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Beads!!!!! => Show and Tell -Finished Beads => Topic started by: lithicbeads on August 10, 2014, 08:45:04 PM
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Its nice to end the day with a really interesting stone.
35 mm long, 2.5 mm hole
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Oh Yah I really like that one, Jade is what got me interested in this hobby.
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I love cutting top grade flawless translucent Siberian jade but this jade seems more real like it has history with all the wild things in it.
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I love it when stones have something going on inside them, like some kind of swirled storm raging within. :D
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Really pretty! Did you drill that yourself? I've only drilled a couple of beads, and they took forever!!!!
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I have acquired a bit of that stone and love the look of it. Problem is when I drill it for rings it comes apart no matter how gentle I drill it. I have one more solid piece that I am going to try but I do not have high hopes.
Jim
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Very nice bead Frank; do you have a machine now to make those so symmetrical LOL
It all depends on the particular piece Jim, That 27 lb block I have is probably very solid on the other end and through the middle; opposite where I took the 2 lb. piece that does have feathers off. It also has the most chrome and imperial green in the solid portion so there may be some correlation. I find even the feathery material will stand up in smaller pieces; I've cut 1/4" 1/4" x 3 " pieces from it and they "tink" like pieces of steel. If they don't I drop them on the cement and the weak spot shows up pretty fast....
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I never tire of looking at your Tube Beads, especially the big fat ones. I like the solid umph they have.