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Rock Art => Cabochons, Intarsias, Cameos => Topic started by: tntmom on January 25, 2015, 01:36:15 PM
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Consignment for a local store in Redmond. Goal is 12 by game day but I dropped off the 1st 7 yesterday!!!!
Labradorite
(http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv74/kgniot0709/2015/20150122_193525_zps406ef754.jpg) (http://s671.photobucket.com/user/kgniot0709/media/2015/20150122_193525_zps406ef754.jpg.html)
WA Listwanite from Frank
(http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv74/kgniot0709/2015/20150122_193227_zps4944d7dc.jpg) (http://s671.photobucket.com/user/kgniot0709/media/2015/20150122_193227_zps4944d7dc.jpg.html)
Amazonite
(http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv74/kgniot0709/2015/20150122_193258_zpsa77eb92e.jpg) (http://s671.photobucket.com/user/kgniot0709/media/2015/20150122_193258_zpsa77eb92e.jpg.html)
Apatite
(http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv74/kgniot0709/2015/20150122_194353_zps6fd53829.jpg) (http://s671.photobucket.com/user/kgniot0709/media/2015/20150122_194353_zps6fd53829.jpg.html)
BC Jade
(http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv74/kgniot0709/2015/20150122_193442_zpsebd96fe8.jpg) (http://s671.photobucket.com/user/kgniot0709/media/2015/20150122_193442_zpsebd96fe8.jpg.html)
Sodalite
(http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv74/kgniot0709/2015/20150122_203209_zpsb440469e.jpg) (http://s671.photobucket.com/user/kgniot0709/media/2015/20150122_203209_zpsb440469e.jpg.html)
And Azurite. This piece, although very beautiful, was a very stubborn piece of Azurite. For some reason I couldn't get it to a mirror shine no matter what I tried. Zam did absolutely nothing for it. 50k diamond on really soft felt did the best job but even that only got it to a semi gloss, more of a satin type finish. Oh well, some stones just don't want to shine the way I think they should :BangHead:
(http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv74/kgniot0709/2015/20150122_193150_zpsd063a24d.jpg) (http://s671.photobucket.com/user/kgniot0709/media/2015/20150122_193150_zpsd063a24d.jpg.html)
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You've been busy! :headbang:
I can't decide which one is my favorite!
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I really love the first one but I also got my socks knocked off with the rest:)
Moonlight on the water is the first one:)
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Has the Apatite been treated. I have some but it is full of pits and fissures. Probably just low quality but but I was gonna try hotstuff.
Thanks
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Troy if it's the same apatite she made my cab from it's not treated. :headbang:
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No treatment Troy :D This stuff is soft but most all of the fractures and fissures are self healed with quartz. I had to work around a few that went all the way through the slabs but surprisingly, most were stable :headbang: I slabbed the rock from a local sphere maker who said he didn't want it because it looked too unstable. He was wrong, and I was VERY happy!!!!!!
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They're all beautiful! The first is my favorite also. where did you get the laborite? It's good quality
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They're all beautiful! The first is my favorite also. where did you get the laborite? It's good quality
I'm not sure Liz? I have a plastic bin of Lab and it's from several different sources. That one just happened to catch my eye because it flashed perfectly as a fan shape when held at chest angle.
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They are all shining in my eyes Krystee!
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That bc jade thou..my gosh that is purty!! Looks clean without inclusions :-D
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All of these are just gorgeous! I have a soft spot in my heart for labradorite, though. :-)
Your beautiful cabs here have inspired me to make the rounded triangle shape my next one to try to learn.