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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 12, 2015 20:48:13 GMT -5
and lots of applause. Those came out great!
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 12, 2015 20:47:22 GMT -5
Awesome specimens! Thanks for posting! Let us know how you managed to travel back 200 years and come back in one piece...
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 8, 2015 22:45:13 GMT -5
Nice ... great way to spend the afternoon!
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 8, 2015 22:41:29 GMT -5
Outstanding, JM. That's a great setup. And good to meet you. Paul
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 8, 2015 22:32:59 GMT -5
love it!
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 8, 2015 8:10:51 GMT -5
Welcome aboard, Jeff!
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 8, 2015 8:07:00 GMT -5
Hi Jim! Good to meet you!
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 5, 2015 21:31:04 GMT -5
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 5, 2015 21:29:55 GMT -5
That's a "rush" job??? Came out really nicely! Kudos to you!
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 5, 2015 21:28:23 GMT -5
Gosh, these are beautiful... Great job!
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 5, 2015 21:26:34 GMT -5
Great job, Kurt! Looks like my kind of icon! Paul
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 5, 2015 21:24:24 GMT -5
Nice finds, looking forward to seeing your cabs. x2 on that comment.
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 5, 2015 21:23:53 GMT -5
Totally awesome agates!! Hate when they break like that or have a fracture....Looks like you made the one look even better after it broke...Thumbs up Thanks, fortunately, it was large enough to get away with some additional trimming and still work!
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 5, 2015 21:21:19 GMT -5
Sounds like you had a very productive day plus got to play with rocks. Those are some beauties especially the last one. Will look forward to seeing them polished. It was definitely interesting on how the day turned out. We were all grateful for the time. I'll have to figure out how to polish the small ones as they're only about the size of a quarter or so.
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 5, 2015 21:19:12 GMT -5
I think the break was supposed to happen so that you could see the other hidden treasure. Good one! I'll stick to that story ... :-)
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 5, 2015 7:22:30 GMT -5
Thank you, sir! Will have to move them into the "get these polished" pipeline.
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 4, 2015 23:47:13 GMT -5
Thanks, guys!
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 4, 2015 21:51:42 GMT -5
Today was one of those rare days when you get a lot accomplished that needs to get done and still have some time left over for the things you want to do. My boys managed to study, play their WiiU, do some rockclimbing, grocery shopping, chat with friends at church, home maintenance, and STILL have time to get into the garage and play with the rocks! First, it was time to change out the grit in the tumblers. I had this particular batch of 46/70 in for about two weeks while I was in Tampa on business. This particular batch is the Rio Grange agates from Mel. While I was at it, I cleaned out the vib-lap pan and ran the rocks through a second 320 Graded step. Just finished cleaning those up. I'll move them on to 500 next weekend. Since it was only 4:00 and Barbara had let me know that the chicken pot pies would take about 90 minutes, I used the time to cut open some condor agates that I had purchased back in May 2014 from a vendor at one of the shows (memory is going, I can see her and her table, but I can't remember he name. Embarrassing). The first one cut beautifully and the colors were great ... then I noticed this HUGE fracture line right down the middle! Ugh. I picked it up and broke the agate at the fracture line by hand and looked the pieces over. They were large enough that I ended up trimming the fractured ends and still have enough material left over to polish. Whew... hate it when that happens, though. Trimmed: One to make you a little cross-eyed: I still had a few minutes before Barbara would need help setting the table and getting thing out so I cut a small half-dollar sized piece: These things are like packages on Christmas ... absolutely awesome fun! UPDATED OCTOBER 12, 2015 Yesterday, after all the chores were done, I did a little more slabbing ... Love these Condor Agates: Somewhat unique one This is a rock that the boys picked up near the Queen Obsidian site on Highway 6 just north of the CA/NV border. I may try and polish it but it has small pits. We'll have to see. Thanks for checking out the thread.
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 4, 2015 21:38:29 GMT -5
Great finds, micellular! Looking forward to seeing your cabs! Paul
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Post by paulshiroma on Oct 4, 2015 21:35:35 GMT -5
paulshiroma, there's a field trip out at area 54 next Saturday. I'm about 80% sure I'll be there. Come out! That would be AWESOME!!! Unfortunately, I've already got some appointments planned. Darn it! Thanks for letting me know, micellular! I'll have to keep a better eye out for the field trips! luvtogrow - again, beautiful pieces!
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