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Post by sandsman1 on Feb 16, 2010 20:56:46 GMT -5
anybody know if thats the right name -- i know it came from Peru but I'm guessing its blue quartz -- any help ? heres a better pic
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Post by Tonyterner on Feb 17, 2010 8:53:30 GMT -5
Looks a little similar to something I got from Stonesthatrock called Chilean Lapis. Not quite the same though. Its pretty stuff you have there.
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Post by NatureNut on Feb 17, 2010 8:56:20 GMT -5
Just by looking, it looks alot like my blue quartz Sands. Mine has more mineral inclusions that give it blotches of different colors sometimes, but this looks alot like the more purer pieces that I've found. Jo
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Post by sandsman1 on Feb 17, 2010 11:08:47 GMT -5
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Post by NatureNut on Feb 17, 2010 11:16:04 GMT -5
Well, it has the same hardness as quartz, so you were close. Wikipedia says, "It is used in the manufacture of high grade porcelain. It is sometimes mistaken for sodalite and has been used as imitation lapis lazuli."
Cab it up, Sands!
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 17, 2010 11:30:49 GMT -5
Yep, that looks like what you have John. I think I read somewhere that the blue is due to included dumortierite but I might be wrong on that. In California, dumortierite in quartz is often called "desert lapis" because it looks so similar to the real thing....Mel
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Post by sandsman1 on Feb 17, 2010 14:22:10 GMT -5
i did do a cab of it for a lady in florida she wanted something to wear with jeans haha
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Post by Toad on Feb 17, 2010 16:28:35 GMT -5
Stone-washed jeans, that is. Nice pendant.
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Post by frane on Feb 17, 2010 19:27:12 GMT -5
Oh, I just love blue! Those are really beautiful slabs! Fran
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Post by drocknut on Feb 18, 2010 15:59:07 GMT -5
Beautiful cab and wrap.
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Post by rockmanken on Feb 18, 2010 17:09:45 GMT -5
Cool. Sandsman sent me a slab of this for doing a pillbox for him. Soon it will be on a knife. Have a Buck 110 that has filework, so I'll put it on that. Ken
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Post by sandsman1 on Feb 19, 2010 0:51:43 GMT -5
haha thats what made me ask -- when you asked me i couldn't remember so i fig somebody might know it
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Post by rockmanken on Feb 19, 2010 13:59:43 GMT -5
Well, I cut an polished it.....IT IS NOT dumorterite or blue quartz....looks like some of the coral I got from Indonesia, only blue. Here is a close up picture of it on the knife.
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Post by NatureNut on Feb 19, 2010 14:14:26 GMT -5
Here are pics of the slabs that Randy cut from the Blue Quartz that I found locally and sent to him. Awesome wrap, BTW, Sands.
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Post by damammy on Feb 19, 2010 19:32:55 GMT -5
Sands that is one pretty pendant, love the shape and just the right amount of foo foo at the top. Donna
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Post by sandsman1 on Feb 19, 2010 22:24:31 GMT -5
thats cool -- you sure that came from me i been diggin in buckets and boxs from storage and i dont know half the stuff i got haha but i dont remember that
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Post by akansan on Feb 20, 2010 19:37:11 GMT -5
I have/had a couple slabs of that as well - really cool stuff, but tended to break along the path of the small nodules on the piece I had. I have a partially completed knife that had that as the blade. I was told mine was dumortite. I'm hoping now that my new machine has more space between the wheels I can finish up the knife. I soaked the blade in superglue and epoxy (superglue first) hoping to seal the crack. We'll see. If nothing else, I might finally learn to use Opticon.
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Post by NatureNut on Feb 20, 2010 21:22:53 GMT -5
Ronda, that is awesome! What is the stone you have with it? Is that a black and white moss? Can't wait to see what becomes of this. Can you try it right now? LOL Jo
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Post by akansan on Feb 20, 2010 23:14:04 GMT -5
Jo, it has sodalite handles and then Medicine Bow Dendritic accents on the bolsters and base. It's been in this state for almost 2 years now and I'm anxious to be able to work on it again.
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