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My Finds From The Holidays + Help With Cabbing
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<blockquote data-quote="manficat" data-source="post: 673459" data-attributes="member: 25196"><p>Hello everyone,</p><p>Over the holidays, I went to Sailor's Creek, Moonlight Head and the quarry at Mt Shadwell. I found a small handful of garnets and zircons, nothing big enough to facet, and got a Woolies shopping bag full of olivine at the quarry. I am in the process of opening my olivine to look for gems big enough to use, and started to wonder if I can perhaps cab them? I found a few chunks that aren't all that crumbly, but I think if I tried to cab them, there is a good chance that they will fall apart. Do any of you have any experience cabbing or shaping olivine?</p><p>Also, I found some nice agates at Moonlight Head, and have sanded them. They look quite nice! There is a photo of one below. I have only ever cabbed agate and wondered which other rocks work well, and where in Victoria I would find these rocks. Any help is appreciated! <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😃" title="Grinning face with big eyes :smiley:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f603.png" data-shortname=":smiley:" /></p><p>One more thing, I have heard about zircons in lake Bullen Merri near mount Shadwell. It's quite a large lake, and I don't know where people find these zircons. I pass this area often and it would be perfect if I could grab some zircons whenever I pass through the area.</p><p>Thanks again!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]11406[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]11407[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]11408[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="manficat, post: 673459, member: 25196"] Hello everyone, Over the holidays, I went to Sailor's Creek, Moonlight Head and the quarry at Mt Shadwell. I found a small handful of garnets and zircons, nothing big enough to facet, and got a Woolies shopping bag full of olivine at the quarry. I am in the process of opening my olivine to look for gems big enough to use, and started to wonder if I can perhaps cab them? I found a few chunks that aren't all that crumbly, but I think if I tried to cab them, there is a good chance that they will fall apart. Do any of you have any experience cabbing or shaping olivine? Also, I found some nice agates at Moonlight Head, and have sanded them. They look quite nice! There is a photo of one below. I have only ever cabbed agate and wondered which other rocks work well, and where in Victoria I would find these rocks. Any help is appreciated! 😃 One more thing, I have heard about zircons in lake Bullen Merri near mount Shadwell. It's quite a large lake, and I don't know where people find these zircons. I pass this area often and it would be perfect if I could grab some zircons whenever I pass through the area. Thanks again! [ATTACH type="full" width="384px"]11406[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="384px"]11407[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="384px"]11408[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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