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sillimanite cab
« 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.

rock it came from; it has a couple of healed fractures in it and weighed in around 5kgs. whole
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Re: sillimanite cab
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2015, 10:35:21 AM »
Beautiful cab!  I live the shape.  It is great material.   :icon_sunny:
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Re: sillimanite cab
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: sillimanite cab
« Reply #3 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.
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Re: sillimanite cab
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2015, 06:10:10 PM »
Love it Lloyd nice shape for nice material.
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Re: sillimanite cab
« Reply #5 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:
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Re: sillimanite cab
« Reply #6 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.
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