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Post by Tweetiepy on Aug 13, 2005 15:39:27 GMT -5
Here is what 6.5 pounds of amethyst looks like $2/lb Cdn that's $0.25 US  These have got to be my favorites!  I'm jsut fondling them for now! The colors go from white to very, very dark purple - I love purple! |
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MichiganRocks
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Post by MichiganRocks on Aug 13, 2005 15:46:40 GMT -5
Hey Tweetie, some of that looks pretty darn good. Most of it that I see for sale isn't worth wasting your time on. I think that you can do something really special with those. I find some amethyst locally but it is such low grade.
Ron
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$0.25?
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Post by chassroc on Aug 13, 2005 16:00:00 GMT -5
That is very nice amethyst...I cannot believe haow deep puple it can be.
csroc
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Post by xenaswolf on Aug 13, 2005 16:02:46 GMT -5
Where in the world did you get that? Is it still for sale at that price?
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Post by Alice on Aug 13, 2005 16:03:34 GMT -5
Ron, I think she over exadurated a little  ... $2 Canadian is $1.67 US (Today's exchange rate) Great looking load Tweetie. Will you be tumbling or cabbing them? Xena, Tweetie got them from a friend who went digging for Amethyst |
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Post by xenaswolf on Aug 13, 2005 16:11:42 GMT -5
LOL man I need friends like that!
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Post by krazydiamond on Aug 13, 2005 16:28:44 GMT -5
don't we all........
great rocks, Tweet!
KD
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Post by Tweetiepy on Aug 13, 2005 17:09:05 GMT -5
Xena, this comes from Thunder Bay, Canada. This is the stuff they get tourists to dig up, they also have a mine for $8/lb but it's for collectors! (Perfect crystals & such - this is for tumbling, (I'll see if I can) cabbing & other functions, once I finish fondling them (I can do that right?) Alice, you know me better than my husband does! |
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Post by cookie3rocks on Aug 13, 2005 19:06:13 GMT -5
I love the dark purple. Powerful healing power cookie |
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Post by Cher on Aug 13, 2005 19:31:32 GMT -5
That's beautiful Tweety, you'll have fun tumbling that.
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Post by joe on Aug 14, 2005 0:36:15 GMT -5
Great lookin' rock Tweetie. I'm glad you got your purple. Good luck with it.
joe
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Post by stoner on Aug 14, 2005 1:12:31 GMT -5
Nice looking ameythst tweet. Bring some to your rock club and grind some cabs. If you tumble it, use lots of pellets.
Ed
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Post by rollingstone on Aug 14, 2005 2:02:21 GMT -5
Congrats on the amethyst. It looks remarkably like some stuff I picked up at a local shop a few years ago, so quite possibly the local shop got theirs from Thunder Bay also. If it is the same as yours, then Stoner is bang on -- use lots of pellets because it loves to chip. I sometimes used pellets even in coarse grind. Absolutely in every stage beyond coarse. Takes a great polish in the end.
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Post by tinman on Aug 14, 2005 7:05:21 GMT -5
put that in the box it is nice stuff tweet good luck
wish I had a club here but not much for rock intrest
in FL
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Post by Tweetiepy on Aug 14, 2005 11:00:13 GMT -5
RS & Stoner: I was told that this stuff was a b"$#?H to crack: My friend said she'd whack it along a fault line & it wouldn't budge at all. She says she's never worked so hard to crack anything. I plan on trying to cab some once I get the hang of cabbing. Right now, I'm still lovingly washing & examining it!
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Post by xenaswolf on Aug 14, 2005 13:27:01 GMT -5
Tweety, I live in WA state, and have no idea where Thunder Bay is...but that stone sure makes me want to find it! I hope you get lots and lots of nice looking stuff out of it! *EDIT* Just looked on a map...dang that place is on the other side of Canada from me  Any good places in BC? |
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Post by Tweetiepy on Aug 15, 2005 7:47:01 GMT -5
RollingStone: what happened to your post? I'm positive I saw pics of your amethyst  I'm checking mine out and it looks pretty solid, maybe a few with some cracks inside, but mostly solid - I guess I'll see once it gets rounded up a bit, the cracks may be more apparent. I will use pellets anyways in 60/90 as I'd hate to waste any of this stuff. I've already put a few pieces aside for trying to cab them as they seem to have a nice beginning shape. Now I'm wishing I had much more - this a sickness, isn't it? |
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Post by stefan on Aug 15, 2005 7:52:57 GMT -5
Nice score- Save some of the flatter stuff to cab and tumble the rest! It will fracture- I ran a small batch of crystals (years ago in a kiddie Tumbler) and it was great up to polish0 Then the stuff just fractured like mad! My son didn't care- he took it to school and gave it all away (mostly to the girls in class) That was the last batch I tumbled for may years (before the internet!)
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Post by Tweetiepy on Aug 15, 2005 8:13:14 GMT -5
Last piece of amethyst I ever saw in real life was a piece smaller than a pencil eraser - this just brings tears to my eyes - kinda like that virtual tour of eDogs of the gem shop. Who else but rockhounds cry at seeing pictures of rocks! I'm hoping to get some nice pieces. Like I said, I was told this was hard as hell to get into small chunks & dig out. They said they walked into this scene from a movie, where everywhere you look it's purple! Stone walls, ground, everywhere purple. Mesmerizing!
Did you use pellets Stefan? I guess not if you were using the kiddy tumbler as nothing really good comes with that tumbler... I'm gonna baby this batch!!
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Post by Tonya on Aug 15, 2005 8:32:20 GMT -5
You can never have too much amethyst......LOL, I have a pretty good collection of it but have only tumbled a little bit of it. The batch I did tumble fractured and I used pellets. Maybe use lots of pellets with it and it won't fracture?
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... $2 Canadian is $1.67 US (Today's exchange rate)
I'm checking mine out and it looks pretty solid, maybe a few with some cracks inside, but mostly solid - I guess I'll see once it gets rounded up a bit, the cracks may be more apparent. I will use pellets anyways in 60/90 as I'd hate to waste any of this stuff. I've already put a few pieces aside for trying to cab them as they seem to have a nice beginning shape. Now I'm wishing I had much more - this a sickness, isn't it?
