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Rock Art => Cabochons, Intarsias, Cameos => Topic started by: Itsandbits on January 17, 2015, 07:59:23 AM

Title: Just a pretty picture; IMHO :)
Post by: Itsandbits on January 17, 2015, 07:59:23 AM: All but three pieces collected locally; I'm sure you recognize the foreigners :)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hl0s797LcGE/VLnMNw5Y0aI/AAAAAAAAPaQ/OmVC_bWxMuA/w980-h735-no/IMG_20150116_184152.jpg)
Title: Re: Just a pretty picture; IMHO :)
Post by: adovbs on January 17, 2015, 08:07:35 AM: Very nice! What's the small shimmery teardrop in the middle? :-)
Title: Re: Just a pretty picture; IMHO :)
Post by: Itsandbits on January 17, 2015, 08:48:02 AM: Quote from: adovbs on January 17, 2015, 08:07:35 AM
Very nice! What's the small shimmery teardrop in the middle? :-)
Wello opal with a "ghost" inclusion; the whitish fog in the center, not it's best showing.
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Post by: Phishisgroovin on January 17, 2015, 09:18:25 AM: awsome.
i love that opal. i like the lavendar stone upper right best though.
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Post by: Enchantra on January 17, 2015, 09:58:50 AM: Ooooh it's a drool festival! :thumbsup: :notworthy: :icon_sunny:
Love these Lloyd! :icon_sunny:
Title: Re: Just a pretty picture; IMHO :)
Post by: Itsandbits on January 17, 2015, 10:54:04 AM: Quote from: Phishisgroovin on January 17, 2015, 09:18:25 AM
awsome.
i love that opal. i like the lavendar stone upper right best though.
that one is BCs answer to the; ________agate, fill in the blanks. Came out of the; used to be, Disdero claim here. I missed the seam by one shovelfull and he dropped into the hole after I left it and started pulling this stuff out:( We were supposed to share equally what everyone; his cousin and I, found; famous last words, I had to buy this off him on Ebay
Thanks Amanda, sometimes I sit and drool on them myself; or was that when I was having a stroke??? LOL
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Post by: lithicbeads on January 17, 2015, 01:00:10 PM: Very nice presentation.I find it encouraging that you do not ignore your local stones as so many have done. Thinking of spring yet?
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Post by: Itsandbits on January 17, 2015, 04:24:52 PM: I sure am Frank, although that 18" dump of snow that we got kind of dampened the early hounding thoughts.... The rivers will be too high to hound till fall if it thaws too fast but the higher ground will be waiting:) Hope your recovery is going well.
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Post by: wampidy on January 18, 2015, 06:23:02 AM: I am with Frank on the local stuff. Beauties all.

I have a slab that could be laid down next to the black with white spots and you would swear they came from the same rock. Mine came from the lake Michigan area. Do you have a closer photo of that one.

I also like your long cab shapes. I have done some of the same lately
Jim
(http://i1106.photobucket.com/albums/h375/wampidy/Rocks/PA160007.jpg) (http://s1106.photobucket.com/user/wampidy/media/Rocks/PA160007.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Just a pretty picture; IMHO :)
Post by: Itsandbits on January 18, 2015, 09:08:16 AM: Thanks Jim and Frank
they sure do look similar!!
This is a very fine grained black basalt with white small feldspar?? crystals and takes a nice shine as there aren't any potholes or pits in it. I got this from the Thompson River near Ashcroft on a business trip; about an hour from me. I still have about 5 kgs. and there are more rocks of this type there
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-a_E7H3_cb_g/VLvmhcSxTOI/AAAAAAAAPjA/0JYijRoiWww/w552-h735-no/IMG_20150118_085236.jpg)
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Post by: ScarlettOSara on January 18, 2015, 06:51:50 PM: I love all of them. I bet all of us look for rocks wherever we go. LOL
I was going through a Drive Thru the other day and I saw a rock with some blue crystals in it laying under the place where you order. I jumped out and picked it up. I showed the young kid at the Drive in and confessed I picked it up and he just gave me that look that said.... Are you crazy? LOLOL There is no need to explain to people who don't love rocks....