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Post by itsandbits on Jul 25, 2012 12:04:53 GMT -5
Really nice colour and translucency; transparency on the one and spots that are allmost getting the imperial colour too!!. Oh and nice work bringing it out!
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 25, 2012 11:58:45 GMT -5
thanks for looking and the comments; I like your comment about the "little green apples" allthough it brings to mind "road apples" which are ok for pucks in the winter. I've been trying to figure out what the stripey material actually is and have gone as far as looking at it magnified to up to 200 power and the structure is very much like some nephrite I have and some other material that is translucent like the nephrite and have the same intertwining 3 dimensional mossy structures in them that are the actinole and tremolite mineral forms scrunched together. These are another form of the asbestos group but they are not loose fibres so aren't dangerous even when cutting but you should protect yourself from all rock dust. Next step is to take it to a local lab I guess but I'm pretty sure it is a "dirty" form of nephrite. Possibly too much iron? or copper; both high in this area, causing it to be opaque versus translucent or transparent.
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 24, 2012 22:03:16 GMT -5
I did a nice large cab up out of Guatemalan jade, it is about 25mmx 20mm and has spots of the imperial colour that is colouring the clear and creamy white material and has very high translucency Attachments:![](//storage.proboards.com/1258779/thumbnailer/H723i0KpiMM4FtaNCbrx.jpg)
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 24, 2012 22:00:08 GMT -5
I did this cab up out of the green stripey serpentine? it's probably too hard for that but I can't really call it anything else for now. Quartz doesn't readily scratch it even using a sharp edge. I'm going to get some of this out there so others can tell me what they think it is. thanks for looking. Attachments:![](//storage.proboards.com/1258779/thumbnailer/gYRCLkvBXGSym7_QEdRx.jpg)
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 24, 2012 21:52:13 GMT -5
some interesting material, you'll get some nice cabs what hardness do you think the serpentine is?
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 24, 2012 16:03:52 GMT -5
Great job on the points but, just sayin this isn't the board for new stuff, it's for artifacts and fossils
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 24, 2012 15:01:33 GMT -5
There's way too many for you to do by yourself; you need to shift the workload a little furthur north :<)
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 24, 2012 9:47:37 GMT -5
makes me think of what the dinosaurs must have seen at the end.
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 23, 2012 23:19:25 GMT -5
you know, I talked myself out of seam making tools because of the ends I asked you to show:<)
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 23, 2012 21:28:35 GMT -5
are they always used in pairs
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 23, 2012 21:26:15 GMT -5
thanks for the new pic. helped but not too
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 23, 2012 21:14:02 GMT -5
would you ship the rockÉ :')))))
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 23, 2012 19:26:19 GMT -5
could you get a picture of the tapered end or describe it
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 23, 2012 15:25:42 GMT -5
wire forms
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 23, 2012 15:20:22 GMT -5
wire forms
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 23, 2012 0:58:34 GMT -5
sweet
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 22, 2012 13:34:22 GMT -5
it's good to find your own direction; she's doing well so far:<)
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 22, 2012 13:29:00 GMT -5
That's a finish I can only dream off, wow. how did you get them all off in the same direction? :<)) I don't think they are showing in the mounts and if they do she probably think that's your signature. Maybe it is!
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 22, 2012 13:04:54 GMT -5
Do you want to move on and sell them to someone that is going to put the time and money in and treasure it the way you did; it may be more a matter of who buys it then money
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 21, 2012 22:10:33 GMT -5
cut it in half and epoxy it back to back. didn't the seller put the dimensions in the post?
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