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 Aug 28 2007, 07:15 PM
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 Rock Bar!  Group: Members Posts: 464 Joined: 2-March 06 From: Lewis KS Member No.: 319  |
I SEE YOU............BOO........lmao hehehe
 ........here is my new toy for the day 
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Aug 30 2007, 06:45 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 464 Joined: 2-March 06 From: Lewis KS Member No.: 319 |
Here is some new stuff i got today
Top left is various agate and to the right of that is Pet Wood. Row two black and white is Dendritic Agate and next to that Royalite. Row third stating with the green one (doesn't look green but it is lol) Serpentine, lil agate triangle, the black one i'm not sure, and Malachite Crysocolla Mix. Last Row Turritella, Thunder Eggs, Onyx Marble and Leopard Skin Jasper.
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Aug 31 2007, 09:18 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 464 Joined: 2-March 06 From: Lewis KS Member No.: 319 |
Well i got projects #4 & #5 done.......i have some good news and some bad news.....the good news is the Honey Onyx came out really well and did better then expected.....BUT now the bad.....the Agate was a problem cab to start with....the 80 grit really ate it up...expecally the quartz part so i drop the shape two sizes and i finished it and it looked ok but there was some fractures and a crack and when i tryed to get what was left of the dopping wax off look what happened
 ....Oh well i guess that's what practice makes perfect is for.
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Sep 8 2007, 04:56 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 464 Joined: 2-March 06 From: Lewis KS Member No.: 319 |
Here is what i got for my rock shop today.......should come in handy......ty Wal-Mart......
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Sep 9 2007, 12:08 AM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 13-July 07 Member No.: 1,483 |
Nice shop setup, I learned a lot reading your thread. I plan on getting organized soon, my shop consists of a 90$ tile saw and an inland 3 in one unit sitting on a large tupperware container! I am now inspired to get organized! Nice material, I especially like the royalite.
________________________________________Dude -------------------- Dude, Duder, or El Dudearino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
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Sep 27 2007, 06:23 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 464 Joined: 2-March 06 From: Lewis KS Member No.: 319 |
Here is my next projects #6-#10.......#1 2nd attempt on Banded Agate 15x20mm oval
 ......#2 Amethyst 12.74x20.34mm oval......#3 Kansas Pop Rock 11.64x16.50mm oval........#4 Fire Agate 9.86x11.97mm oval.........and #5 Honey Onyx 8x10mm oval. 4 and 5 i'm about the dop, could fly off  ......will just have to see what happens..... #'s 2,3 and 4 are cabs that granny or grandps started but didn't finish. I also will be tryin the M5 polish that is on the way right now....hope i will get it by tomarrow P.S. all the exact measurements are as of right now.....will see what the finish sizes will be.....the other 2 are the patern measurements.
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Sep 28 2007, 06:14 AM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 411 Joined: 20-February 07 From: Richland Mississippi Member No.: 994 |
cool scott,
i'm glad to see that at least someone has the time to do some cabbing.it looks like you are going along just fine.the only thing is that i don't see anything that your ol buddy in mississippi sent you. 
