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Jhon P

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Lepidolite
« on: May 05, 2018, 08:33:22 PM »
Cut a cab to see how it was going to polish before I make it into sphere.
The color is darker than the picture but I had to use a dark background and it is a little out of focus.
I took a great polish
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hummingbirdstones

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Re: Lepidolite
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2018, 08:44:25 PM »
Woah!  That turned out gorgeous!   :WEEEE:
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Re: Lepidolite
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2018, 08:54:22 PM »
Larger grain than I have cut before makes it more sparkly and the color held up well
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Re: Lepidolite
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2018, 03:34:01 AM »
Wow that's way better than most lepidolite I have seen cabbed!
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Re: Lepidolite
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2018, 10:16:02 AM »
   Great cabochon.....  Guess I need to get me a bit of that material for cabbing.
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Re: Lepidolite
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2018, 02:28:41 PM »
Beautiful stone.  Great cab!!
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Re: Lepidolite
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2018, 04:29:12 PM »
Nice cab!  I'm surprised it took such a great polish.  Most lepidolite cabs I've seen have nice color but a so-so polish. 
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Re: Lepidolite
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2018, 02:00:59 PM »
I have never seen lepidolite take such a nice polish. I have some Maine lepidolite with tourmaline found by a friend and it is  a lighter degree of polish no matter what I do.
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