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Post by metalsmith on Jul 3, 2017 12:35:35 GMT -5
Possible Options (and any more you can think of)! 1) Finish bubbling up the silver and call it reticulated 2) Cut a new stone to fit if that works with a prettier 'face' at the cut-out 3) strip off the bezel and just stick with Om 4) resign it to the pile of shame whilst you workout what to do with it 5) melt it into a ball and start over
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Post by metalsmith on Jul 2, 2017 1:42:28 GMT -5
Answers for magma can be found in Anthony R. Philpotts book "Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology."
In the preface he states: Actually, ignoring the calculus, chemistry, and physics, the information can be grasped even by a simpleton like me.
Jam-pot convection was the simplest analogy for this: just watching material heated on the floor of the pan rise up and roil. This was always the branch of the science that attracted me so much
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Post by metalsmith on Jul 1, 2017 13:13:44 GMT -5
These work well together! Liking the oxidation.
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Post by metalsmith on Jul 1, 2017 7:54:10 GMT -5
Just a random slide show of some rock projects,so far..........Since "Photobucket" is being a pain in the A$%,I'm using FlickR for now.. The thundereggs are from the new claim on the Polka Dot Mine (Canyons Rim)....Some of my cabs,before and after....(getting better at it too) LOL A few slabs,etc etc....... flic.kr/s/aHsm3tt1pwTo add a direct link to an image from Flickr, delete everything before the second http, up to and including \[img\] Aside - (I've had to "escape" the square brackets with a \ other wise the BB treats this as code), but for example: url=https://flic.kr/p/QBYbGC] then delete everything after ... ".jpg" - excluding this! Bingo!
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Post by metalsmith on Jul 1, 2017 7:51:23 GMT -5
Great slabs n cabs! I'm also intrigued by #10 - what is it? No 1 is great too. It looks a little like one I cut a while ago now ...
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Post by metalsmith on Jul 1, 2017 7:44:14 GMT -5
If the gold part is metallic instead of just yellow flecks, it could be apache gold, a stone composed of golden metallic chalcopyrite in black shist....Mel in black soapstone to my understanding, but the point remains... The sample looks yellow spotted to me, but on a screen who knows - does it look metallic? Could you also try to scratch a spot off? If it is bright yellow, then the obvious candidates would be sulphur and alternatively yellow arises in arsenic compounds (see bumblebee jasper, containing both) so this could be toxic and maybe you should take proper precautions and steer away from aerial-dispersing the powder from cutting it until you have some confidence in what you know.
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Post by metalsmith on Jul 1, 2017 7:34:07 GMT -5
The copper solder does require higher heat and can be difficult to work with. Most people use silver solder, and just clean/sand the work well. All of the rules for annealing, and flowing, and pickling apply. ^^ Just that! Although I'm not an expert in it, I've certainly used it enough to have learned some characteristics of the material. Copper is higher melting point than silver so you can blast it and the silver solder will run with no danger of damaging the copper (unless you get really silly!)... I did manage to get some to melt (but I was trying to!) and it also melted the tip of my torch! Copper is very similar to silver to work, but even more lovely. Yes, you might have an issue getting a seamless join with silver solder, but you can take the opportunity to learn how to minimise what you need and clean up any excess. Copper is very malleable so pipe will hammer out nicely, it would just result in thinner big rings!
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Post by metalsmith on Jun 30, 2017 12:58:54 GMT -5
Gemmy just means towards the direction of 'gem' grade. What is gem grade? A rock capable of becoming a gem. What is a gem? See here for a definition. Durability, cut and polish. So gemmy is just that the stone has the potential to endure this and come out of the other end. Another working definition I've seen is simply that the rock holds some value - that a buyer would be be willing to part with some hard-earned. I'd like to think that sellers of good character use the term responsibly; this is what builds a reputation and earn return custom. I would consider facet grade to be above gemmy and of course facet grade can still be SI3. Personally, I treat any description of a rock as 'gemmy' with suspicion. It has no clear, understood or legal definition. Like the word 'fresh'.
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Post by metalsmith on Jun 29, 2017 2:31:56 GMT -5
$2.50 per cab ... that's just a ridiculous asking price for these!
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Post by metalsmith on Jun 29, 2017 2:29:41 GMT -5
There are 130 Views and only 7 votes . . . don't you guys care . . . this is an important issue ? Sorry, I couldn't vote ... zero - you have my answer. This is important because ... ?
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Post by metalsmith on Jun 28, 2017 16:01:52 GMT -5
I'm not asking how much you paid as that is none of my business, but should I ever hit the bigtime what should I expect to pay for a lot this size? Well the numbers are there: $2.50 per cab x 250 then what ever negotiation can achieve. Nice one Lynn!
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Post by metalsmith on Jun 28, 2017 13:05:59 GMT -5
Wow. it never occurred to me that there should be a Zero answer. You must not be eating any Pancakes or Corn Bread then . . . Zero... mainly Pancakes are eggs flour and milk where's the butter? Might fry in butter once or twice a year. When I cook a cake (birthdays) then I tend to use butter. Half a block a month would be overcooking the stats.
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Post by metalsmith on Jun 26, 2017 12:53:05 GMT -5
Had they stuck to the name "Stonar" it could have been a completely different outcome
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Post by metalsmith on Jun 26, 2017 12:50:42 GMT -5
I know there are huge pumpkins, but the biggest "Fruit" that I see belongs to the Durian family I belief this particular picture to be photoshopped, but have seen durians that size before. Particularly in terms of surface area... Someone had to didn't they?
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Post by metalsmith on Jun 26, 2017 12:45:33 GMT -5
Rain's what makes those rainbows. Everything is as it will be.
Best wishes!
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Post by metalsmith on Jun 26, 2017 12:16:51 GMT -5
Picasso Marble. I bought this rough directly from the miner. It's the hardest, flinty-ist picasso marble I've ever seen. took a great polish. Great work ... looks like a hogs back cloud over a mountain summit.
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Post by metalsmith on Jun 24, 2017 23:40:05 GMT -5
I really need to come up with something similar. I leave my larger files lying in the sweeps drawer and I have my smaller needle files just sitting on the bench. They're not organized and every so often a few the latter get knocked to the floor. Harbor freight has magnetic tool holder bars pretty cheap that work very well for files. www.harborfreight.com/18-in-magnetic-tool-holder-61199.html The only down side is the files will become slightly magnetized and will pick up pins, binding wire and such. There is one in the pic underneath the big Red fire put-r-outer thingamabobber Tidy set up. Literally! A magnetic knife holder would do the trick too.
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Post by metalsmith on Jun 24, 2017 23:21:07 GMT -5
It has wabi sabi... Tidy wrapping!
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Post by metalsmith on Jun 24, 2017 14:04:46 GMT -5
i'm not seeing embedded images either. However your photo does look a lot more like rhodonite than before and guess what ... ... It has a perfect, prismatic cleavage, almost at right angles. So there you go! I know that it is found in the area, so apologies if we rubbed you up the wrong way and you knew all along?! But the first image just didn't look the part.[/quote]
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Post by metalsmith on Jun 24, 2017 1:13:58 GMT -5
Looks like granite to me. That one tan squarish crystal looks like plagioclase feldspar Yeah but... It appears to have broadly rectangular cleavage suggesting (if it were feldspar) orthoclase; pink colouration: plagioclase Likely real-world facts: somewhere between the two Rhodonite? The jury is out. More images / info required. Lovely cab all the same!
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