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Post by perkins17 on Feb 21, 2022 21:43:11 GMT -5
Nice photography, stones, and cabs!Those cabochons look absolutely amazing. They look pretty much perfect girdle, shape, and polish wise. I need to work on honing my skills too!
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 21, 2022 22:14:35 GMT -5
Those cabs look really good! And the pics are really good too!
That material...is off the freakin' charts! Truly, that is some of the best material "I've" seen come out of the Clear Creek area! Amazing!!
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 21, 2022 22:45:05 GMT -5
Killer shine and a very showy example of the type.
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Feb 22, 2022 1:04:44 GMT -5
Cool stuff. Almost mistook it as pietersite at first.
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brybry
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Post by brybry on Feb 22, 2022 4:32:08 GMT -5
Sexy cabs brother.
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 22, 2022 7:34:21 GMT -5
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Feb 22, 2022 8:48:41 GMT -5
Beautiful material and nice cabs 👍
Your practice is paying off. Congratulations!
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rockbrain
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Post by rockbrain on Feb 22, 2022 10:15:55 GMT -5
Thanks, I appreciate all the encouraging comments. I've really learned a lot here in the past couple of weeks. I've tried forming a few cabs on my own before coming here but I didn't even know about the girdle until I read about it here. After reading a lot here I went back to the grinder. I saw a huge improvement grinding last week just with better light. I didn't realize how much I couldn't see until I started seeing it. I'm still not very happy with the pics but they're definitely better than the last ones. I'm going to work on that more this week. Maybe even not use the cell phone with cracks across the lens!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 22, 2022 10:33:22 GMT -5
Thanks, I appreciate all the encouraging comments. I've really learned a lot here in the past couple of weeks. I've tried forming a few cabs on my own before coming here but I didn't even know about the girdle until I read about it here. After reading a lot here I went back to the grinder. I saw a huge improvement grinding last week just with better light. I didn't realize how much I couldn't see until I started seeing it. I'm still not very happy with the pics but they're definitely better than the last ones. I'm going to work on that more this week. Maybe even not use the cell phone with cracks across the lens! I think your pictures look pretty good. Way better than mine!  Very nice cabs and that Plasma Agate is killer. |
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catskillrocks
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Post by catskillrocks on Feb 22, 2022 18:28:33 GMT -5
You did justice to some beautiful
material. Your pictures aren't too
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Post by holajonathan on Feb 22, 2022 20:45:02 GMT -5
Those are very nice. I'm glad you've got some great material to practice and learn with, although from the looks of things this aren't your first cabs. I like the elongated oval shape as well. Keep 'em coming. |
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quartzilla
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Post by quartzilla on Feb 23, 2022 22:25:43 GMT -5
Good job with some killer material!
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Post by Tommy on Feb 24, 2022 10:38:50 GMT -5
Very nice cabochons rockbrain! You are off to a great start. Glad you found some good material up there. |
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