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Rock Art => Cabochons, Intarsias, Cameos => Topic started by: Jhon P on September 16, 2016, 06:35:21 PM

Title: Labradorite
Post by: Jhon P on September 16, 2016, 06:35:21 PM

Here is another stone that is hard to photograph. Need to do a video. I bought a good size piece. at quartzite and made a sphere. This is a leftover piece. I have a lot more that I need to sort thru and cut.   

Title: Re: Labradorite
Post by: Jhon P on September 16, 2016, 06:46:43 PM

Here is another that is hard to photograph
Variegated tigereye. I have to see what else that I have done recently that is chatoyant that is hard to photo

Title: Re: Labradorite
Post by: Jhon P on September 16, 2016, 06:54:14 PM

Petersite. I am posting off of my phone and can only do one at a time, sorry

Title: Re: Labradorite
Post by: Jhon P on September 16, 2016, 06:54:53 PM

Charlolite

Title: Re: Labradorite
Post by: Jhon P on September 16, 2016, 06:57:16 PM

Moonstone
I think that is all I have done recently that is chatoyant of has a flash that is hard to photograph , let's see what the rest of you have

Title: Re: Labradorite
Post by: Ranger_Dave on September 16, 2016, 07:48:41 PM

I love that pietersite. I have a piece I paid a lot of money for and I'm afraid to work on it. Maybe I'll just put it on a flat lap and admire the whole slab as it is.

Title: Re: Labradorite
Post by: Barclay on September 16, 2016, 08:09:07 PM

Beautiful orientation on the labradorite.  I am still scared to mess with my labradorite because i think i would muck it up.

Title: Re: Labradorite
Post by: Jhon P on September 16, 2016, 08:59:33 PM

The good blue petersite is expensive , paid almost $100 for the slab that came from but I will get five cabs out of it. It's hard to really appreciate the color and chatoyant in a photo.
 The labradorite I bought at quartzsite. I was able to cut a sphere that is over 4" and it left a lot of cab material. Quite a bit of it has little to no flash but what dose is pretty good. It's not hard to cut, a little soft but you should go for, they make pretty cabs. If you mess it up it will be my fault so I can send you another piece

Title: Re: Labradorite
Post by: Orrum on September 17, 2016, 01:38:05 AM

The lovely Susan has a thick slab of labordite and loves the stuff and I am afraid to cab it too!  It cost a lot.

Title: Re: Labradorite
Post by: gemfeller on September 18, 2016, 09:39:41 PM

Looks like you got the Labradorite oriented just right -- that's really a cool cab.  How big is it?  I like 'em all.  And who can resist Pietersite?  The stuff's gotten scary expensive since I last checked.

Title: Re: Labradorite
Post by: Jhon P on September 19, 2016, 07:40:23 AM

The labradorite is 1 1/4" X 1" the orientation is just luck. Most of it is saw scraps from cutting the sphere. My wife was woundering what I was thinking when I was buying the petersite.
Next thing you know something else will be desirable and cost more than it is worth

Title: Re: Labradorite
Post by: olgguy on September 19, 2016, 09:08:50 AM

Blue Tiger eye 42.7 X 30 X 7.5 Photographed pretty well. Red Tiger eye 73.4 X 15.9 X 5.3mm with Hematite.