monna0000
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Post by monna0000 on Dec 13, 2017 13:38:55 GMT -5
That cab is just so pretty and your wrap are out of this World!!! Amazing
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Post by monna0000 on Dec 13, 2017 13:33:07 GMT -5
Wow these are all amazing! Thanks for the inspiration....Will have to give it a try some day😀
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Post by monna0000 on Dec 13, 2017 12:25:11 GMT -5
Lake Huron beach granite I found on Drummond Island (Michigan). I have other jewelry examples but having trouble finding them. Tumbled stone and pendant from the same rock Chuck They look greate and it looks excatly the same as our red granite. Would love to se some more pics
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Post by monna0000 on Dec 13, 2017 12:22:59 GMT -5
K2 is azurite included granite. Not mine Now THAT is something you dont see in Denmark, they were the only thing that came up as I googled granite cabs and of course even your granite looks better than any rocks we have!
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Post by monna0000 on Dec 13, 2017 12:19:44 GMT -5
Most of my early "finds" were Granite. Lots of interesting patterns and colors, but they undercut like crazy in the tumbler/vibe. I think they will work up better as cabs, but I have so many other splendid rocks that I've bought or were gifted that I will most likely use them instead of the Granite. I'll probably try cabbing some Granite just to see how they work up. Yes the undercutting is bad, they do better cabbing but you still need to be carefull, to much heat when you polish and it will be filled with cracks. I can be frustrating and if I had better alternatives than granite I would.
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Post by monna0000 on Dec 13, 2017 12:02:04 GMT -5
I rockhounded on the beaches of Maine and Nova Scotia and it was hard to avoid picking up pretty stones no matter whether they were granite or not (perhaps I was encumbered by my lack of knowledge in identification of them) and many got tumbled in the vibe and turned into pendants. Granite is beautiful when handled correctly. In point of fact its a bit harder to work so avoided in deference to microcrystalline materials. I'll see if I have photos. I have a good source to look up the different granite and a Danish group on facebook, but the amount of different type of granite just kills me, so I'm on the same plate as you, everything I don't know what is, I just call granite and to top it all we also have porphyr granite www.rapakivi.dk/html/bjergarter.html
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monna0000
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Post by monna0000 on Dec 13, 2017 11:54:31 GMT -5
I'm an agate and jasper guy....Mel :0) If I had access to the same stuff as you I would be "Agate-woman"
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Post by monna0000 on Dec 13, 2017 11:40:40 GMT -5
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Post by monna0000 on Dec 13, 2017 11:33:33 GMT -5
I have seen a few Granite cabs but we use Granite for tombstones, railroad ballast and countertops these days here. Wisconsin does have some pretty red granite but still too many good agates as you say. I see you are from Denmark. What you lack in cutting material you may make up for in fossil material. I see after googling geologic map of Denmark that you have some cretaceous sediments. Seems like some of the fossil crocodiles are from Denmark. You also may have pleistocene fossil material in the quaternary drift. Is most of your soil glacial in origin? Yeah we also use granite for the same but our beaches are filled with it so it´s hard to ignore :0) Yes we do have a lot of areas that are filled with fossils but but not that good for cabbing, they are to fragile. If you like fossils here are some links to Danish fossils www.muserum.org/kom-og-besog-os/fur-fossiler/fossilerne/Most of our fossils are found at a few locations in chalk www.google.dk/search?q=m%C3%B8n&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwij7JbQs4fYAhUSZlAKHZxRDTsQ_AUICygC&biw=1333&bih=658Denmark was sea when the crocodills and dinosaurs lived so its limited with findings of that kind but we find a lot of corals in chalk. Dont know if our soil is glacial, but most of our rocks came from sweden and Norway with glaciers.
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Post by monna0000 on Dec 8, 2017 5:21:03 GMT -5
Living in a country that lacks the wide range of rocks as you have I'm often left with granite to cab. I do understand why you dont want to spend time cabbing granite( dont Think i've Seen any on the forum) when you have all these High Quality rocks all over the place. But it made me wunder if our granite looks the same? We have some really pretty colorfull ones. So please show me your granite cabs😃😃
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Post by monna0000 on Dec 6, 2017 13:25:48 GMT -5
Oh no! We actually fell in love with Ventura when we travelled the States. We were only to stay there for 2 days, but ended up extending our stay to 8 days. Is it the hole area that is affected?
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Post by monna0000 on Dec 4, 2017 18:32:21 GMT -5
I see a lot of jewelery stamps and logo's been sold on Instagram. Try searching for #jewelerystamps (if you are on Instagram) but i would guess they also are on etsy.
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Post by monna0000 on Dec 4, 2017 18:25:31 GMT -5
This is just so pretty. Love the setting and the cab is amazing.
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New ring
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Post by monna0000 on Dec 4, 2017 18:22:27 GMT -5
Wow it looks greate. I would be scared to do something so complicated.
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Post by monna0000 on Dec 4, 2017 14:04:12 GMT -5
Amazing Denmark is Way to cold to grow chili or peppers in the garden. You would need a greenhouse for that and I can't wait for next summer to come as we plan to get a greenhouse😃
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Post by monna0000 on Nov 10, 2017 16:33:18 GMT -5
I'm a bit embarrassed to say since i dont know if it's a big NO NO but i have just used an old CD and epoxy glue the few times I've needed to back a cab.
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Post by monna0000 on Nov 2, 2017 13:14:18 GMT -5
Dont know if it's what you want to hear from a woman, but I really love it. It fits my style perfectly😃
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Post by monna0000 on Oct 15, 2017 2:14:34 GMT -5
Wow that dino bone is something speciel and what a shine on that east java plume but they all looks amazing😃
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Post by monna0000 on Oct 12, 2017 16:38:44 GMT -5
Wow this is just amazing, looks like a million $ rock. I wished there were classes like that here in Denmark.
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Post by monna0000 on Oct 12, 2017 16:23:38 GMT -5
Been away for a while but the other Day I found my Way back and the first thing I did was looking for some og your lovely cab post🙂 Love them all but I Think I have found something new on my wish list, because that Stefoinite looks awesome.
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