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« on: June 13, 2012, 06:20:25 am »
Hi...i've been cabing alot every day with different material and i like to to share some pictures here....i got a lot of imperial jasper which Tony told me it's came from Mexico, i bought them from my friend, he brought from Tucson last months. I finished some....please tel me the THRUTH of these.....Thanks for looking  yes

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gemsshinedaniel/sets/72157630118301030/
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« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2012, 06:31:23 am »
 You got very nice rough , a lot better than what I have been seeing. We have a term , bio-morphic , meaning essentially life -form ,  that describes the shape of the outer edges of these finished pieces. Geometric would be the opposite. A lot of custom jewelers like the freeform shape but these are even better in my opinion , even more natural and pleasing. Very nice.
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« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2012, 07:03:46 am »
The truth..... they are very beautiful:)
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« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2012, 07:50:27 am »
Yum!  Orbicular imperial jasper.  I love them.  They're perfect, Daniel.  That's the truth.   yes
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« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2012, 08:36:43 am »
really cool rough material ... love the orbicular material.  I assume the pics on flickr are NOT polished ... except possibly #11.  Hit us with some polished cabs of this lovely stuff.
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« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2012, 09:01:07 am »
Thank you fellas, nice words.....i loved them, they took a very good polished.

Quote from: rac409 on June 13, 2012, 08:36:43 am
really cool rough material ... love the orbicular material.  I assume the pics on flickr are NOT polished ... except possibly #11.  Hit us with some polished cabs of this lovely stuff.
They took only 1000 with water and had a nice glass finished, i avoid an over light to display their colours..... yes
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« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2012, 09:18:51 am »
I like number 7! What size is it?
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« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2012, 09:21:28 am »
As always I'm all for irregular shapes and strong colors, but I absolutely adore number 13 and 4.  yippie hatsoff
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« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2012, 09:26:14 am »
Yes, I agree with others that they are all beautiful!  Hard to pick a favorite.  There are 3 that I like best though - #7, 8 & 13.  Thanks for posting.
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« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2012, 09:43:51 am »
Yes...beautiful Imperial Jasper.  Check out Sam Silverhawk's site and click on any of his sold cabs pages (there are dozens of them) for some material that matches yours and what he did with it.

http://www.samsilverhawk.com/gems1.html
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« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2012, 09:56:13 am »
Quote from: mirkaba on June 13, 2012, 09:18:51 am
I like number 7! What size is it?

It is 1,5x4,5 cm....0,5mm thickness and double cab  yes

Thanks Bob, Kurt, Garry and Craig....my most fave is 4th, there is a picture of ghost with two hands up haunting the cab   saved4  can you see that? I'm considering to reshape in perfect oval, how about that?
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« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2012, 01:48:35 pm »
Quote from: Hummingbirdstones on June 13, 2012, 07:50:27 am
Yum!  Orbicular imperial jasper.  I love them.  They're perfect, Daniel.  That's the truth.   yes

I'm with Robin here.   eyes1

They look like layered candies.   yes
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« Reply #12 on: June 13, 2012, 01:52:33 pm »
forgive me for saying ... I think there needs to be additional grinding /sanding to remove the slashing sawing marks that most of the cabs show.  Folks, please correct me or affirm that the slashing marks are not necessarily the best cleanness that the orbs could attain.  I feel that they have note totally been removed ... leaving a fuzziness to the otherwise great stones.  Am I mis-informed, or am I correct.
 
 I looked at the Silverhawk site ... OMG ... I gotta work even harder.
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I guess I gotta find my bucket of the stuff to see for myself?
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« Reply #13 on: June 13, 2012, 03:03:50 pm »

I was going to ask how they were cut?  ...  looks very rough...  I do like the stone and thats no baloney.

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« Reply #14 on: June 13, 2012, 06:26:18 pm »
Well I think they are beautiful and I love the group photo.   Very nice.
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