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Post by Starguy on Jul 19, 2021 15:54:59 GMT -5
Here’s a red one I got. It has a five minute polish job.   I need to find a bigger box to store them in. Luckily one of my daughters kind of gets it. |
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Post by MsAli on Jul 19, 2021 16:12:34 GMT -5
That is gorgeous
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 19, 2021 16:43:22 GMT -5
Brent, that is a fantastic picture of that star in that boule! Gorgeous!  |
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Post by Starguy on Jul 19, 2021 18:09:47 GMT -5
Thank you MsAli and jasoninsd . The photos don’t do it justice. This is a little better but still not like holding it in your hand. I like the blue ones better but this is pretty cool too. |
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RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Jul 19, 2021 18:36:12 GMT -5
Very impressive.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 19, 2021 19:39:43 GMT -5
Beautiful!
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Brian
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Post by Brian on Jul 19, 2021 19:50:52 GMT -5
Beautiful! I wonder how many people have come across one of those without having a clue as to what it is. My kids have some crayons that look a lot like that first picture. Too bad those crayons don't polish up like that sapphire does!
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 20, 2021 7:54:10 GMT -5
Wow! That's really distinct.
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Post by Starguy on Jul 20, 2021 9:52:17 GMT -5
Beautiful! I wonder how many people have come across one of those without having a clue as to what it is. My kids have some crayons that look a lot like that first picture. Too bad those crayons don't polish up like that sapphire does! The first one I ever saw was at the QIA show in around 1985. I had some experience cutting star garnet and some natural corundum. By luck, I recognized what it was by a flashes on the side of the boule. The end had been sawn off and it wasn’t polished. I think I was dabbling in faceting at the time too, so I hadn’t see too many full boules. That one is now my avatar photo. |
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Post by broseph82 on Jul 20, 2021 13:40:37 GMT -5
Starguy so did you make this boule?
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Post by orrum on Jul 20, 2021 14:10:52 GMT -5
Awesome sauce!!!
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Post by Starguy on Jul 21, 2021 18:05:04 GMT -5
broseph82 I did not make the boules. The process is not so difficult but it requires some extreme temperatures. My entire collection is about 408 grams or 2038 ct.  The red ones fluoresce strongly under UV light.  Contrary to popular belief, I’m not obsessed with this stuff. I just like it more than anything else.
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Post by Starguy on Jul 21, 2021 18:23:40 GMT -5
The big slabs in the NW of the scale look like this when polished.  |
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Post by broseph82 on Jul 22, 2021 9:51:04 GMT -5
The big slabs in the NW of the scale look like this when polished. So nice |
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Post by Starguy on Aug 1, 2021 20:39:15 GMT -5
I got another giant one.   |
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 1, 2021 20:49:23 GMT -5
That another gorgeous boule Brent! Pretty "decent" sized too!  |
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Post by Starguy on Aug 1, 2021 20:58:14 GMT -5
LOL jasoninsd . It’s truly the biggest one I’ve ever seen. The star is better than the photo shows. They’re difficult to photograph. I’ll try to get a better picture. I’m going to slab one of the bigger ones. I have a macro lens for the iPad. I might have to attach it to get a decent photo. When I hit it with the UV light, it appears black with no star. The red ones fluoresce strongly. |
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