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Rock Art => Cabochons, Intarsias, Cameos => Topic started by: Gergis on February 26, 2015, 04:33:41 PM

Title: Couple of freeform cabs from this morning :-)
Post by: Gergis on February 26, 2015, 04:33:41 PM

First cab was from a piece of pyrite that was oxidized (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/26/46f8d0b389f524cae5109a86e01cd86f.jpg) (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/26/c2493c27a7fbb5d37e3245492f99ceff.jpg) boy what a black gnarly mess that created as you can see (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/26/f053a4f20a02f383424b1bcf837360ec.jpg) for a metal i was pretty surprised it was so soft and easy to grind and form (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/26/d82a725d00e6f18194c3469314c149e0.jpg) i left the natural pocket in it cause #1 i wanted to keep as much of the original material and keep it as large as possible #2 i think it added to its over all look and shows what once was dark and kinda ugly is now revealed in this golden shiny piece. (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/26/db460104aab0e673bd4ae274a0179641.jpg) (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/26/8ae2a39620632145643740a15bc4702f.jpg) (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/26/75500da7facb5e8c962083663446a190.jpg)

Title: Re: Couple of freeform cabs from this morning :-)
Post by: Gergis on February 26, 2015, 04:43:27 PM

And second was a piece of dino bone i bought for 2bucks at a rockshow i hosted last weekend (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/26/1693e5ca2f678e44952896d8984dcbbf.jpg) it gave off a fairly good organic smell kinda like coral but not as strong. It was an extremely thin slab(slabbett??) so i worked it with diligent hands slowly and carefully..after getting into sanding i was running into scratches that just wouldnt go away so i hooked up my expando belt setup and worked my way thru some belts upto 600grit worn belt then back over to my nova 600 and onto 1200 and finally 3000polish..im really happy with the results on my first dino bone piece :-) (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/26/80e4f350c27338beef1109f4a4996e79.jpg) (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/26/4658adb8cbac90b65eb9c4ab4808f179.jpg) (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/26/4da469d6197b90f9c0d0196dc310d8d3.jpg) (http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/26/75b533cc449075df674da672fd7e0047.jpg)

Title: Re: Couple of freeform cabs from this morning :-)
Post by: wampidy on February 26, 2015, 05:38:36 PM

Sweet beauties. And you are going to be reminded of them until the skin on your hands recycles.
Jim

Title: Re: Couple of freeform cabs from this morning :-)
Post by: Minkos61 on February 26, 2015, 05:46:45 PM

Very nice work Gergis  :icon_thumleft: :icon_thumleft:

Title: Re: Couple of freeform cabs from this morning :-)
Post by: Gergis on February 26, 2015, 06:02:53 PM

Yep scrubbed the crap outta my hands at least a dozen times and still stained..like coalminers hands

Title: Re: Couple of freeform cabs from this morning :-)
Post by: Enchantra on February 26, 2015, 07:19:24 PM

Gergis you have one heck of a killer polish on that Pyrite!  Love it!   :blob1: :blob1:

Title: Re: Couple of freeform cabs from this morning :-)
Post by: lithicbeads on February 26, 2015, 07:53:22 PM

Fun stuff!

Title: Re: Couple of freeform cabs from this morning :-)
Post by: iceopals on February 27, 2015, 06:34:13 AM

That pyrite is stupendous!!!   The hands, not so much.   :LOLOL:

Title: Re: Couple of freeform cabs from this morning :-)
Post by: MrsWTownsend on March 10, 2015, 07:08:28 PM

The doni bone has nice color, I think that was a good score.  I was delighted to see how easily my wheels buffed metal, makes buffing out scratches on bezel settings a lot easier.  Lol

The pyrite is an exceptionally cool find, I like that a lot.

Rockin' Tapatalk

Title: Re: Couple of freeform cabs from this morning :-)
Post by: ScarlettOSara on March 11, 2015, 07:03:43 AM

Wow I didn't know pyrite would polish up that nicely:)
Always love dino bone:)
Always enjoy your enjoyment of rocks:)

Title: Re: Couple of freeform cabs from this morning :-)
Post by: RxScram on March 14, 2015, 08:15:47 PM

The pyrite is gorgeous!

Interestingly, it's not actually a metal. It's a mineral consisting of a metal (iron) and a non-metal (sulfer). The crystal it forms has about the same hardness as chalcedony (6.5-7).

That being said... it sure as heck looks like a metal!