Post by oldschoolrocker on Aug 29, 2021 6:35:01 GMT -5
Few weeks ago I posted about finding some banded calcite. it has been so fun to play around with that I went back for more. I took off some more from the initial Boulder of it and also found a separate 80lb piece of it and some other smaller 10-15lb pieces. I thought I'd share some pics of some of my recent haul and few pics of some of what I've been up to with it.
Hard to capture the sparkle in photos. Pics taken dry. Color bit off in first pic
This is another piece I found. Might clean it up a bit and keep as is. Has sorta a botdroyal top and nice deep color. Outer crust is whiter than in pic.
Some of the smaller pieces I found were more vein type material that's not so photogenic so no pics of those. Same with the 80lb piece. Which brings me to what I've been doing with and why I really like the material...
Being that it's a 3 hardness cutting it and grinding on it is quick and effortless. And even tho it's got lots of fractures it still polishes up pretty nicely. These were done w angle grinder and polished on the genie.
Some close up pics of one
Did this piece on genie also. Little bigger than a baseball.
And I just started experimenting with acid etching too. This endcut had lot of white crushed crystals before the etching. I plan on making some night lights with slices like this one.
So yeah, that's my fun with calcite!
Oh, almost forgot the best part...after lugging the last haul back to my vehicle I found another several hundred pound boulder of calcite. And I can pull vehicle up within 10 feet of it. Tempted to try and get the whole thing in one piece...
Thanks for looking!
Hard to capture the sparkle in photos. Pics taken dry. Color bit off in first pic
This is another piece I found. Might clean it up a bit and keep as is. Has sorta a botdroyal top and nice deep color. Outer crust is whiter than in pic.
Some of the smaller pieces I found were more vein type material that's not so photogenic so no pics of those. Same with the 80lb piece. Which brings me to what I've been doing with and why I really like the material...
Being that it's a 3 hardness cutting it and grinding on it is quick and effortless. And even tho it's got lots of fractures it still polishes up pretty nicely. These were done w angle grinder and polished on the genie.
Some close up pics of one
Did this piece on genie also. Little bigger than a baseball.
And I just started experimenting with acid etching too. This endcut had lot of white crushed crystals before the etching. I plan on making some night lights with slices like this one.
So yeah, that's my fun with calcite!
Oh, almost forgot the best part...after lugging the last haul back to my vehicle I found another several hundred pound boulder of calcite. And I can pull vehicle up within 10 feet of it. Tempted to try and get the whole thing in one piece...
Thanks for looking!
