12/12/21 - A few new cabs and better photos

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12/12/21 - A few new cabs and better photos Dec 12, 2021 10:55:32 GMT -5 catskillrocks, drocknut, and 8 more like this

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Post by holajonathan on Dec 12, 2021 10:55:32 GMT -5

First, new ones finished last night. Then, better photos of a few from Friday.

Condor agate

Colorful Moss Agate from Mexico

Royal Imperial Jasper from Mexico

Together with a similar one I made recently (from different rough).

Ohio Flint

Feathery Jasper from a Crazy Lace Mine - Mexico

Better photos of a few I posted Friday

Botswana Agate -- Too Shiny to Photograph Well at any Angle

Water level Montana Moss Agate with Dendrites

Fine Grain Jasper from the Northwest

Gary Green Jasper

Last Edit: Dec 12, 2021 11:00:55 GMT -5 by holajonathan

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12/12/21 - A few new cabs and better photos Dec 12, 2021 10:59:30 GMT -5 drocknut and holajonathan like this

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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 12, 2021 10:59:30 GMT -5

Beautiful stones! The Royal Imperials are sweet.

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12/12/21 - A few new cabs and better photos Dec 12, 2021 11:07:32 GMT -5 drocknut and hummingbirdstones like this

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Post by holajonathan on Dec 12, 2021 11:07:32 GMT -5

Dec 12, 2021 10:59:30 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones said:

Beautiful stones! The Royal Imperials are sweet.

Thanks. I love the stuff. Not just because it looks cool and polishes well, but it's rather easy to cab for such a hard rock. It is as hard, if not harder than Botswana agate or Montana agate, but doesn't seem to get beat up by the hard wheels the way those agates do. It could just be that opaque jasper hides subsurface damage better than translucent agate. For whatever reason, I have to spend way more time on the 220 or 280 resin wheel with hard agates than I do with RIJ.

Last Edit: Dec 12, 2021 12:31:48 GMT -5 by holajonathan

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12/12/21 - A few new cabs and better photos Dec 13, 2021 2:01:57 GMT -5

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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 13, 2021 2:01:57 GMT -5

Great cabs and really great pictures Jonathan!

I've been curious about Condor Agate. Your cab is gorgeous. How did it work for you?

Great shot of the dendrites in that Montana!

I was pondering doing some Ohio Flint last night...but chose a couple different things to work.

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