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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 24, 2021 14:01:00 GMT -5
A few for Sat. Nice to have some warmer temps. 
Willow creek. The color is a lighter than in the pic.
Beautiful, sparkly grape lepidolite. I love this. It took a wet polish. 
A nice little oj. I try to cab one every time I cab, but I forgot the last couple times. 
Kambaba- this took the best shine of any I have cabbed. I really like it. My youngest grandson, who is a Lovecraft fan, LOVES this stone. I made him a necklace with one and he never takes it off. He says it reminds him of Lovecraft... ok. 
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Post by stefan on Apr 24, 2021 16:14:22 GMT -5
Amazing! I never tried lepidolite. If I remember it is pretty soft. I think I may have a slab of it laying around somewhere. Gonna have to cab something tomorrow!
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 24, 2021 16:28:07 GMT -5
Amazing! I never tried lepidolite. If I remember it is pretty soft. I think I may have a slab of it laying around somewhere. Gonna have to cab something tomorrow! I don't know about all of it, but mine was a decent hardness. I started on the 80 grit. This was from a piece hummingbirdstones sent to me. Maybe she knows if it is harder than usual. I think some is softer, but I'm not sure. The color is amazing, though. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Apr 24, 2021 17:21:44 GMT -5
Beautiful cabs Tela! I received some Lepidolite from my brother-in-law a couple weeks ago but I haven't done anything with it yet other than slab it. Apparently, it can be found in the Black Hills. Also, I just received some Kambaba Jasper in the mail yesterday. I just didn't want you to think I was copying your cabs when I'll have some of the same showing up here pretty soon! LOL |
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 24, 2021 17:38:48 GMT -5
Beautiful cabs Tela! I received some Lepidolite from my brother-in-law a couple weeks ago but I haven't done anything with it yet other than slab it. Apparently, it can be found in the Black Hills. Also, I just received some Kambaba Jasper in the mail yesterday. I just didn't want you to think I was copying your cabs when I'll have some of the same showing up here pretty soon! LOL Nah, I wouldn't think that.
I hope your kambaba polishes as well as this one did. It's sometimes rather flat.
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Post by jasoninsd on Apr 24, 2021 18:21:18 GMT -5
Beautiful cabs Tela! I received some Lepidolite from my brother-in-law a couple weeks ago but I haven't done anything with it yet other than slab it. Apparently, it can be found in the Black Hills. Also, I just received some Kambaba Jasper in the mail yesterday. I just didn't want you to think I was copying your cabs when I'll have some of the same showing up here pretty soon! LOL Nah, I wouldn't think that.
I hope your kambaba polishes as well as this one did. It's sometimes rather flat.
I've had the chance to do one other Kambaba cab...and all I could get out of it was a matte finish. So, I too am hoping for a little better polish on the new stuff. Yours really does look great. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 24, 2021 18:22:26 GMT -5
Nah, I wouldn't think that.
I hope your kambaba polishes as well as this one did. It's sometimes rather flat.
I've had the chance to do one other Kambaba cab...and all I could get out of it was a matte finish. So, I too am hoping for a little better polish on the new stuff. Yours really does look great. Thank you. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Apr 24, 2021 19:52:26 GMT -5
Beautiful cabs, Tela! Love them all.
That Lepidolite was from Wyoming. I have never seen any other that is so purple and sparkly. The thread with the pendant I made from it is here. I wear it all the time. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 24, 2021 20:04:11 GMT -5
Beautiful cabs, Tela! Love them all.
That Lepidolite was from Wyoming. I have never seen any other that is so purple and sparkly. The thread with the pendant I made from it is here. I wear it all the time. Yup, can't go wrong with a nice purple, sparkly pendant. |
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Post by Brian on Apr 24, 2021 20:04:40 GMT -5
That is a beautiful group of cabs, Tela! I love the shape and shine on that kambaba!
Lovin’ the new calcite backdrop, too! It makes the cabs pop.
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Post by miket on Apr 25, 2021 7:23:04 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2021 9:41:39 GMT -5
The round one is my favorite.
How big is it,
24mm?
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 25, 2021 10:34:45 GMT -5
The round one is my favorite. How big is it, 24mm? Thanks- 37mm. |
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Post by drocknut on Apr 26, 2021 18:49:29 GMT -5
Nice group of beautiful cabs. I'm a big OJ fan so that's my pick for the top spot although the other cabs are great too.
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Post by lpl on Apr 27, 2021 13:05:32 GMT -5
Love them all Tela, but that Willow creek is my favorite. And the others too lol!
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