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Post by HankRocks on Aug 30, 2021 14:42:19 GMT -5
This one polished up nicely. It has 4 distinct areas if you count the waterline as one. Also see the bird's head, woodpecker?, duck? I would love to know the formation sequence of this one. I am sure it was covered in one of Dave's classes, I must have dozed off for that one!!!  IMG_3424_crop by Findrocks, on Flickr Question for the panel. Should I sell this whole, it's about 3 1/2 pounds. Or try and cut the polished slab off and re-polish again. It's curved on all sides so clamping is a bear. Cut 1 polished slab off. There was a very slight slip and had to run this one through the 1st stage Vib-Lap 3 or 4 times to get it smooth. Henry ![]() ![]() |
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RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Aug 30, 2021 14:53:10 GMT -5
I tend to view these kind of items as "the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts" so I'm reluctant to make it into parts.
Just my preference.
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Post by Peruano on Aug 30, 2021 15:00:31 GMT -5
Its an albatross or frigate. Easy to take that slice off by gluing that face to a 2x4 with wood glue, then take as many slabs off of the back as you have space for. The surface that you like is just as desirable/pretty without a convex mass behind it. IMHO.
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Post by HankRocks on Aug 30, 2021 15:05:16 GMT -5
I tend to view these kind of items as "the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts" so I'm reluctant to make it into parts. Just my preference. I have noticed that on some Brazilian Agate, the color is in the depth. A colorful one slabbed up loses the depth and the color. Reds are especially bad. Some of the blues not so much. Probably should be satisfied with one polished slab and one nice large piece. If It was easy to clamp, I would probably take one more slab. The risk is it slips badly and I mess it up. |
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Post by HankRocks on Aug 30, 2021 15:06:30 GMT -5
Its an albatross or frigate. Easy to take that slice off by gluing that face to a 2x4 with wood glue, then take as many slabs off of the back as you have space for. The surface that you like is just as desirable/pretty without a convex mass behind it. IMHO. Have not had good success gluing polished faces, so I avoid doing that. |
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oldschoolrocker
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by oldschoolrocker on Aug 30, 2021 16:03:54 GMT -5
I tend to view these kind of items as "the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts" so I'm reluctant to make it into parts. Just my preference. I have noticed that on some Brazilian Agate, the color is in the depth. A colorful one slabbed up loses the depth and the color. Reds are especially bad. Some of the blues not so much. Probably should be satisfied with one polished slab and one nice large piece. If It was easy to clamp, I would probably take one more slab. The risk is it slips badly and I mess it up. I know what you mean about Brazilian color is in the depth. I had one I split that had pretty blue with bright orange and white bands and druzy center. Took a slice off one of the halves and not only lost pretty much all the blue color and the vividness of the orange. What remained of the half was also unimpressive. But this was on a small, one less than a lb. Beautiful rock tho! My vote would be sell as is. Tho I've sold a whopping $0 worth of rocks so... |
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 30, 2021 19:54:42 GMT -5
I tend to view these kind of items as "the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts" so I'm reluctant to make it into parts. Just my preference. Hank, I'm totally with Randy on this one. I have a tendency to look at any rock as potential "cab bait"...and look to see where it can be sectioned up for the best looking cabs. However, this particular piece deserves to be left as is. Taking another slice might leave you with a completely unimpressive leftover...and it's not worth it. I've been noticing on my Teepee Canyon Agate slabs how a section of fortification can be lost in a matter of a quarter inch cut to the next slab...  (Couldn't resist!  ) |
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