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Rock Art => Cabochons, Intarsias, Cameos => Topic started by: Itsandbits on January 09, 2015, 08:25:27 AM

Title: sillimanite cab
Post by: Itsandbits on January 09, 2015, 08:25:27 AM: This is a cab; about 65mm x 18mm x 6mm, I made in the new year from one of my sillimanite rocks I found last fall. The material is hard; about 7mohs, easy to polish; this is at 3000 on the resin pads, tough, and comes in a variety of colours I haven't found yet but this rock had a blend of some of them.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0JuTW5nRIwA/VKhfKRYvLsI/AAAAAAAAPT8/xuoT0E4eX0g/w534-h713-no/IMG_20150103_132118.jpg)
rock it came from; it has a couple of healed fractures in it and weighed in around 5kgs. whole
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-AEOdNdqt000/VFuYT9EwGdI/AAAAAAAAL-I/rA88PjsZMlc/w950-h713-no/IMG_20141103_095735.jpg)
Title: Re: sillimanite cab
Post by: Enchantra on January 09, 2015, 10:35:21 AM: Beautiful cab! I live the shape. It is great material. :icon_sunny:
Title: Re: sillimanite cab
Post by: Itsandbits on January 09, 2015, 11:27:55 AM: Thanks Amanda, sorry I didn't get a peice of this into your box, only had the one specimen slab cut yet.
Title: Re: sillimanite cab
Post by: wampidy on January 09, 2015, 05:06:45 PM: A beauty. Really like the shape. I have been doing some odd shapes lately too just to be different.
Jim
Title: Re: sillimanite cab
Post by: Minkos61 on January 09, 2015, 06:10:10 PM: Love it Lloyd nice shape for nice material.
Title: Re: sillimanite cab
Post by: Enchantra on January 09, 2015, 07:58:19 PM: Quote from: Itsandbits on January 09, 2015, 11:27:55 AM
Thanks Amanda, sorry I didn't get a peice of this into your box, only had the one specimen slab cut yet.

No problem Lloyd, I love what you gave me. :love1:
Title: Re: sillimanite cab
Post by: Itsandbits on January 09, 2015, 09:34:40 PM: thanks Ernie and Jim, I've been expirimenting with some different shapes that might suit the material more after I did a couple of standard cabs that just didn't seem to look right.