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Post by victor1941 on Dec 23, 2021 15:09:58 GMT -5
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Post by Son Of Beach on Dec 23, 2021 16:09:07 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing your collection once again.
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Dec 25, 2021 14:00:08 GMT -5
Stunning work. Absolutely awesome!!!!!
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Dec 25, 2021 16:30:58 GMT -5
Is this a very hard material to work with? I have quite a bit of this material in the rough, but have never cut any. Just from holding it, it feels like it would be soft for a jasper.
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Post by victor1941 on Dec 25, 2021 16:53:31 GMT -5
Realrockhound, the jasper from the 60's and 70's cabbed extremely well and didn't contain soft areas like some mookite. Most but not all material was fracture free and easy to work and finished well in the UV-18 vibe. I don't have an extensive collection but found this material worked like the other porcelain jaspers. My material came from one small 50# sack and may not be representative of other material.
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Post by holajonathan on Dec 28, 2021 10:55:14 GMT -5
I believe that is all (regular) imperial jasper from Mexico. I don't think the Royal Imperial dig site was even discovered yet in the 1970s. Regardless, it is gorgeous material. A few of the green and white ones are particularly nice.
Imperial Jasper from Mexico takes as good of a polish as Bruneau, Morrisonite, Blue Mountain, Willow Creek, and the other "porcelain" jaspers. Yours do not disappoint in that regard. I bet you had a hard time getting the camera to focus on some of them.
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