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Sandsave

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Breccia Chert
« on: July 15, 2020, 07:09:06 PM »

This was a tough one to make, a lot of different material some harder than others. 4”
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Re: Breccia Chert
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2020, 11:09:55 PM »

Great looking sphere. :thumbsup:
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Jhon P

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Re: Breccia Chert
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2020, 10:04:05 AM »

Cool. Make it difficult with the different materials
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Re: Breccia Chert
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2020, 10:32:56 AM »

What a mixture, good job.
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Re: Breccia Chert
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2020, 11:28:01 AM »

The more I look at it, the more interesting it gets. Not from simple shattered rock, left more or less in place, as often seen in breccias, these are different in pattern and color, then a mixing occured, but not enough to round things off. I always wonder what happened with rocks like these to form them. It looks like the one side is put  together with pink chalcedony.
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Re: Breccia Chert
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2020, 06:54:30 PM »

Cool!!  It reminds me a bit of how Rainforest Jasper comes together, but made in America.  Where is the material sourced out of?
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Re: Breccia Chert
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2020, 06:59:24 PM »

I really like this material.  Howe does a fellow sphere maker acquire some?  Hound, purchase, or trade?
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Re: Breccia Chert
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2020, 07:40:34 PM »

That is so cool.  Great looking sphere - there's so much to look at!
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Re: Breccia Chert
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2020, 05:52:39 PM »

I picked this up in quartzite last year one of the Aussie vendors can’t remember which one, I think Glen
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Re: Breccia Chert
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2020, 08:13:54 AM »

Amazing colours.  Such a treat to see. So much more vivid and interesting that the largely red/brown brecciated spheres coming out of India and South Africa.
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