jasoninsd ! I really like the Indian Paint Stone. Excellent colors and pattern in that one. Thanks Robin! I can't stress how messy this stuff was! LOL My wife said the Indian Paint looked like a beetle!  Was it singing "She Loves You"?  |
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Post by Pat on Dec 29, 2020 22:08:18 GMT -5
I agree with your wife. Beetle it is!!
I have a soft spot in my heart for Breccia. Interesting. Something happened to the breccia somewhere sometime. I wonder what. Thanks.
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Post by stephan on Dec 29, 2020 22:30:26 GMT -5
Ah, nice. You did a great job. I haven’t actually work with that brecciated material yet. Keep meaning to, and then... <squirrel>... I work on something else. It seemed like it could be a little touchy, but it looks like it held up OK.
My friend who cut it also cut some really thin slices that I’m not quite sure what to do with. It would probably require a quartz cap, but I’m not set up for that.
PS I may have some Stone Canyon cut in mid-January.
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Post by dbrealityrocks on Dec 29, 2020 23:39:55 GMT -5
Could the unknown possibly be youngite? Sure has the right color and pattern.
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 30, 2020 0:41:48 GMT -5
Thanks Robin! I can't stress how messy this stuff was! LOL My wife said the Indian Paint looked like a beetle! Was it singing "She Loves You"? More likely "Don't Let Me Down"!!!  I agree with your wife. Beetle it is!! I have a soft spot in my heart for Breccia. Interesting. Something happened to the breccia somewhere sometime. I wonder what. Thanks. She'll be happy with the agreements!  I really do love the Breccia as well. Like Stephan had alluded to before, it has the potential for breaking your heart as it is broken...but so worth it when it works out! Ah, nice. You did a great job. I haven’t actually work with that brecciated material yet. Keep meaning to, and then... <squirrel>... I work on something else. It seemed like it could be a little touchy, but it looks like it held up OK. My friend who cut it also cut some really thin slices that I’m not quite sure what to do with. It would probably require a quartz cap, but I’m not set up for that. PS I may have some Stone Canyon cut in mid-January. I have one other piece dopped and ready to cab...but it's one of those thin pieces. I took it out to work on it, looked at it and put it right back in the bag. I'm not ready for something that thin just yet. LOL Now we're talkin!!!  Well, if you've got an accidental "overload" on slabs cut, you know where you can unload some/a lot of them! I still have your PayPal address!  Could the unknown possibly be youngite? Sure has the right color and pattern. Really good suggestion on that...and I'm really horrible at identifying material a lot of time, but I don't think it is. I looked up a bunch of images of Youngite and the slabs that I had didn't really match any of the pictures I saw. There's an auction on eBay right now which is listed as "BRECCIATED CANYON JASPER ROUGH FROM PAKISTAN". One of the pieces in that auction closely resembles the slab I had, but it is off by just a little. The white material in the rock is different that this stuff. It's the closest material I've seen to what this looked like... |
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Post by stephan on Dec 30, 2020 0:55:19 GMT -5
Could the unknown possibly be youngite? Sure has the right color and pattern. I wish, but it’s not Youngite. It’s brown brecciated jasper in clear and white quartz. Similar to Stone Canyon, but different colors. I have a slab of Youngite. It looks very different, with pastel pink and blues. Closest thing I’ve seen is Pico Creek jasper, from SLO Co., if you look at Hans Gamma’s “World of Jaspers” page |
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 30, 2020 1:12:46 GMT -5
Could the unknown possibly be youngite? Sure has the right color and pattern. I wish, but it’s not Youngite. It’s brown brecciated jasper in clear and white quartz. Similar to Stone Canyon, but different colors. I have a slab of Youngite. It looks very different, with pastel pink and blues. Closest thing I’ve seen is Pico Creek jasper, from SLO Co., if you look at Hans Gamma’s “World of Jaspers” page Holy smokes that's an amazing website! My wife's going to hate you for posting that as now my list of "must haves" just got WAY longer! LOL |
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Post by stephan on Dec 30, 2020 1:25:47 GMT -5
I wish, but it’s not Youngite. It’s brown brecciated jasper in clear and white quartz. Similar to Stone Canyon, but different colors. I have a slab of Youngite. It looks very different, with pastel pink and blues. Closest thing I’ve seen is Pico Creek jasper, from SLO Co., if you look at Hans Gamma’s “World of Jaspers” page Holy smokes that's an amazing website! My wife's going to hate you for posting that as now my list of "must haves" just got WAY longer! LOL Sorry! That page truly is Rock porn! Unfortunately, it is also the best of the best for each area. Personally, I’ve never found Stony Creek material anywhere as nice as what it shows. And much of the material, I’ve never seen anywhere, except on that page. I think that’s the stuff some lucky person picks it up at an estate sale for $5 a crate, when the kids/grandkids have no idea what they’re sitting on, and the treasure isn’t discovered until much later, when the crate is hosed off or gets rained on. |
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Post by fernwood on Dec 30, 2020 4:27:13 GMT -5
Nice cabs. The Indian Paint beetle is great.
Briccia always amazes me. Wish the rock could share what happened to it long ago. How it was formed, etc.
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Post by stephan on Dec 30, 2020 9:00:01 GMT -5
As Joe the shop steward for the SMS used to say, “ it got crushed to hell, when the Continental Plate sat on the Pacific Plate.” For West Coast stuff anyway. Different plates for different locales, I suppose. The beauty created when it heals amazes me most of all.
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 30, 2020 12:07:12 GMT -5
Holy smokes that's an amazing website! My wife's going to hate you for posting that as now my list of "must haves" just got WAY longer! LOL Sorry! That page truly is Rock porn! Unfortunately, it is also the best of the best for each area. Personally, I’ve never found Stony Creek material anywhere as nice as what it shows. And much of the material, I’ve never seen anywhere, except on that page. I think that’s the stuff some lucky person picks it up at an estate sale for $5 a crate, when the kids/grandkids have no idea what they’re sitting on, and the treasure isn’t discovered until much later, when the crate is hosed off or gets rained on. I never seem to find any of those "estate sales"...at least not that have any rocks! All the estate sales around here seem to have is old farm equipment! LOL Nice cabs. The Indian Paint beetle is great. Briccia always amazes me. Wish the rock could share what happened to it long ago. How it was formed, etc. Thank you so much. So often when I find a "keeper" while out hounding, I wonder about all the things that had to have happened to both the rock's life and my own which brought us together! And I too wonder about the eons of things necessary to create something special like a Fairburn Agate each time I find one. As Joe the shop steward for the SMS used to say, “ it got crushed to hell, when the Continental Plate sat on the Pacific Plate.” For West Coast stuff anyway. Different plates for different locales, I suppose. The beauty created when it heals amazes me most of all. I think I would've like Joe! The one thing that can be said about any "scar" is there's a story to be told with each one! |
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Well, if you've got an accidental "overload" on slabs cut, you know where you can unload some/a lot of them! I still have your PayPal address! 
