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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 22, 2021 18:50:26 GMT -5
Yesterday, I started cabbing then my daughter came over "for a coupla hours". Then she says, "Oh, I forgot to tell you, I invited your sister over." WTH?? Well, it turned out that my sister needed some help, so that's ok, but I was getting into my groove when they showed up. I think I made up for it today. I tweaked a couple cabs from the other day and tried to do a nice variety. This might be my favorite. Some kind of flame agate. Much nicer in person. Took a gorgeous liquid polish- high dome.
The back of it is green moss. Can any of you ID it?  This is the one that got away. It broke when I was putting the bevel on the back- the last thing I do. Damn.  Burro creek agate  Indian orbicular "jasper". Really pretty, but too soft to be jasper or rhyolite.  Arizona rainbow wood. I swear you can't see that fracture in person. I didn't know it was there until I took the picture. Oh well. Such is Rainbow wood.  Guadalupe Poppy jasper  A picture jasper that took a glassy polish. Anyone know what it could be?  Snowflake Mohawkite. Stunning material! Big cab.  Native silver in cobaltite. Very high silver content. I did this last. It's the filthiest blackest thing to cab- other than maybe psilomelane.  Green imperial jasper. It started out much larger, but broke a few times. I like the stuff so I finished it.  GYP with a nice marcasite plume  An unknown agate. Yes, the colors are that phenomenal.  Absolutely gorgeous Amazonite. Schiller across the whole stone. Very bright color, too. Probably from Brazil.  Prudent man agate  Nice OJ with some sugar.  A few more images
My attempt at capturing the schiller.  Quick fixes
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Brian
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Post by Brian on Oct 22, 2021 18:57:53 GMT -5
That is a gloriously colorful batch of cabs. I love the variety. The OJ is quite lovely, but I think the silver takes the cake. High silver content indeed! It looks like you cabbed a silver ingot!
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Post by Son Of Beach on Oct 22, 2021 19:10:28 GMT -5
The back of it is green moss. Can any of you ID it?
A picture jasper that took a glassy polish. Anyone know what it could be? Snowflake Mohawkite. Stunning material! Big cab. An unknown agate. Yes, the colors are that phenomenal. Prudent man agate
That first one reminds me of the horse head nebula, maybe not in shape so much but just the depth. Is the white reflection or part of it?
All I can see in the picture jasper is a line of soldiers being chased by a dust storm. Awesome...
The snowflake looks like the inverse of a stones I occasionally find, nowhere near that quality
The unknown is rock candy
And that Prudent man..... 
Not noting the others...very nice again, to say the least
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 22, 2021 19:12:58 GMT -5
That is a gloriously colorful batch of cabs. I love the variety. The OJ is quite lovely, but I think the silver takes the cake. High silver content indeed! It looks like you cabbed a silver ingot! Thank you! I tried to pick a variety. It's gets tiring doing the same stuff all the time. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 22, 2021 19:15:17 GMT -5
Son Of Beach Thanks!! The white spot is a little druzy vug. I doubt I could have ground it out.
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Post by mohs on Oct 22, 2021 19:42:01 GMT -5
fabulous ! sorry about the last touch effort on the cracked chys uuuugggghhh how often does that stuff have to happen ? we got the message long ago had to look up mo-ha be gneiss to stumble onto some of that owell we get-- what get and...  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 22, 2021 19:48:37 GMT -5
fabulous ! sorry about the last touch effort on the cracked chys uuuugggghhh how often does that stuff have to happen ? we got the message long ago had to look up mo-ha be gneiss to stumble onto some of that owell we get-- what get and... That broken one broke my heart. It's so pretty. I had no clue or warning. Never saw a crack. It just broke.  |
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Post by mohs on Oct 22, 2021 19:57:01 GMT -5
ah Tela let not talk about broken hearts today strangest thing happened at that Stone Connection Showroom its long story but I was showing my everyday wear Sacred Heart Pendant and it broke right there- in half- right on the epoxy seam first time that happened well it 7 years old and wore everyday so I guess the rock'n heart design has the 7 year itch shelf life syndrome ...  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 22, 2021 20:11:51 GMT -5
ah Tela let not talk about broken hearts today strangest thing happened at that Stone Connection Showroom its long story but I was showing my everyday wear Sacred Heart Pendant and it broke right there- in half- right on the epoxy seam first time that happened well it 7 years old and wore everyday so I guess the rock'n heart design has the 7 year itch shelf life syndrome ...
