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[VegasJames]

192250231_167204152043021_878377335143512077_n by James Sloane, on Flickr

[lithicbeads]

Very unusual , that might make a very wild sphere.

[vitzitziltecpatl]

I like those colors a lot. The offset bits are interesting, too.

[VegasJames]

Cabs of the material.

20181006_155531 by James Sloane, on Flickr

[R.U. Sirius]

Interesting! The one in the middle and the one to the left are so directional that they have this fibrous look to them... did direction of grinding make any difference when cabbing (like with tiger eye or schistoise nephrites), or is this so well silicified that orientation doesn't really matter?

[VegasJames]

Interesting! The one in the middle and the one to the left are so directional that they have this fibrous look to them... did direction of grinding make any difference when cabbing (like with tiger eye or schistoise nephrites), or is this so well silicified that orientation doesn't really matter?

Direction did not seem to make any difference. Some of the pieces have patterns going in various directions. For example in these pieces.

20180410_132225 by James Sloane, on Flickr

20180410_132218 by James Sloane, on Flickr

20180410_132213 by James Sloane, on Flickr

20180410_132204 by James Sloane, on Flickr

20180410_132135 by James Sloane, on Flickr

20180410_132119 by James Sloane, on Flickr

20180410_132059 by James Sloane, on Flickr

[peruano]

Nice stuff and extremely varied.  The finished cabs had a striking similarity to ricolite (serpentine and talc banding), but I realize they have nothing to do with ricolite. 

[VegasJames]

Nice stuff and extremely varied.  The finished cabs had a striking similarity to ricolite (serpentine and talc banding), but I realize they have nothing to do with ricolite.

Some of it does look a lot like ricolite.

[Ryaly2dogs]

That is some really interesting and varied material.  thanks for sharing.