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Post by holajonathan on Sept 17, 2021 15:26:11 GMT -5
The coprolite turned out pretty nice (great material from RWA3006 ), and the Brazilian agate is ok. The blue tiger's eye was an experiment since I domed it on a flat lap before sanding and polishing on my Genie. Hard to get the scratches out of that stuff. The smaller white one (eastern Oregon agate) will get ground thinner and turned into a doublet with black backing. It has some nice clouds, but it's still too thick to see them. The white salt and pepper agate one is also from eastern Oregon. It is probably my favorite of the batch. It was surprisingly solid since the rough looked a lot like granite. No stencils used, but tried to make a few of them symmetrical.     |
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 17, 2021 15:30:16 GMT -5
Great job! The coprolite is the sh*t.  The salt and pepper is my fav. I've seen something similar at some point. I really like it. |
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Post by holajonathan on Sept 17, 2021 16:57:46 GMT -5
Great job! The coprolite is the sh*t. The salt and pepper is my fav. I've seen something similar at some point. I really like it. I didn't see the "pepper" until I got to the 280 wheel. Nice surprise. I will slab the rest of that piece of rough and hopefully some slabs have even more pepper. |
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RWA3006
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Post by RWA3006 on Sept 17, 2021 17:13:08 GMT -5
Nice cabs, I like the blue tiger best but have always gone a bit berserk over the stuff. Is this some that you got from Mark?
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hypodactylus
spending too much on rocks
Member since July 2021
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Post by hypodactylus on Sept 17, 2021 17:42:25 GMT -5
That is some colorful poop! I think the Brazilian Agate looks great; might be my favorite of the bunch!
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Post by holajonathan on Sept 17, 2021 18:28:18 GMT -5
RWA3006Yes, that is the material from Mark. Here's a better photo. I've got to go back and work some fine scratches out. 
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 17, 2021 20:28:17 GMT -5
I was trying to pick a favorite out of the batch, but I like them ALL!  Nice shine on the poop! I need to get busy on cabs again here pretty soon. I have some coprolite that I want to get finished. |
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Post by holajonathan on Sept 17, 2021 21:35:21 GMT -5
I was trying to pick a favorite out of the batch, but I like them ALL! Nice shine on the poop! I need to get busy on cabs again here pretty soon. I have some coprolite that I want to get finished. You need to get that s*** finished. |
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Post by knave on Sept 17, 2021 22:30:03 GMT -5
Lots of shit to get done haha
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Post by stephan on Sept 17, 2021 23:58:57 GMT -5
Nice crappy cabs. 😀
And that hawk’s eye is cool. The wavy bands are unusual— in a very good way, and I love the shape/orientation of the bands.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Sept 18, 2021 9:18:41 GMT -5
Really nice cabs! Hard to pick a favorite out of them. You did a great job on the shapes -- especially because they look like you used templates when you didn't.  |
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The salt and pepper is my fav. I've seen something similar at some point. I really like it.