Wow. Bad timing! But, at least you can fix it again. |
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Post by perkins17 on Oct 22, 2021 20:37:58 GMT -5
Wow! Those are stunning! I love silver like that so much! I can't wait to get my cabber back to do something like this ( not quite as amazing material or polish but... 😂)
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 22, 2021 20:58:34 GMT -5
Beauties! Adore the Mohawkite and silver in cobaltite. I'm a sucker for metallics every time.
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 22, 2021 21:08:27 GMT -5
Another spectacular batch Tela! For me, that Snowflake Mohawkite takes the freaking cake! I love everything about that cab - the material is stunning! I just did a couple Silver Ore cabs. I didn't post pictures as I couldn't get a good picture...and I've got one that has an unreal amount of silver content - kind of like yours. |
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Post by opalpyrexia on Oct 22, 2021 21:13:03 GMT -5
Thanks for the wonderful show of such beautiful cabs! My favorite was the next one as I scrolled through the pack.
I noticed that you shoot with 3 lights as a result of your reply to Lumberlegs about your first cab. That made me examine it more closely. The shadow of the prism housing on your SLR (plus the pattern that's revealed by it) created sort of a biblical image there.
Also wondering if you take any extra safety precaution cutting cobaltite, or do you think the high silver content minimized any risk?
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 22, 2021 21:24:17 GMT -5
Wow! Those are stunning! I love silver like that so much! I can't wait to get my cabber back to do something like this ( not quite as amazing material or polish but... 😂) Thank you! Buy what you love or you'll get tired of cabbing. I have been collecting slabs for a very long time. I'm sure you could polish some metallics to look like chrome- they are super easy to polish. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 22, 2021 21:25:26 GMT -5
Beauties! Adore the Mohawkite and silver in cobaltite. I'm a sucker for metallics every time. Yup, me too. I have a Josephine's Crown in the queue. Can't wait! |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 22, 2021 21:27:30 GMT -5
Another spectacular batch Tela! For me, that Snowflake Mohawkite takes the freaking cake! I love everything about that cab - the material is stunning! I just did a couple Silver Ore cabs. I didn't post pictures as I couldn't get a good picture...and I've got one that has an unreal amount of silver content - kind of like yours. Thank you! I gave up trying to get the best pictures of the metallics. I just try as good as I can. The mohawkite is really, really nice in person. |
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Post by perkins17 on Oct 22, 2021 21:29:20 GMT -5
Wow! Those are stunning! I love silver like that so much! I can't wait to get my cabber back to do something like this ( not quite as amazing material or polish but... 😂) Thank you! Buy what you love or you'll get tired of cabbing. I have been collecting slabs for a very long time. I'm sure you could polish some metallics to look like chrome- they are super easy to polish. Interesting! I'll have to ask around the club to see if they have any. You make impressive cabs! |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 22, 2021 21:32:36 GMT -5
Thanks for the wonderful show of such beautiful cabs! My favorite was the next one as I scrolled through the pack. I noticed that you shoot with 3 lights as a result of your reply to Lumberlegs about your first cab. That made me examine it more closely. The shadow of the prism housing on your SLR (plus the pattern that's revealed by it) created sort of a biblical image there. Also wondering if you take any extra safety precaution cutting cobaltite, or do you think the high silver content minimized any risk? Thank you.
I have a light tent with 2 bulbs on either side. For cabs, I put one on the top. Yeah, the reflection is my camera and tripod.
If I were to do more than one of those, I would wear protection. I did a whole bunch one day for an order and wore the full mask respirator. This one was kinda small and didn't require a lot of grinding. I always use both geysers under my wheel and I sat back from it more than I usually would. I think for one small one, I was OK. But, better to at least wear a covid mask.
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 22, 2021 21:34:51 GMT -5
Thank you! Buy what you love or you'll get tired of cabbing. I have been collecting slabs for a very long time. I'm sure you could polish some metallics to look like chrome- they are super easy to polish. Interesting! I'll have to ask around the club to see if they have any. You make impressive cabs! If you can get a hold of some cobaltite (without silver) or some nickelite (nikeline), those are nice metallics, too. |
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Post by perkins17 on Oct 22, 2021 21:36:21 GMT -5
Interesting! I'll have to ask around the club to see if they have any. You make impressive cabs! If you can get a hold of some cobaltite (without silver) or some nickelite (nikeline), those are nice metallics, too. Alright, thanks! I was just "digging" through some old threads about metals. It would be cooler to do that at some point. |
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