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Post by stardiamond on Jan 17, 2021 18:28:37 GMT -5
Nice polish.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 17, 2021 18:34:03 GMT -5
Agreed, nice polish! I like the second one best.
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Post by Rockoonz on Jan 17, 2021 18:39:22 GMT -5
Indeed.
Very nice polish. Noreena and mookite are both sedimentary jaspers that require extra attention to get a great polish on.
The colorful healed fractures that make it so striking also make it a temperamental PITA when cabbing or cutting.
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Post by lpl on Jan 17, 2021 18:58:49 GMT -5
Very nice polish and captures.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jan 17, 2021 20:24:25 GMT -5
Noreena is beautiful material. I really like the patterns in that first one. The second one is stunning as well! I've worked one piece of Noreena. I made a shield cab out of it. Out of all the cabs I've made so far (which isn't a ton), it's the one my dad picked out and said he wanted as a hat pin. So, now it's his!  |
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agatewhisperer
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Post by agatewhisperer on Jan 17, 2021 20:57:55 GMT -5
Indeed. Very nice polish. Noreena and mookite are both sedimentary jaspers that require extra attention to get a great polish on. The colorful healed fractures that make it so striking also make it a temperamental PITA when cabbing or cutting. Yeah I guess I found that out the hard way. Had a few beautiful slabs and then the next thing I know they're in about 10 pieces lol |
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Post by greig on Jan 17, 2021 23:59:36 GMT -5
New category for the broken slab pieces - micro-cabs. I joke but know people who display micro-crystals. They can have a whole collection in a single letterset printer's tray.
Loved the result of the two you salvaged. Good job.
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Post by stephan on Jan 18, 2021 0:53:30 GMT -5
Great polish, especially for Noreena. Very nice cabs. Rockoonz Noreena and Mookaite are, indeed, both sedimentary, but, to me, very different. In my experience Noreena is soft and rarely takes a good polish. Mookaite is more like Oregon picture jaspers: it is so unbelievably hard that it sings on the hard wheels, and there is always one more scratch. |
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Post by rmf on Jan 18, 2021 5:57:14 GMT -5
I have been working on some donated mookite. It has hard spots and soft spots. All the mookite I purchased was nice and hard. The Noreena is basically glorified mud. I was very disappointed with the stuff.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 18, 2021 9:51:06 GMT -5
Great polish, especially for Noreena. Very nice cabs. Rockoonz Noreena and Mookaite are, indeed, both sedimentary, but, to me, very different. In my experience Noreena is soft and rarely takes a good polish. Mookaite is more like Oregon picture jaspers: it is so unbelievably hard that it sings on the hard wheels, and there is always one more scratch. I think the hardest stone I ever cut, or seemed to be, was a Mooka. They are, indeed, some hard little buggers. I've always gotten a great polish, too. But, yeah, those scratches..... |
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Post by greig on Jan 18, 2021 10:46:15 GMT -5
Great polish, especially for Noreena. Very nice cabs. Rockoonz Noreena and Mookaite are, indeed, both sedimentary, but, to me, very different. In my experience Noreena is soft and rarely takes a good polish. Mookaite is more like Oregon picture jaspers: it is so unbelievably hard that it sings on the hard wheels, and there is always one more scratch. I think the hardest stone I ever cut, or seemed to be, was a Mooka. They are, indeed, some hard little buggers. I've always gotten a great polish, too. But, yeah, those scratches..... Funny, I had no problem with Mooka, but the blade was brand new. My nemesis is Laguna Agate. I have one large rock that I intended to slab and stopped after the first miserable cut. It is still waiting beside my saw for another try. I thought it burned out my blade, but I have cut other rocks since without an issue. Hard as rock. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 18, 2021 10:51:22 GMT -5
I think the hardest stone I ever cut, or seemed to be, was a Mooka. They are, indeed, some hard little buggers. I've always gotten a great polish, too. But, yeah, those scratches..... Funny, I had no problem with Mooka, but the blade was brand new. My nemesis is Laguna Agate. I have one large rock that I intended to slab and stopped after the first miserable cut. It is still waiting beside my saw for another try. I thought it burned out my blade, but I have cut other rocks since without an issue. Hard as rock. I didn't cut it, I only cabbed it. (sorry for the confusion) The hardest I ever cut with a saw was a MT aggie. I gave up. |
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Post by parfive on Jan 18, 2021 12:04:18 GMT -5
Hard? Royal Sahara gets my vote. In the land of sevens, it’s a high seven. : )
Love that first Noreena cab, looks like an old rusty freighter.
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Post by miket on Jan 18, 2021 12:55:04 GMT -5
Very nice, I like them both but the design capture in the first cab is perfect!
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Post by jasoninsd on Jan 18, 2021 12:57:57 GMT -5
Hard? Royal Sahara gets my vote. In the land of sevens, it’s a high seven. : ) Love that first Noreena cab, looks like an old rusty freighter. That's interesting that you see that. When I saw it yesterday, I was picturing half sunken rusted ships in an aquatic graveyard... So, either I'm not crazy or you and I should both stay away from Rorschach tests! LOL |
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NevadaBill
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by NevadaBill on Jan 19, 2021 13:38:54 GMT -5
I can see the problems, and it appears you have done a great job of repairing them. It is disappointing when the nice material falls apart. I think it happens to a lot of us.
The results you have achieved however are quite impressive. They are nicely shaped cabs too!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 19, 2021 21:01:30 GMT -5
Hard? Royal Sahara gets my vote. In the land of sevens, it’s a high seven. : ) Love that first Noreena cab, looks like an old rusty freighter. Have to agree with you on the Royal Sahara. Right up there is Bruneau. Both of them are buggers to cab. |
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