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« Reply #30 on: February 23, 2012, 09:27:31 am »
Krysteeeeee! I'll double "dang" that - it is recklessly awesome!!  yes yippie ura

p.s. That is some incredible material - love the colors and pattern!
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« Reply #31 on: February 23, 2012, 10:24:21 am »
Shain, Krystee, Roy.  Incredible work. ura  Love the pattern placement and finish.!
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« Reply #32 on: February 23, 2012, 12:37:38 pm »
WOW yes   WOW  yes   WOW  yes    WOW  yes

Four killer cabs so far.  Keep 'em comin'. 

BTW....I say TeePee Canyon.  To me, Dryhead is pinker.

That sure has the famous Krystee shine. 
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« Reply #33 on: February 23, 2012, 04:55:14 pm »
Wwwohooo Shain and Krystee:) This contest is the best one yet:)
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« Reply #34 on: February 23, 2012, 07:09:34 pm »
Krystee, so very nice! I am thinking Teepee canyon too!
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« Reply #35 on: February 24, 2012, 10:25:16 pm »
My humble entry is again from Agate Creek.

This time a piece of sardonyx from the Bald Hill diggings.

The stone is so straight I tried to give it some shape. The sides are 5 negative curves.

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Cab with a change of light


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« Reply #36 on: February 25, 2012, 12:21:38 am »
About the only time I cut cabs is when I am doing a test polish of a new stone.  I  am working with Shattuckite from Vulture Mountain in Arizona.  This was a first cut on a piece I did a rough grind on - basically a heel.   This incredible new find belongs to rckdgr who is one of our fellow members here!
The piece looked so nice on the high dome that I thought I would also polish the backside.  This material has a lot of variation in it so the back hardly looks like the front. 

This particular find is highly silicated and a mix of Shattuckite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Cuprite and Turquoise, as best I can tell.  It tests at 4.5 to 7 on the MOHS scale and has a tendency to want to undercut when there is the softer Turquoise and Malachite (4.5 to 5.5) in the piece.  The Stattuckite, Chrysocolla and Cuprite seem to be more silicated and closer to 7 on the MOHS scale. 

Hardness testing was done with test picks.  Stone componets based on hardness and past experience in stone cutting.  The new find has not had any scientific testing.



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« Reply #37 on: February 25, 2012, 02:04:07 am »
Allen: Nice clean and unusual material (as well as shape) for you. :)  Would be interesting to see how you are going to set that one.

Michael: Fantastic to see you throwing a piece at us for a change. Love the color, layout and all the additional info that you give with the cab. It looks very similar to a Kalaidoscope Jasper I had last year. 

Keep them coming, we still got a few more days.
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« Reply #38 on: February 25, 2012, 12:39:30 pm »
Great job on the Agate Creek Allen and very unique shape!

Michael, WOW, speechless!
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« Reply #39 on: February 25, 2012, 02:45:57 pm »
No way I'm winning this one.  Great entries guys. Keep em coming.
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« Reply #40 on: February 25, 2012, 07:05:10 pm »

All entries are super excellent bar none. It gets tougher each month to come up with something to enter so I was digging around my slabs and come up on a decent slab of Piranha Agate from Brazil I had slabed a year or two ago. The photography is so so and I sort of made a collage for a single view, it's easier and faster to upload.

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« Reply #41 on: February 25, 2012, 07:14:23 pm »
WOW Don, that one must be too hot to touch. Super workmanship and I really like the color-scheme.  yes
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« Reply #42 on: February 25, 2012, 09:42:18 pm »
Wow Allen, Michael and then comes Don with a super duper killer cab!
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« Reply #43 on: February 26, 2012, 09:09:15 am »
Just love the polish and quality of the cabs.  There's still time to send in more ura

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« Reply #44 on: February 26, 2012, 01:00:47 pm »
That is gorgeous and sooooooo shiny Don!!
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