Gentlemen:
I have been working stone for the past five years. In that time, I have come to appreciate quality rock over, well, lets say "less than quality." We spend a lot of time cutting, shaping and polishing, and then cleaning out all the stone dust and mucking out our saws. I have no problem with all of that except I want it to be worth the effort. I know all of you have favorite rock to fabricate, so I would like your opinion. If you could have your choice of stone what would it be? If this sounds like a survey, I apologize. I myself despise surveys. Let's say you had limited time to work a rock, what would you choose. Myself? I found blue chalcedony from Malwai (sp?) Africa at Tucson last year. Pricey? You betcha! Bought a piece after going through most of the lot. It turned out to be something I really well had a lot of respect for. I am going to Quartzite and Tuscon this month. Anyone on the forum going?
Mike