tdanc2016
off to a rocking start
Member since April 2020
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Post by tdanc2016 on Dec 28, 2022 0:07:09 GMT -5
Hi folks I just received 400 lbs of large select Peanut Obsidian. I would like to know your experience with this material! Slabbing it/cabbing it etc.
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 28, 2022 6:46:02 GMT -5
Hi folks I just received 400 lbs of large select Peanut Obsidian. I would like to know your experience with this material! Slabbing it/cabbing it etc. Holy Guacamole! 400#s!? Wow.
Some of it is quite easy to cab. My opinion, and I'm sure there will be others, is that the darker the matrix, the easier it will cab. Some people have stabilized it, too. It cabs like obsidian (which it isn't exactly). Take it easy on the softer wheels. I didn't have problems with undercutting, but I can see where one might.
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Post by liveoak on Dec 29, 2022 7:04:11 GMT -5
Love to see a photo tdanc2016Peanut Obsidian is cool stuff. Patty
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 29, 2022 7:59:06 GMT -5
Hi folks I just received 400 lbs of large select Peanut Obsidian. I would like to know your experience with this material! Slabbing it/cabbing it etc. Four hundred pounds is a LOT of...well...any rock really! LOL - What're your plans with that much material?
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Post by MsAli on Dec 29, 2022 12:01:43 GMT -5
HOLY COW! 400 lbs of Peanut Obsidian would be amazing to see
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Fossilman
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2009
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 29, 2022 14:12:22 GMT -5
Hi folks I just received 400 lbs of large select Peanut Obsidian. I would like to know your experience with this material! Slabbing it/cabbing it etc. Holy Guacamole! 400#s!? Wow. Some of it is quite easy to cab. My opinion, and I'm sure there will be others, is that the darker the matrix, the easier it will cab. Some people have stabilized it, too. It cabs like obsidian (which it isn't exactly). Take it easy on the softer wheels. I didn't have problems with undercutting, but I can see where one might.
Excellent advice on how to work it.. I like that!
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dshanpnw
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since December 2020
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Post by dshanpnw on Dec 31, 2022 8:10:47 GMT -5
Hi folks I just received 400 lbs of large select Peanut Obsidian. I would like to know your experience with this material! Slabbing it/cabbing it etc. Nice! What is the difference between "regular", "low grade" peanut obsidian and the "select"? I have never worked with it before.
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