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Rock Art => Cabochons, Intarsias, Cameos => Topic started by: irockhound on August 02, 2016, 11:39:26 PM
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I had a couple of these in my in-process trays and decided to get busy. The Chrysocolla was some material I found at this last Quartzsite. The guy had hit the vein a week before the show. It went from Parrot Wing to great Chrysocolla to an almost Turquoise. He was only charging 15 a lb but the were huge chunks - solid blue color was 3 1/2" tall and 3 to 4" wide vein. Absolutely crazy material. Also the Australians had finally gotten in a couple barrels of large Botswana's.
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Those r all great but the Palm is something new to me in that type and I really like it!
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Now that's what you call a Baker's dozen, 13 sweet treats.
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Very nice -- love those Bots!
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Great classic stones , thanks.
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Love the variety of shapes. Looking good.
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Gorgeous stones! Love the framing of the pattern with the palm root and the Botswana.
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Thanks, I have been on a bit of a palm root kick lately and have found it very hard to find material. Last Quartzsite I went through the show looking for some and pretty much came up dry. I have some saved from locations I have collected and pick from that. One of these days I'll find a good spot. Last time I went out just for root I had a Mojave Green pop up in front of my knee just above the snake chaps in the extreme defensive position and set a very bad tone for that day's collecting. The Botswana's are easy since the patterns in those are so strong.
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i am greatly attracted to that stone canyon.
just something about it that draws me to it, breciated stone i think. Maybe because of my past being so cracked, broken and mended together again through devine intervention and time..