deepsouth
fully equipped rock polisher
He who rocks last rocks best
Member since January 2004
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Post by deepsouth on Sept 28, 2005 4:32:15 GMT -5
Today I was asked by an old rockhound if I could cut a rock for a friend of his. Sure , bring it along. A very strange piece appeared and it was quite big, awkwardly shaped. Tried to fit it in the saw and decided to knock some edges off so that I could cut a straight edge first. Wow what nice colours. The bits we knocked off were shaped a bit like flint chips..is that called conchoidal? After that initial cut I managed to get the rock in safe position. Took first an outer cut off and low and behold that is so beautiful. Very colourful jasper !! Then I was allowed to cut a slab for myself which I gladly did ofcourse. For my troubles I got given a very well made sphere which was made of marble from a gravestone. The slab is now 10"X5" and 5/6th of an inch thick. The sphere is 7 cm or 2and 4/5th of an inch diameter. The leftover block  the slice  the 2 together  and with the sphere  Thanks for looking Jack |
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Post by rockyraccoon on Sept 28, 2005 7:27:48 GMT -5
very nice looking jasper jack. you did good!
kim
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joanna
spending too much on rocks
Member since November 2004
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Post by joanna on Sept 28, 2005 7:35:03 GMT -5
That is beautiful! There's nothing like cutting into a rock and finding a surprise like that is there?
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Post by creativeminded on Sept 28, 2005 8:51:16 GMT -5
That is beautiful.
Tami
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Sabre52
Cave Dweller 
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 28, 2005 10:23:04 GMT -5
Nice colors! Finding the treasure inside is really fun isn't it? Love the whole treasure hunting aspect of this hobby!
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Post by rockds on Sept 28, 2005 10:27:38 GMT -5
WOW, great colors and good job with the saw. Note to self: next purchase needs to be a saw.
robert
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Post by gaetzchamp on Sept 28, 2005 10:29:51 GMT -5
Nice, very nice. What does the outside look like?
gaetz
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Post by krazydiamond on Sept 28, 2005 11:36:35 GMT -5
absolutely gorgeous, Jack!! what is your friend going to do with his slab and what are you going to do with yours? they look like twin galaxies...beautiful!
KD
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Debs
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since February 2005
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Post by Debs on Sept 28, 2005 12:11:15 GMT -5
Wow! That is just beautiful! Is that marston jasper? As it sure looks like the same colors and shape of my piece. Lucky you!
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stefan
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2005
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Post by stefan on Sept 28, 2005 12:30:31 GMT -5
Man that is soo cool looking- What a great rock!
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Post by LCARS on Sept 28, 2005 12:31:52 GMT -5
Ooooooh, perteee rock!!  Those would make PREMO book-ends! I'm still waiting to find something that nice (and LARGE) around here...  I DID find a nice tourmaline deposit that was exposed in a boulder on a rocky beach below a gravel quarry that looked as if it were broken open by an impact with another large boulder and some green serpentine/quartz almost jade looking stuff on the side of another broken boulder nearby... I will try to get around to taking & posting some pics. |
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Post by sandsman1 on Sept 28, 2005 13:36:30 GMT -5
hey jack thats some very cool jasper you got there great color and swirls
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deepsouth
fully equipped rock polisher
He who rocks last rocks best
Member since January 2004
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Post by deepsouth on Sept 28, 2005 16:46:41 GMT -5
Thanks for all your comments. Bill Simmonds is going to polish this big rock by hand. He will use part of the first cut to grind it to a smooth surface. He is an old rockhound buddy of Charlie Powell. They have hunted for rocks together for many many years. I am going to take this rock to him shortly. Here are some pics of the outside of the rock..rather rough.    Jack |
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Post by joe on Sept 28, 2005 22:54:05 GMT -5
Nice days work Jack! Well worth the effort. Those are beautiful pieces of rock.
joe
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halabit
noticing nice landscape pebbles
Member since October 2004
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Post by halabit on Sept 29, 2005 0:05:07 GMT -5
 my eyes hurt they are great
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Post by rockyraccoon on Sept 29, 2005 1:35:26 GMT -5
so he's going to polish one face? tell him we want to see when he's through. ok, ok we'd really like to see the whole thing happening but we'll settle for the finished pics.
kim
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rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rollingstone on Sept 29, 2005 2:04:33 GMT -5
Jack, you are priviledged! That's a great piece, thanks for sharing.
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deepsouth
fully equipped rock polisher
He who rocks last rocks best
Member since January 2004
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Post by deepsouth on Sept 29, 2005 5:30:34 GMT -5
So I took the big piece back to him in town ...eh city of Invercargill, haha.
He was very pleased with the result.
He had some more rocks ready to give to me...offcuts of agate and tiger eye that he turns into a cabochons. And he gave us some nice crystals.one clear quartz and one smokey quartz.
I have asked him if he could let me know when he has it all polished up so that I can take some fotos .
I have been grinding at the edges a bit this afternoon and most of it is hard as. Some material was rather brittle and came away easy.
The rock came from the North Island of New Zealand, somewhere east of Auckland an area called:" Coromandel".
Jack
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fatrichie
has rocks in the head
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Post by fatrichie on Sept 29, 2005 23:58:00 GMT -5
Wow, thats a beauty Jack. I sure am glad to hear you got a slab of your own.
Fatty
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Post by Cher on Sept 30, 2005 10:29:47 GMT -5
Oooooooooo that is just stunning! Your Jeannine will be making something beautiful out of the piece you got.
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