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Post by stardiamond on Aug 30, 2012 22:38:13 GMT -5
My wife who is a painter and has a degree in studio art. I have no art background and am red green color blind. We disagreed over which slab we liked best. In her mind it wasn't even close. I'm looking for some other opinions. I will post later with more details.
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Post by deb193redux on Aug 30, 2012 22:40:54 GMT -5
the pictures are hard to compare.
I do like the middle of the 3 the best.
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Post by stardiamond on Aug 30, 2012 22:47:07 GMT -5
The pictures were copied from the web and pasted into paint. I resized them for accurate comparison.
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Post by deb193redux on Aug 30, 2012 22:48:58 GMT -5
yes, but the contrast is very different. I think one is dry.
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Post by Rockoonz on Aug 30, 2012 23:11:54 GMT -5
Looks like Morrisonite. I would have to go with the far left, if you look carefully near the top is a horses head.
Lee
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Post by helens on Aug 30, 2012 23:49:26 GMT -5
Well, if you wet the one on the right, and it darkens to the colors on the left, then the one on the right (because I like the sort of 'cave' looking picture with the stalactites).
For color as is, and artistic perspective, hands down the middle one (which has a little bear with a red head wearing a green crew necked T-shirt in the lower right side, and he's about to stick his nose into a hive in the tree on the left side, and some of the disturbed bees are already coming out all annoyed:P).
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Daddio
noticing nice landscape pebbles
Member since May 2012
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Post by Daddio on Aug 31, 2012 8:48:47 GMT -5
Why do you have to choose?
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Post by stardiamond on Aug 31, 2012 10:20:20 GMT -5
Why do you have to choose? This involves a purchase. I bought one and didn't buy the other. The purchase was made from the pictures provided. Keeping the money out of it, which slab is most appealing to you?
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Post by gingerkid on Aug 31, 2012 10:29:44 GMT -5
Like the one on the right the most because of the patterns and coverage of the patterns in it, although the other two are nice also.
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cabjunky
has rocks in the head
Regency Rose Plume
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Post by cabjunky on Aug 31, 2012 10:30:09 GMT -5
I like the one on the right, it looks like it would produce better cabs. The picture is really bad, and makes it hard to tell.
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 31, 2012 12:45:28 GMT -5
I like the middle one.
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adrian65
Cave Dweller
Arch to golden memories and to great friends.
Member since February 2007
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Post by adrian65 on Aug 31, 2012 14:27:25 GMT -5
The one in the right side is my favorite. Pastel colors (not as vivid as the other two slabs), but very elegant ones and also great patterns.
Adrian
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fwfranklen (Mike)
spending too much on rocks
Rock-ON--Have you kissed your rock today?
Member since August 2012
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Post by fwfranklen (Mike) on Aug 31, 2012 14:50:23 GMT -5
I'm having a hard time deciding. Just send them to me and I will make an educated guess.
LOL
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utdigger
noticing nice landscape pebbles
Member since January 2012
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Post by utdigger on Aug 31, 2012 18:10:31 GMT -5
One on the left. Just as a whole specimen. jeff
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Post by stardiamond on Sept 1, 2012 18:01:46 GMT -5
I put a lot of slab and rough auctions on my ebay watch list. Some to consider buying and some to track the final selling price. Good material or even decent material is going for a lot more than it was in the past. The Morrisonite slab on the right might cut 3 cabs and sold for $58. The pieces on the left I bought at the rarerocksandgems anti sniper sale for $55. The left piece was the slab cut off the core and the piece on the right was the core which is suppose to have 4 more slabs on it that can be cut. I don't sell and if I did I wouldn't get anywhere top $ so I can't afford to buy really expensive material. My wife insisted that the piece on the right was really special and the piece I got was no big deal. I didn't see such a huge difference so I hoped to solicit some opinions here.
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Post by Bikerrandy on Sept 1, 2012 19:50:51 GMT -5
I like the middle slab
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Post by talkingstones on Sept 1, 2012 20:27:43 GMT -5
For beauty, I'd go with the one on the right...but for getting the best deal for your money, the left would be the one to go with. I think I'd still have gone for the one on the right as the softness of the colors and design really appeal to me.
Cathy
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