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Post by puppie96 on Oct 23, 2005 15:22:46 GMT -5
Some new ones. Group shot:  Wondering about the ID...this is a beautiful rock that originally had a bumpy, sort of orange peel feel. It polished beautifully that way, but I put it back until I got it smooth. It really has a great shine.  This marking sure looks like a knot in wood doesn't it?  How about these stripes?  And a couple close ups.   Thanks for looking! |
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Post by Cher on Oct 23, 2005 16:17:12 GMT -5
Man I can't believe the colors you collected, that one in the first pic is gorgeous. To find purples that aren't amethyst is really cool. Beautiful stones Puppie, great job.
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cuervo73
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Post by cuervo73 on Oct 23, 2005 17:17:39 GMT -5
Very nice collection of jaspers, puppie! What I also like about jasper and other opaque rocks is that when there are fractures in them, they don't hardly show after polishing like transparent/translucent agate fractures do.
ed/cuervo
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Post by krazydiamond on Oct 23, 2005 17:46:20 GMT -5
those are beautiful, Puppies!!!! aw, man, a few of them would like to be sawed into little slabs and cabbed, tho.
that piece you said looks like a knot in wood looks like a snake head to me....ssssssssssst.
KD
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Post by rockyraccoon on Oct 23, 2005 20:00:54 GMT -5
writing south dakaota on my list of places to collect rocks if i should ever get to go looking. puppie those are fantastic!
kim
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Post by rockds on Oct 23, 2005 20:12:02 GMT -5
wow pup those look great. maybe you should start the next box-o-rocks, fill it up with rocks like those and send them to me first, yes that sounds like a plan.
Robert
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Post by joe on Oct 23, 2005 22:19:39 GMT -5
I thought S. Dakota was supposed to be boring. Just PR to hide their native rock secret.
joe
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Post by puppie96 on Oct 24, 2005 0:57:33 GMT -5
Hi, thanks for the comments! Cher, I get really excited when I find purple rocks, especially when they polish like these did, since often they seem to be a polish problem.
Ed, the fractures are sort of inevitable. I'm amazed how much surface imperfections show up on film when they look mirror finished in real life without flaws. Wow.
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Post by creativeminded on Oct 24, 2005 9:16:30 GMT -5
Very, Very pretty.
Tami
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Post by Bikerrandy on Oct 24, 2005 17:23:46 GMT -5
Wow, those are beautiful!!
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Post by Toad on Oct 24, 2005 17:28:45 GMT -5
Very nicely done
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Oct 25, 2005 13:53:52 GMT -5
WOWZER- You are on a roll- that knothole one- Fairburn?
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Post by drupe on Oct 25, 2005 18:35:00 GMT -5
Why do you insist on making me cry. I really don't want my better half to see me like this. I keep telling her its my allergies. Sniff SNIFF!!!
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halabit
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Post by halabit on Oct 25, 2005 23:07:05 GMT -5
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Post by puppie96 on Oct 25, 2005 23:43:19 GMT -5
Drupe dear, why do the rocks make you cry? They are happy rocks.
Stefan, far as I know the knothole is just a knothole. Fairburns don't really look like that, the patterns are fortification type (holly leaf appearancce) and more contrast.
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Oct 26, 2005 7:37:17 GMT -5
Puppie,
Amazing! I bought some South Dakota Agate rough on e-bay and mine didn't turn out near that nice. I did have some of the striped ones and orangish colored ones....but you really collected some great stuff there. I'm sure some of those will be sent in the box...at least I'm hoping so. Excellent Job! Drupe...tears of joy, tears of happiness, tears just because they are so beautiful, I'm sure they are good tears. I cry to when I see something so Beautiful, so Perfect, so Superior to mine. Thanks for making us cry Puppie. LOL!
Steve
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Post by puppie96 on Oct 26, 2005 12:33:37 GMT -5
LOL -- I love the stuff I collected, but when I've ordered prairie agate and jasper from Shawn in the past, it was very nice too and inexpensive. They definitely benefit from extended grinding.
Do you have a picture of yours?
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Oct 26, 2005 12:50:05 GMT -5
Yea I got some from Shawn too- Awesome stuff- and the shine it takes is so incredible! Takes a long time in course though- a long long time!
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Post by puppie96 on Oct 27, 2005 1:06:21 GMT -5
Shawn's prairie agate was one of the first rocks that put me in the vibe vs barrel tumbler dilemma, because even as broken and weirdly shaped pieces, it was such an easy polish. So you have to decide how much you want to round them and tough it out with the barrel if you want the conventional shapes, otherwise it's too easy to make a few day job out of it.
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Oct 28, 2005 9:23:48 GMT -5
Tell me about it! I busted some up, cut some, left some as is, And it just sits there- I can't decide if I want to cab it, tumble it or what! - I think I got some running in one barrel now (either course or 500 I can't remember which! or maybe it is waiting to go into 120/220!)
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