jasperfanatic
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Post by jasperfanatic on Jun 27, 2022 11:07:28 GMT -5
Throwing some color out to help brighten dark days. Here are some recent-ish fire magnetite/obsidian (time is all relative) highlights that felt worthy of some camera time, thanks for looking! Not sure why the YouTube videos aren't showing a preview, computers are dumb.  IMG_4705 by Kevin, on Flickr  blue by Kevin, on Flickr |
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Post by stonemon on Jun 27, 2022 11:15:30 GMT -5
Awesome!
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 27, 2022 11:27:58 GMT -5
The one in the first video is a monster!!! Amazing color- truly amazing. It's obviously my favorite, but all of them are incredible.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2022 13:51:34 GMT -5
Those are super nice! And amazingly shiny! How did you polish them?
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jasperfanatic
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Post by jasperfanatic on Jun 27, 2022 14:05:31 GMT -5
Thank you! The one in the first video is a monster!!! Amazing color- truly amazing. It's obviously my favorite, but all of them are incredible.  Thank you! I agree on the one in the first video, I keep stopping to stare at it every time I walk by it LOL. Those are super nice! And amazingly shiny! How did you polish them? Thank you! I did them on an 8" Cab King and a final polish with cerium oxide. |
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Jun 27, 2022 14:14:08 GMT -5
Absolutely beauties
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Post by ThomasT on Jun 27, 2022 14:32:22 GMT -5
Those are beautiful. Very nice work.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jun 27, 2022 15:51:09 GMT -5
As always Kevin, your work with this material is stellar!
Mine has been waiting in the wings (read that as "pushed to the back" LOL) for quite some time now...maybe this was what I needed to put a FIRE under my arse to get it done! LOL
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jasperfanatic
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Post by jasperfanatic on Jun 27, 2022 21:59:24 GMT -5
Thank you! Those are beautiful. Very nice work. Thank you! As always Kevin, your work with this material is stellar! Mine has been waiting in the wings (read that as "pushed to the back" LOL) for quite some time now...maybe this was what I needed to put a FIRE under my arse to get it done! LOL Thanks, Jason! I know how that goes, my "wings" are buried under piles of rocks |
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Post by jasoninsd on Jun 27, 2022 22:02:46 GMT -5
Thank you! Those are beautiful. Very nice work. Thank you! As always Kevin, your work with this material is stellar! Mine has been waiting in the wings (read that as "pushed to the back" LOL) for quite some time now...maybe this was what I needed to put a FIRE under my arse to get it done! LOL Thanks, Jason! I know how that goes, my "wings" are buried under piles of rocks |
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Post by gemfeller on Jun 27, 2022 22:04:49 GMT -5
Amazing material and cabs! Thanks for posting.
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Post by Pat on Jun 27, 2022 22:56:40 GMT -5
All are stunning! Thanks!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jun 28, 2022 9:27:34 GMT -5
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Post by pghram on Jun 28, 2022 10:57:38 GMT -5
Fantastic cabs with an incredible polish! I have never gotten a good polish on obsidian. I see you used CO for the final polish. I was wondering what lap you used, leather, felt, other? Thanks.
Peace, Rich
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Post by Rockoonz on Jun 28, 2022 13:58:13 GMT -5
I was talking to a seller from prineville out at the campground with stonemon and his advice for obsidian cabs was to take them to 600 on the diamond wheels. then cerium on wool carpet, if I recall. He wouldn't share the tumbling secret, sadly, his tumble was amazing. I have a red ribbon cab at home waiting for me to set up a carpet wheel, hope it works. |
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jasperfanatic
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Post by jasperfanatic on Jul 1, 2022 12:47:32 GMT -5
Thanks everyone! The rocks definitely deserve all the credit, I'm just giving them a bath Fantastic cabs with an incredible polish! I have never gotten a good polish on obsidian. I see you used CO for the final polish. I was wondering what lap you used, leather, felt, other? Thanks. Peace, Rich I'm using a hard felt wheel for most of my obsidian cabs. However, because the fire layers often undulate, sometimes I contour polish the cabs & specimens following the flow of the magnetite layer. The felt wheel can't reach the valleys in the contour polish so I will hand polish them with cerium oxide on a clean (new) leather chamois from the automotive aisle at the hardware store, which doesn't take very long at all if I've spent enough time on the 1200 wheel with a couple of quick passes on the 3k. I take the pieces I work on up through the 3k wheel, but the 1200 is where I focus most of my time. I've seen stones finished from 600 to cerium as Rockoonz mentioned, and they looked fine, but I think the polish I get has a much deeper look in my opinion. I'm far from an expert on anything, but my understanding is that cerium oxide doesn't really remove scratches as much as it kind of fills them in, so my thinking is that spending time on the higher grits yields a better result. Probably way more than you were looking for here, lol. |
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Post by mossyrockhound on Jul 2, 2022 16:14:53 GMT -5
Very impressive - and beautiful! Such a variety of colors and patterns! Were these self-collected?
The first photo and the last video are my favorites. I don't think I've ever seen any nicer fire obsidian.
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Post by quartzilla on Jul 3, 2022 7:59:30 GMT -5
Where the heck did you get the material? Oz? Beautiful stuff! I am a fan of your work!
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jasperfanatic
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Post by jasperfanatic on Jul 3, 2022 9:34:24 GMT -5
Very impressive - and beautiful! Such a variety of colors and patterns! Were these self-collected? The first photo and the last video are my favorites. I don't think I've ever seen any nicer fire obsidian. Thank you! Yes, self-collected from one of the claims (with permission) out at Glass Buttes. As a variety junkie, that variety of colors and patterns is what makes it so darn addictive!! LOL |
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Post by jasperfanatic on Jul 3, 2022 9:35:50 GMT -5
Where the heck did you get the material? Oz? Beautiful stuff! I am a fan of your work! Thank you! It was dug out on one of the claims (with permission) at Glass Buttes. It certainly does seem magical enough to be from Oz at times |
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