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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 22, 2017 7:20:03 GMT -5
Yeah, print stone. I have always heard that it was rare. I've cabbed a lot of it. Dull sheen finish. I read you can use some kind of concrete sealer on it to produce a better shine.
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70karmann
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by 70karmann on Jun 22, 2017 20:06:23 GMT -5
I have a few pieces. Given to me by a friend living in Australia. Very nice and does take a nice shine.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 23, 2017 15:45:19 GMT -5
That's what I bought them as in Q, Printstone. The pattern makes me think of tire tracks.
Found the ones I knew I had and took a few pics:
Taken in the shade
In the sun. The left one seems to be harder, took a somewhat polish. The middle one is undercut, the one on the right has a satin/matte finish.
In the sun, second pic. Tried to get the lighting angle a little different so you can see the surface of the middle one. I believe these were tumbled, the different hardnesses within the middle stone ground and polished at different rates.
Hardest/shiny-est.
Different hardnesses, undercut.
Satin finish.
These three were bought from the same vendor, at the same time. I may have paid $5 for all three. Much cheaper than I could get the material (how much is airfare to Oz these days? ), tumble them and drill the holes.
Will figure out something to do with them eventually.... (doesn't take much room to store them!)
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