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Post by nepherite on Oct 5, 2005 1:42:34 GMT -5
I thought i would share these photos on piece of jade i found while diving . I found this piece in january after a large winter swell i have been polishing it ever since. It took a 65 hours to complete. It had a ugly olive green rind on it, you never know what lies below the surface. I used a mk grinder with diamond flex pads to polish it. Tony    |
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Post by Cher on Oct 5, 2005 4:23:54 GMT -5
Oooooooooo Tony, that's gorgeous. 65 hours ... amazing! Hope this doesn't
sound stupid but I'm assuming there's different grits to these flex pads, how
many different stages or grits did you use. You got a beautiful shine on it.
Cher
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Oct 5, 2005 7:15:23 GMT -5
WOWWY!
That is a Beautiful Rock there! You done an excellent job on getting that Monster to shine and polish. My hat's off to you!
Steve
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Post by creativeminded on Oct 5, 2005 8:57:56 GMT -5
That is beautiful and has a very interesting shape to it.
Tami
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Post by Alice on Oct 5, 2005 9:36:10 GMT -5
That's pretty impressive Tony. great job!
Now that you have a 45 pound polished boulder, what are you gonna do with it?
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Post by gaetzchamp on Oct 5, 2005 10:22:06 GMT -5
Tony-
Awesome stuff. You really know how to get after it don't you. I'm just amazed at some of the neat things you are pulling outta the ocean!!!! You're getting to a lot of the stuff regular people can't. Good job. Actually, that 45 pounder is small compared to some of your other finds isn't it?
Gaetz
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Post by gaetzchamp on Oct 5, 2005 12:09:21 GMT -5
BTW, what is BLUE jade.....looks green to me? How does blue differ from green?
gaetz
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chassroc
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Post by chassroc on Oct 5, 2005 12:22:32 GMT -5
Great Job Tony...what will you do with your new spare time?
csroc
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Post by LCARS on Oct 5, 2005 15:06:57 GMT -5
O-M-F'ing-G!!! That's HUGE man!
That must be worth a pretty penny.
Awesome find & awesome job on it!
65hrs of time well spent & good on ya for doing it whole instead of breaking it up.
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Post by joe on Oct 5, 2005 23:37:51 GMT -5
Nice boulder Tony! Did you use your stainless steel sink grinder to do that or is it just so big that you use portable tools on it? Obviously I don't know what a mk grinder is. Thanx for showing the boulder to us.
Joe
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Post by rockyraccoon on Oct 6, 2005 4:35:36 GMT -5
tony, thanks for putting that spoon there to catch the drool. what do you do with these beauties? super looking stuff!
kim
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Post by krazydiamond on Oct 6, 2005 8:24:31 GMT -5
that is absolutely gorgeous....!!! amazingly labor intensive...do you ever sell any of those? what a show piece!!
KD
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Oct 6, 2005 10:20:44 GMT -5
WOWZER man that is soo cool- Boy imagine the necklace that would make- A reeal MR T type!
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textiger
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Post by textiger on Oct 6, 2005 11:40:23 GMT -5
Boy, that's pretty, Tony. I bet it has extra value to you because you dragged it out of the ocean yourself.
Like the others said, what do you do with such pieces.
And what about smaller pieces? Do you tumble any or is it too soft for the tumbler?
matt
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Oct 6, 2005 14:45:47 GMT -5
Wonderful! The reflections off the top of the BOULDER in the top photo remind me of flowing water, which seems quite appropriate since it came from the sea.
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Post by nepherite on Oct 14, 2005 0:34:32 GMT -5
Blue jade is the hardest to find among the nephrite found on the big sur coast. This photo doesn't do it justice as it really does look blue up close. I found this one in jan this year and couldn't wait to polish it, i did it on my spare time. I used a hand held MK 1502 diamond polisher with diamond flex pads up to 8000 grit. I gave this one to my brother, i have given each of my family members a polished jade boulder ( 7 ). I am now working on a 138 pound apple green piece of jade i found 3 years ago while diving, i will attach a photo. Tony  |
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brian
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Post by brian on Oct 14, 2005 7:50:05 GMT -5
Speechless. Beautful rock. Great work. Nice pic to wake-up to with my morning coffee. Thanks.
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Oct 14, 2005 9:26:03 GMT -5
You just earned a spot on the desktop!
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JKowalski33
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Post by JKowalski33 on Oct 14, 2005 11:09:22 GMT -5
could you tell more about these diamond flex-pads? i have some geode halfs i've always want to polish, do you think this could be accomplished with these flex-pads? how expensive are they? thanks
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Post by nepherite on Oct 14, 2005 11:43:48 GMT -5
Diamond flex pads work great with smooth surfaces. If your geode is bumpy you can first grind it down with a hard diamond disc. There are many brands for the flexiable pads, i buy them off a friend of mine and pay around 12 dollars a pad ( not sure of the name brand). The higher quality ones goes for 25 to 50 a piece. If your interested about buying some i can get you in touch with him, just send me a p.m.
Tony
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