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Post by krazydiamond on Sept 17, 2005 13:35:12 GMT -5
I have had a piece of stone since the late 60's that my uncle sent me when he was in Vietnam. He'd actually sent me two stones, one was a more a traditional green jade color (and i'd had that one made into a pendant when i was still in high school)...but this piece, hmmm, i don't know why i didn't do anything with it before, but i always kept it. so i finally got up the nerve to try and cab it myself and, Lo and Behold, it has an inner flash almost like Labrodite, so now i have no clue of what this material might actually be. it was on the soft side, but took a nice shine, any help ID-ing this would be appreciated:  and here it is with a few of my latest:  the vietnamese cab is 14 x 10mm and the other two (mex lace and tiger eye) are 30 x 22mm. thanks for looking! KD |
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Post by xenaswolf on Sept 17, 2005 13:42:47 GMT -5
No help on the id, but dang you sure do pretty work! It never ceases to amaze me how nice your stuff is!
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Post by Cher on Sept 17, 2005 14:26:42 GMT -5
I'm not help with the id either but it looks great. The lace and tiger eye are gorgeous, beautiful shine you got. Dog-gone it girl, you are getting good at this!!
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Post by rockyraccoon on Sept 17, 2005 14:40:16 GMT -5
i can't help with the id either but i sure do love the pendants.
kim
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Post by Alice on Sept 17, 2005 15:49:39 GMT -5
looks like Jade to me KD. Don't some Jade pieces have a sort of an inner flash?
Ruling out Jade...
Could it be red & green Beryl (emerald)? But that wouldn't make sense seeing that it's soft.
Sorry I can't be more helpful
Love that crazy lace pendant
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phoenix1647
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Post by phoenix1647 on Sept 17, 2005 16:02:11 GMT -5
Lookin' great KD...whatever it is..and the others are fantastic looking too...you cabbers sure know how to make a person jealous..
Pho
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ArkieRockhound
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Post by ArkieRockhound on Sept 17, 2005 17:12:52 GMT -5
Beautiful as always. I love the Jade, but have never seen that color.
Trish
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Sept 19, 2005 13:33:44 GMT -5
Hmmm I'm thinking some kind of feldspar for sure- I'm thinking that if it's soft it ain't jade (usually pretty hard right?) Not sure what Vietnam is famous for
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Post by creativeminded on Sept 20, 2005 9:19:39 GMT -5
Those are beautiful.
Tami
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Post by sandsman1 on Sept 22, 2005 12:55:55 GMT -5
lookin good KD im no help on the id
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deepsouth
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Post by deepsouth on Sept 22, 2005 14:00:53 GMT -5
Beautiful pendants KD.
I just checked on the 6 coloured jade I saw in Singapore. That has a very high shine and is darker looking.
So I don't think it is jade.
Jack
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Post by LCARS on Sept 26, 2005 15:42:37 GMT -5
WOW!  Really nice work on those cabs!!! Who cares what it is, it looks great & that's what "really" matters isn't it??? I have been itching to make some Quartz crystal point necklaces & I have a small collection of suitable points of various sizes & my plan is to incorporate the new Black-light LED technology to create a hazy purple glowing pendant that messes with your head due to the high refractive index of quartz & the high refractivity of short wavelengths of light. This will cause your eye to have to focus closer than normal on the crystal when it is lit & creates a purple halo around the crystal when seen from further away. As soon as I finish my first one I will attempt to capture the effect on camera & post a photo up for everyone to oggle at... |
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Really nice work on those cabs!!!
