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Stone Guitar Picks!, Handmade by Denise
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post Dec 8 2009, 06:00 AM
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Thanks Jim! That sepecimen set did turn out incredible! happy088.gif
We work really hard at making sure we have nice items listed in the Miners Market for everyone.

Remember, most of these picks are for sale in the Miners Market and sales help keep the site open for everyone to learn and enjoy. So If you know of someone who wants a stone guitar pick, you know where to send them. cool.gif

Thanks for all your support.


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post Dec 15 2009, 06:44 AM
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Here is a really cool Arizona agate guitar pick that measures at 1.48 mm.(thin)
While working this one, a bit of gold appeared on the right side of it. smiley-shocked003.gif
Shame though, by the time I finished working it the gold was gone.
Either way, this one turned out nice! happy088.gif I love the patterns in it!

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post Dec 16 2009, 06:45 AM
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Here is another Arizona agate, but this one is a bit different looking. It measures 1.37mm(thin)
It also has a nice little druzy hole that goes all the way through it.

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Thanks for looking.
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post Jan 20 2010, 02:42 PM
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Nice one's Denise! Love the deep rich golden colors in both the last two pictured. smile.gif Getting a really nice polish on those too, WOW! happy088.gif

Here's another pick she recently completed from a very thin slice of green Wyoming jade. The slice was cut at 0.95 mm and after she was finished working it through to polish, it now measure 0.85 mm. smiley-shocked003.gif Excellent work honey! That is a very rare "ultra thin" stone guitar pick.
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This pick isn't quite as thin but is still only about 1.4 mm and is a very nice thin range pick. Also green jade from Wyoming.

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Check out the Miners Market for the newest listed stone guitar picks in all the thickness ranges.


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post Jan 22 2010, 06:40 AM
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Thanks Dan. You make it possible with the nice thin slabing you do. happy088.gif
The Jade is fantastic stuff to work with, and I love the sound the picks make.

We make a fantastic team! happy.gif


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post Apr 3 2010, 10:03 AM
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Here was a little experiment I did with a thin piece of Colorado bytroidal Agate that had a bit of matrix with it.
Amazing how cool an agate can look with even the simplest of inclusions. This one measures about 2.9 mm.

Let me know what you think. I can always use the feedback.
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post Apr 3 2010, 10:12 AM
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really nice
I especially like the translucent 'clouds/cottony/pillow' effect toward the bottom. If you could do a whole pic with that I might have to learn guitar.


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post Apr 3 2010, 12:23 PM
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Thanks alot Chris. Funny you should say that, because Dan happens to be working on cutting more that will have that very thing. happy112.gif Better start guitar shopping now! biggrin.gif

I made one for myself on page 4 or 5 of this thread, that also looked like that due to the bytroidal. Very nice dark brown agate, with moving shadows in the bubbles when you turn it. jawdrop.gif Hard stuff to get pics of! wacko.gif

Speaking of such.......Dan picknapped my latest guitar pick for himself and is trying to get pics of it right now. Iris Agate that when sliced thin will display all the colors of the spectrum, and this one sure does.

Good luck CP, guess thats the price you have to pay for keeping that sweet pick! tongue.gif laugh.gif
Come on Dan poke.gif We all want to see pictures of those rainbows dont we?

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post Apr 3 2010, 02:23 PM
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QUOTE (Mrs.CP @ Apr 3 2010, 01:23 PM) *
Better start guitar shopping now!
Dan picknapped my latest guitar pick.....


smiley-laughing021.gif "picknapped"!

I'm shopping for that guitar now. So far, I can only afford this fixer-upper:



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post Apr 3 2010, 07:42 PM
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QUOTE (Mrs.CP @ Apr 3 2010, 12:23 PM) *
Speaking of such.......Dan picknapped my latest guitar pick for himself and is trying to get pics of it right now. Iris Agate that when sliced thin will display all the colors of the spectrum, and this one sure does.

Good luck CP, guess thats the price you have to pay for keeping that sweet pick! tongue.gif laugh.gif
Come on Dan poke.gif We all want to see pictures of those rainbows dont we?

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Picknapped is right, it's one sweet flasher!! happy088.gif
Ok, I tried and after many pictures taken, here are a couple that showed a few of the rainbow colors, but these pictures still don't catch the level or spread of color in hand. music037.gif
Dang, that woman is makin' me work on Saturday again. whip.gif happy.gif

These pictures are viewed best for color if you lean way down and put your chin on the space bar spock.gif I'm not kidding, just try it, lean down low and look upward at the screen......careful not to drool in the keyboard while you try this. drool.gif smiley-laughing021.gif It does work.

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Another view just moved a little showing a whole different color scheme.

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I'll be doing some more experiements with lighting to see if I can catch more of the color flash. Iris agate iridescence is really tough to catch in photos.....and I've added it to my list of pain in the neck to get pics of just below opals and fire agates. wacko.gif

Swizz, that guitar is a definate "fixer upper" kinda project. groucho.gif smile.gif


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post Apr 3 2010, 08:13 PM
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WOW!!! smiley-shocked003.gif That rainbow effect is killer. Great job on the pick too. thumbsupsmileyanim.gif
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post Apr 3 2010, 08:18 PM
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worthy.gif worthy.gif Great pick AND pic!


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post Apr 4 2010, 06:36 AM
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smiley-shocked003.gif Good job Dan! Those pictures turned out great. happy088.gif

Too funny Swizz! laugh.gif Depending on who smashed it, it might be worth leaving as is. music017.gif



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post Apr 7 2010, 04:21 PM
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Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles cloud9.gif .........Love those bubbles.

You can see shadows in them when held up to the light and moved. Almost looks like water flowing around in the pick when held up and moved. These picks are some of my favorite, and comes from Colorado. happy088.gif I almost thought I wasnt going to get a pick from the small slab it was. It also had a spot where the bubbles met causing bubble clevage in the slice. smiley-shocked003.gif smiley-laughing021.gif Usually not a good thing when making a guitar pick, but I used my creativity to get it done. greensmilies-025.gif music037.gif I decided to make it my version of a heart stone guitar pick, with the natural bubble clevage (only on the one side) being placed just right to make the heart. I think it turned out pretty darn nice myself.thumbsupsmileyanim.gif If turned upside down, the cleavage looks like a whales tail underwater. Ok, somedays Im using my creativity way to much right? laugh.gif

Here are two pictures showing the heart shape and the bubbles inside. Pick is 1.5 mm.
In the upper left corner of the second picture, you can almost see how the bubbles were really tiny.

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post Apr 24 2010, 05:58 AM
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I finished another of the bubbly agate picks with shadows, but I havent took a picture of it yet. Here is a really nice Wyoming Jade (green) pick. It measures 1.4 mm. in thickness. happy088.gif

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This is a really cool one. It seems to be a very hard piece of brownish orange Chalcedony. It measures 2.1 mm. in thickness.

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Here is a picture of it held up to the sunlight.

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Almost looks like a man passing a woman in a big dress some flowers. biggrin.gif




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