itsandbits
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Post by itsandbits on Dec 3, 2012 1:15:45 GMT -5
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Post by itsandbits on Dec 3, 2012 1:14:40 GMT -5
those are both great cabinets but I am partial to the "Jasper "cabinet too Kriestt
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Post by itsandbits on Dec 2, 2012 23:34:11 GMT -5
Yeah, the rock dust will get to you for sure. hope your feelin good soon
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Post by itsandbits on Dec 2, 2012 16:55:29 GMT -5
HA HA HA HA HA They're like that.
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Post by itsandbits on Dec 2, 2012 2:40:04 GMT -5
great stuff, it is a real treat to see what can be pulled out of a dust bowl:<)))
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Post by itsandbits on Dec 1, 2012 19:27:54 GMT -5
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Post by itsandbits on Dec 1, 2012 11:32:53 GMT -5
Ouch, I can't help but I feel your pain, that looks like a disaster.
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Post by itsandbits on Nov 30, 2012 22:51:16 GMT -5
such nice soft colours in the material. You did a nice job on both the wraps and the cabs; great shine.
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Post by itsandbits on Nov 29, 2012 23:54:38 GMT -5
nice materil nd nice work!
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Post by itsandbits on Nov 29, 2012 19:15:40 GMT -5
unfortunately, in spite of your super packaging, 5-6 of the big slabs bit the dust. Oh well, they're cab size now. nothing you can do to stop that kind of breakage though; you had it packed really well.
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Post by itsandbits on Nov 29, 2012 11:07:12 GMT -5
Got home last night and there it was!! What an amazing collection; I had to take it all out and spread it out on the table. The little lady is NOT pleased :<))) I heard from Alberta and will be sending it there Friday. I wish the weather was warmer so I could slab a couple of these. I'm going to assume the stuff with peoples name on it are who donated it Like "Mike" or "Jan" I don't see anything labelled "for" someone.
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Post by itsandbits on Nov 29, 2012 10:06:19 GMT -5
Yes, the fine details really lean towards a smaller stone. It`s silified too so would stand up fairly well.
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Post by itsandbits on Nov 28, 2012 23:35:28 GMT -5
look at the symetry in that; wow!
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Post by itsandbits on Nov 28, 2012 23:34:32 GMT -5
starting out with what you did; sucks, I think not
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Post by itsandbits on Nov 28, 2012 23:30:25 GMT -5
thanks John and Hub; I really do enjoy getting out and finding what is laying there undiscovered. The feldspar is common in BC but is typically a larger rectangular granular crystal because it has cooled slawly and is a major constituent in the granitic materials along with lots of mica and a variety of the gneisses from black to green. The rockies are made of that stuff. finding the bitséwheat, amongst the chaff is the hard part and I keep looking for more of the epidosite varients too, in a gemmier grade.
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Post by itsandbits on Nov 28, 2012 21:11:52 GMT -5
Oh I can get a lot of granite out of the river if I want to. The rhodonite is infused into allmost everything here if you find the right peice but the river is known to have some large and pure peices and what brought me here was a peice that was given to me 35 years ago; I finally decided to try and find my own but all I see so far is the infused peices. i wish everyone had a river like this to explore; you are welcome to come and do it, just give me 15 minutes notice . :<)))
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Post by itsandbits on Nov 28, 2012 20:25:52 GMT -5
good buy; that is some amazing looking material.
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Post by itsandbits on Nov 28, 2012 12:22:37 GMT -5
verrrrryyyy nice. so are you using a thin peice of black jadeite or nephrite as a backing too?
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Post by itsandbits on Nov 28, 2012 11:23:22 GMT -5
Thanks for looking I guess I should have said how big they are too: the bead is about 25mmx12mm. and the wire is a shellac coated copper for winding coils, that's why the colour is changed. The area is very highly metamorphized, and silified as well and because of the accrual by continental drift, there is old sea bed and just about anything you can name in the area. Some of the silified bed has 50myo snails in it. There is a lot of mineralization of the different rocks through the silification process and chalcedony types are abundant, with most of them having microcrystaline iron pyrite and other things mixed in; and because there is also a lot of volcanism in the area also, it just adds to the variety with hard; 6mohs, serpentine and even some jade lenses.
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Post by itsandbits on Nov 27, 2012 23:35:40 GMT -5
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