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Fan shaped cabs in SeaHawks colors
« on: January 25, 2015, 01:36:15 PM »
Consignment for a local store in Redmond.  Goal is 12 by game day but I dropped off the 1st 7 yesterday!!!!

Labradorite


WA Listwanite from Frank


Amazonite


Apatite


BC Jade


Sodalite


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:
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Re: Fan shaped cabs in SeaHawks colors
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2015, 04:51:05 PM »
You've been busy!   :headbang:
I can't decide which one is my favorite!
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Re: Fan shaped cabs in SeaHawks colors
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2015, 05:11:57 PM »
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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Re: Fan shaped cabs in SeaHawks colors
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2015, 05:20:10 PM »
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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Re: Fan shaped cabs in SeaHawks colors
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2015, 05:20:55 PM »
Troy if it's the same apatite she made my cab from it's not treated.   :headbang:
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Re: Fan shaped cabs in SeaHawks colors
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2015, 06:17:57 PM »
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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Re: Fan shaped cabs in SeaHawks colors
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2015, 02:30:12 PM »
They're all beautiful! The first is my favorite also. where did you get the laborite? It's good quality
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Re: Fan shaped cabs in SeaHawks colors
« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2015, 04:11:55 PM »
Quote from: liz on January 30, 2015, 02:30:12 PM
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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Re: Fan shaped cabs in SeaHawks colors
« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2015, 05:20:44 PM »
They are all shining in my eyes Krystee! 
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Re: Fan shaped cabs in SeaHawks colors
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2015, 09:38:46 AM »
That bc jade thou..my gosh that is purty!! Looks clean without inclusions :-D
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Re: Fan shaped cabs in SeaHawks colors
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2015, 01:22:16 PM »
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. 
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