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Post by krazydiamond on Aug 31, 2005 15:26:36 GMT -5
this is some of the nice adventurine i got from Walrusleather:  the photo doesn't show the real beauty of these stones. the larger on is 25 x 18 mm and the smaller one is 14 x 10 mm, cut from the same slab. Christmas is coming and this is for a friend and her daughter. thanks for looking, KD |
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Post by hermatite on Aug 31, 2005 15:40:24 GMT -5
really lovely KD...now if I could only stop singing "we all live in a green aventurine...green aventurine...green aventurine..." MAKE IT STOP!
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Post by sandsman1 on Aug 31, 2005 15:50:16 GMT -5
lookin good kd thats a nice pair you made there they will love them im sure
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ArkieRockhound
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Post by ArkieRockhound on Aug 31, 2005 15:58:10 GMT -5
Beautiful K.D.
I do love green! I may have to get some of that.
Trish
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Post by Tweetiepy on Aug 31, 2005 16:39:27 GMT -5
Those are beautiful! I really love those cheat mounts - now if only I could find some! Great job to both of you - your friends will love them
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Post by rockyraccoon on Aug 31, 2005 17:10:14 GMT -5
kd those are so beautiful. i always feel like i'm missing something when someone says the pic doesn't do it justice because those look good in you pic!
hermy - i've been singing "laguna, botswana, come on pretty mama" ever since stoner posted that lol. rockhound songs........
kim
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Post by krazydiamond on Aug 31, 2005 18:24:42 GMT -5
i really have to find a better way to photograph these stones....it was SO dark and dreary today and most of the illumination i have at hand taints the photo with light dots. i tried to get some natural light on those and didn't realize i was getting my own shadow in that photo...oops!
OK, you two (hermy and Kim) you got me singing rock songs in my head...thanks, thanks a LOT!
KD
("laguna, botswana, they get the job done...")
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Post by Original Admin on Aug 31, 2005 18:53:15 GMT -5
KD - for Aventurine that is a seriously nice polish. Perfect. Ive got some Blue and some Green but it always comes out a bit pitted - say 50 pits per square cm. This tends to dull its shine - but thats superb.
Ive got a chunk about 3 inches by 1 inch which needs to go into 220 - it was a gift from my mum when she got back from a holiday in Greece - I think this one may be dense enough to achieve that shine - fingers crossed.
Nice work.
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Post by krazydiamond on Aug 31, 2005 19:02:35 GMT -5
Mark, i'd given up on adventurine for tumbling as it fractured and pitted so terribly, this stuff that Walrus slabbed was of much higher quality, so perhaps your Greecian material is also good....i'll keep fingers crossed for you!
KD
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Post by hermatite on Aug 31, 2005 19:34:31 GMT -5
I'm turning aventurine ...I think I'm turning aventurine ...I really think so!
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walrusleather
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Post by walrusleather on Aug 31, 2005 21:50:57 GMT -5
ok guys the laughing as good as it is hurts so much, krazy,, Wow now i really want to get back into the darker stuff,, just cant get neck wet still,, mabye a lobster bib,,, (pouts) ill be good its only another 3 or 4 days
I knew this batch would turn out well when i freeformed that first little chip and it looked like frosted sparkly glass with an almost instant shine.
spent 2 hours w doc today and then while out running around tilll almost 10, we never did get the rock busted up for e-bay. anyhow,,
Great job, those should be very appriciated by recipients.
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Post by joe on Aug 31, 2005 23:12:12 GMT -5
Wow KD, absolutely great. I bought a box also and can't wait to get at it. Let the green adventure begin!
...shoot... "we all live in a green aventurine"... Now it's stuck in my head too! Oh noooo.
Joe
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Post by cookie3rocks on Aug 31, 2005 23:18:22 GMT -5
A green adventurine, a green adventurine...
KD, you made Ringo proud. And me too! Those deserve a...
YUMMY!!!
cookie
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Post by stoner on Sept 1, 2005 0:35:38 GMT -5
Very nice KD, but hey, I wouldn't expect less from you. I take it you're dopping all your stones now? It seems you've got more control over the stone and are able to turn out a finer cab.
Ed
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Sept 1, 2005 9:47:34 GMT -5
Great Just great- I'm turning Adventurine I think I'm turning Adventurine I really think so- Oh thanks thanks a whole freakin bunch- Oh Kd wonderful! You are in the grove!
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Post by Alice on Sept 1, 2005 13:03:36 GMT -5
very pretty KD
You should work with Doc.
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Post by krazydiamond on Sept 1, 2005 19:05:54 GMT -5
well, thank you, Alice, that is a very high compliment to me....that along with Stefan's comment on me being able to put a shine on a Rice Krispy. i'll be having trouble getting my head through doorways........
KD
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Post by Cher on Sept 1, 2005 20:19:18 GMT -5
Aww, KD that's a lovely gift for your friend and her daughter. Very thoughtful of you and a beautiful job too.
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Post by creativeminded on Sept 2, 2005 9:11:24 GMT -5
Those are beautiful.
Tami
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