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Jhon P

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Birdseye rhyolite
« on: October 31, 2017, 08:18:57 AM »
5” Birdseye rhyolite from Mexico
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Re: Birdseye rhyolite
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2017, 08:48:41 AM »
superb..............
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Re: Birdseye rhyolite
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2017, 09:28:03 AM »
A perfect Halloween sphere with all those eyes!   :headbang:
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Re: Birdseye rhyolite
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2017, 05:11:36 PM »
Wow, that turned out bue-tee-ful! :blob1:
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Re: Birdseye rhyolite
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2017, 01:44:16 PM »
Very interesting !
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Re: Birdseye rhyolite
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2017, 05:31:43 PM »
Jhon, that one is outta the park.  So perfect in every way.
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Re: Birdseye rhyolite
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2017, 09:38:01 PM »
OMG, I can hear the screams of all the cabs trapped in that sphere. How cruel. They just want their freedom. Please end their suffering. Let them out!
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Re: Birdseye rhyolite
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2017, 06:56:56 AM »
 :LOLOL:  Everytime I see one of Jhon's or Sandsave's spheres, I think the exact same thing!
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Re: Birdseye rhyolite
« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2017, 10:41:36 AM »
That is an outstanding sphere! Nicely done  :thumbsup:
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Re: Birdseye rhyolite
« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2017, 08:00:49 PM »
Lol! all of those eyes of the cabs looking to get out!
We end up with lots of scrap for slabs. Sometimes up to 50%.  Rocks like this I slab up or save the cuts off to slab in the future. When I have a cube cut and I am cutting the preform I will cut slabs off all the corners. It takes time but give me plenty of material for cabs. Sometimes I slab the rock as I am cutting the cube.
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Re: Birdseye rhyolite
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2017, 07:15:30 AM »
Being kinda new here, maybe this has been asked before and I just haven't seen the answer; but do you and/or Sandsave ever put any of your spheres up for sale? If so, where?
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Re: Birdseye rhyolite
« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2017, 11:54:54 AM »
I sell them once on a while. My sister is buying this one. I don’t have time to actively try and sell. I am to busy working. I tell my daughter that I am building inventory for when I retire. If you are interested in one pm me. Cost all depends on size and material
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Re: Birdseye rhyolite
« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2017, 04:03:12 PM »
I'm with jhon, I slab when cutting performs. Nothing is wasted. I like to see how many cabs I can trap in one sphere! It looks like Jhon trapped quite a few.
Very cool looking sphere. 
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Re: Birdseye rhyolite
« Reply #13 on: November 03, 2017, 06:07:55 PM »
I have buckets of saw scrap from rainbow oynx, serpentine, Verdi antique and other rock that I don’t have much interest in cutting into cabs. I am planning on donating them to the rock club.
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