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⭐ Show Us Your Cut Stones - Before And After Photos
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<blockquote data-quote="fossickeract" data-source="post: 95938" data-attributes="member: 3672"><p>Thankyou all those with kind comments <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p> An example of my interest.</p><p>At Grabben Gullen fossickers often find pieces of pale bluish brown crystal looking a bit like smokey quartz but it shows a good cleavage, shade softer than quartz and SG suggested feldspar, and as I hadn't heard of any one cutting it I decided to investigate further. RI identified it as Andesine feldspar.</p><p> First a colour deepning cut.<img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3672/1408423711_feldspar_rectangle1_2-optimized.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p> Oops a bit dark " Jaffer Shade" or Chocolate orange.</p><p> SRB to lighten it.<img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3672/1408423827_feldspar_round4_4-optimized.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> Sunstone it isn't but worth picking up I think.</p><p> As to meet points, indicators are just that( got one), indicate when your close you still need to use a 10x to get it perfect but that's for competition cutting, been there done that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fossickeract, post: 95938, member: 3672"] Thankyou all those with kind comments ;) An example of my interest. At Grabben Gullen fossickers often find pieces of pale bluish brown crystal looking a bit like smokey quartz but it shows a good cleavage, shade softer than quartz and SG suggested feldspar, and as I hadn't heard of any one cutting it I decided to investigate further. RI identified it as Andesine feldspar. First a colour deepning cut.[img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3672/1408423711_feldspar_rectangle1_2-optimized.jpg[/img] Oops a bit dark " Jaffer Shade" or Chocolate orange. SRB to lighten it.[img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3672/1408423827_feldspar_round4_4-optimized.jpg[/img] Sunstone it isn't but worth picking up I think. As to meet points, indicators are just that( got one), indicate when your close you still need to use a 10x to get it perfect but that's for competition cutting, been there done that. [/QUOTE]
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