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Sep 29 2007, 07:18 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 464 Joined: 2-March 06 From: Lewis KS Member No.: 319 |
Ok here is the projects #6-#10 all done......all in all guess it could of been worse
Banded Agate: Final measurement 13.86mmx19.42mm....Well this one didn't break on me..Whew thank god....it turned out ok but the shine is still kinda dull, maybe that's just because the colors.. Amethyst: Final measurement 12.18mmx19.20mm...This one is good and looks cool BUT it started with fractures and still have some of them but didn't break on me  ...the white strip at the bottom going up and down is the big one...still looks like it has the M5 polish still stuck in it  Kansas Pop Rock: Final measurement 9.88mmx12.40mm....This one also came out good...probably the best one out the rest. Fire Agate: Final measurement 10.17mmx11.74mm....This one seemed to be the most problemed....well to start off the bottom is still uneven, started that way...will need to be flattened...as you can see in the measurements it's almost round and don't ask me how it got from 9.86 to start with and got up to 10.17 ...also lost most of the green fire that was in it...but you can't see that in the start pic lol.Honey Onyx: Final measurement 8.22mmx9.79mm....Now this one didn't turn out that good at all...even more troublesome then the fire agate...as you can see it's also almost round....the sides had a hard time getting even not as good as the last one but will work i guess....but it's still within the 8x10mm.....hummmm.All in all it really could of been worse.....as far as how well did the M5 polish work....well it was kind of a mess....had problems getting started..so i stoped and took off the canvas wheel and spread some M5 on it because the stone just wasn't getting it on....don't really see that much difference but i do see some but sure does beat spending alot of $$$$ for the diamond compound syringe i guess Cabbing is fun and will always enjoy doing it threw thick and thin.
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Sep 30 2007, 10:00 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 13-July 07 Member No.: 1,483 |
Scott, nice work! What kind of stone is the pop-rock, I have heard of a type of pyrite called pop-rocks, but that sure doesn't look like pyrite. Keep up the good work!
-------------------- Dude, Duder, or El Dudearino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
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Oct 1 2007, 02:21 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 464 Joined: 2-March 06 From: Lewis KS Member No.: 319 |
These sites should answer your ?
http://www.luckygemstones.com/pop-rocks.htm http://www.bojistones.com/boji-stones/information.html |
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Oct 1 2007, 08:48 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 13-July 07 Member No.: 1,483 |
Scott,
I hate to say this but I am still confused, mybe it is the way the photos came out, the pop-rock looks translucent. The ones I have are definently pyrite, I did not think it could be clear, but I wouldn't be suprised if I was wrong about that. Nice thread by the way, very helpful and you do great work. Thank you for the links as well, the boji stone stuff cracks me up! ...Dude -------------------- Dude, Duder, or El Dudearino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
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Oct 2 2007, 03:18 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 464 Joined: 2-March 06 From: Lewis KS Member No.: 319 |
Here is a pic of all the Pop Rocks i have........as you can see looks like i have mostly males and males are harder to find.......that one half looks to be a female....and all the lil ones to the right was polished in the tumbler....you can't really see it in the pic but all them tumbled ones are see threw and do look exactly like the cab i did........i could be wrong about the cab though...it wasn't marked....i took a guess but with the research i just did i'm sure that's what it is...only other rock guess that i can think of that it could be is Apache tear maybe??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_tears http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boji_stone Ok sorry after reading that last article i kinda understand now..... .......so i guess i should have been calling them Boji Stones (maybe)........i just have always called them Pop Rocks.....but "Kansas Pop Rocks" have the exact same mineral make-up or offer the seemingly magnetic properties as true Boji® Stones offer.....soooo i'm not too far off.........here before winter i'm hopeing to go to where they are found...my aunt lives in Scott City and i use to spend some time at the Smoky Hill Chalk Cliffs...can also find fossils there too like sharks teeth....so i know that mound is in that area somewhere. Here is some sites of the Chalk Cliffs http://www.washburn.edu/cas/art/cyoho/arch...s/pyramids.html http://www.naturalkansas.org/monument.htm http://www.kansastravel.org/monumentrocks.htm
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Oct 4 2007, 10:56 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 13-July 07 Member No.: 1,483 |
Scott, thanks for all the great pictures and links, I learned a lot.
...Dude -------------------- Dude, Duder, or El Dudearino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.
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Nov 30 2007, 08:45 PM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 464 Joined: 2-March 06 From: Lewis KS Member No.: 319 |
Here is a lil collection i got today....some are marked......still have to mark the rest
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Dec 1 2007, 09:53 AM
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 Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3 |
Cool batch of rough material Scott......now get ta' cabbin'!!
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