The malachite got me back in the game and all the compliments for my polishing has inspired me to work some grueling hours so ya'll have some nice things to look at. Has to be at least three god awful hours a day so ya'll better enjoy this.
The piece that I damaged is pretty much repaired and you can hardly tell that sometimes my brain is broken. I had to go back to the 100 to get it all off.
Front side but it really is a double sided cab though.
Back side or other side and yes that is an excellent heart that showed up.
It is a curved cab too
A fish face cab that almost wasn't a fish when I got done grinding on it.
Back side that I did not finish polishing because there is a fracture I did not want to stress.
A druzzy cab.
Another druzzy cab that I am not sure how I am going to finish. The druzzy butts up to a layered portion that needs polished but there is no way I can do it without messing up the druzzy. Shaky old hands.
Next one on the list.
A small lab cab. The back side has gold lines that flash.
I had this jadeite from Myanmar half finished and tried to finish it on the 3000 soft diamond wheel. Well, it worked for the malachite. Need to step back and do something different. Pretty though.
I am loving the malachite. It hasn't made me sick yet so must not be getting any overspray OR I AM A TOUGH OLD BASTARD. HAHAHA
Jim
