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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Lapidary
clean remove schist around a mineral
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty" data-source="post: 100665" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>No worries Barney, I'd be happy to swap for a bit of tiger eye <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I'll take a couple of more piccies of it first so you can have some idea of the actual size etc.</p><p></p><p>They are some of my first attempts at cabbing (35 years doing fossicking, less than 6 months doing lapidary <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ). Most people who have seen them (most people are not fossickers or lapidarists of course) have asked me if they were opal or potch and I guess they do look a bit opalescent. Being an agate they are of course very much harder, tougher and less prone to damage than opal and I reckon a string of the round ones together might make a good bracelet.</p><p></p><p>The stuff seems to change colour with the light and veiwing angle - in sunlight it often takes on a pale blue-ish reflection. Veiwed through the side it seem more orangey.</p><p></p><p>You're in Sydney aren't you? I guess I would just send it to you via registered mail. I sent this by registered mail to a mate in Adelaide a few weeks back and he had it in three days.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5581/14893159373_0d257da1a9_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 100665, member: 2976"] No worries Barney, I'd be happy to swap for a bit of tiger eye :) I'll take a couple of more piccies of it first so you can have some idea of the actual size etc. They are some of my first attempts at cabbing (35 years doing fossicking, less than 6 months doing lapidary :) ). Most people who have seen them (most people are not fossickers or lapidarists of course) have asked me if they were opal or potch and I guess they do look a bit opalescent. Being an agate they are of course very much harder, tougher and less prone to damage than opal and I reckon a string of the round ones together might make a good bracelet. The stuff seems to change colour with the light and veiwing angle - in sunlight it often takes on a pale blue-ish reflection. Veiwed through the side it seem more orangey. You're in Sydney aren't you? I guess I would just send it to you via registered mail. I sent this by registered mail to a mate in Adelaide a few weeks back and he had it in three days. [img]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5581/14893159373_0d257da1a9_c.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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