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Post by stardiamond on Jun 8, 2009 16:47:34 GMT -5
Gaspeite and Howardite I bought these as cabbing material, but from what I've seen on ebay, they are better left alone.
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stoneviews
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Post by stoneviews on Jun 8, 2009 18:46:32 GMT -5
The second one, is really nice looking stuff.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 8, 2009 19:40:05 GMT -5
OH yeah! Howardite is rare rare rare!......Mel
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Post by frane on Jun 8, 2009 20:18:15 GMT -5
Very pretty and unusual! I would think they are better as is too! Fran
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Post by Bejewelme on Jun 9, 2009 10:15:55 GMT -5
Gaspiete is so pretty and so expensive, I got a piece at a show and that sucker has been missing for months, I am so bummed. That Howardite is really cool looking, nice keepers as is! Just don't misplace them!!!! LOL Amber
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highplainsdrifter
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Post by highplainsdrifter on Jun 9, 2009 10:56:14 GMT -5
Very nice slice of Howardite. I have a few slices of it and I also chose to not cab them.
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rockdewd
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Post by rockdewd on Jun 9, 2009 13:29:12 GMT -5
Well, look at it this way. If you chose not to cab it and keep it as a specimen than you and only the people you show it to will see it. If you cab it and make a pendant out of it then when worn the world will see it.
I can see both sides. My SO likes an end cut off each new rock polished so she can add it to her collection plus she or I will usually make a pendant out of a cab of the material...
Rick
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Jun 9, 2009 14:20:18 GMT -5
Is that howardite somehow relatrd to pet wood? That one is my favorite, i agree the slab has its own personality. The green one has a very nice color and with a bit of imagination one can see a smiley face there, so this one is to be kept as it is, too.
Adrian
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Post by rockmanken on Jun 9, 2009 15:43:53 GMT -5
I would have to get at least one cab out of it. ;D ;D ;D Ken
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Post by stardiamond on Jun 9, 2009 16:07:06 GMT -5
Howardite is from Nevada and is described as opalite. I would guess that it is a form of opalized wood. I was going to buy some sight unseen rough for $7 a pound and said that I would prefer to buy slabs. A week later, the price went to $70 a pound, so much for a missed opportunity. Whenever I got to a rock show, I always look at the opalized wood to see if there is any Howardite. I've got some stuff that was close but didn't have the pattern of Howardite, which is also called "rattlesnake jasper"
I got the gaspeite from an Australian ebay seller quite a while ago. It is polished and is much more valuable as a display slab. I don't collect slabs, I try to build and inventory of lapidary materials and these slabs would be slab inventory rather than cabbing material.
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Post by stardiamond on Jun 9, 2009 16:12:15 GMT -5
Here's a Howardite cab my wife got from a Silverhawk ebay auction:
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Post by rockmanken on Jun 9, 2009 19:13:56 GMT -5
See....I knew I would want to cab it. That is gorgeous. Ken P.S. You can keep the gaspeite. It doesn't 'do' anything for me. I like rocks with patterns or inclusions.
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Post by deb193redux on Jun 9, 2009 21:21:16 GMT -5
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