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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 29, 2017 10:10:16 GMT -5
Not particularly waxy feeling. Feels like any other slab.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 29, 2017 9:06:34 GMT -5
Yeah, Mexican. Has the hallmarks - those maroon splotches, the tiny intricate detail.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 29, 2017 9:03:11 GMT -5
Here's mine. It was sold to me as Coprolite anyway. It's so big it has to go in my special "honkers" slab box! Maybe 10" wide. However it is not impossible that it is really something else - it looks a lot like pink Tiffany too, the brecciation and the yellow orange jaspery spot look very Tiffanyesque.  |
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 27, 2017 10:35:17 GMT -5
This is the same stuff that somebody saw on a vacation trip down to Mexico a few years ago. Was it Mario who posted the pics of it? I've seen it in beads a bit at shows. Almost certainly a conglomerate made from real stones and powder and other magical ingredients, of the ilk of mojave turquoise. Super pretty though. If it was a real stone like some sort of chrysocolla, it would be on the market and expensive, since it is so attractive.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 27, 2017 10:23:49 GMT -5
I loooove Mescalero! Yours is no exception! The others are super as well - neat colors on the polychrome, great find. And that's one stunning bot - I haven't seen on with that particular stripe style before.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 27, 2017 10:19:53 GMT -5
yowza! want!
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 26, 2017 19:59:05 GMT -5
Woo hoo, congrats Dave!
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 26, 2017 17:15:55 GMT -5
I might theoretically want the faceting machine but let the others have first dibs.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 26, 2017 13:35:31 GMT -5
Lol yeah we always end up at the same slab bucket at the shows!
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 26, 2017 10:28:20 GMT -5
Nice batch!! Those are going to make some sweet cabs. Can't wait to see those ammonites!
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 25, 2017 18:28:08 GMT -5
 Gem Tec Opal Cabbing Unit (pic from Radio) |
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 25, 2017 16:08:26 GMT -5
I can post them. I have smugmug and it works fine.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 25, 2017 14:59:38 GMT -5
Keep us posted!
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 25, 2017 13:37:10 GMT -5
Oh, so this is THAT brazillian. I was wondering!  Love them all. Your pics are motivating me to get my cabbing machine back set up this weekend! |
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 25, 2017 12:28:55 GMT -5
Will check that one out. And yeah, I hear you about the prices!
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 25, 2017 10:24:44 GMT -5
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 25, 2017 10:23:11 GMT -5
Looks a lot like hemimorphite to me - def not amazonite or larimar. I'm not soo familiar with Smithsonite though so can't rule that out.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 25, 2017 10:13:26 GMT -5
For a point of reference - on my BD10 with the MK303 blade, I get about 3 cuts of a max size hard rock when I'm using water with additives and hand feeding (trying to be non-aggressive with the pressure but you know how it is). Blade wears out fast with this system. More cuts probably with oil between dressing. I'm interested in other people's answers.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 25, 2017 10:08:50 GMT -5
Don't tempt me like that!!!!
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Aug 25, 2017 10:07:35 GMT -5
That flame is off the charts! Love the colors on the shattuckite of course too.
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Love them all. Your pics are motivating me to get my cabbing machine back set up this weekend!
