herchenx
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2012
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Post by herchenx on Mar 22, 2014 22:53:47 GMT -5
This was *supposed* to be crazy lace. I've had it for a while just sitting in the back being quietly ignored. I've been bumming over the lack of stupendous fortifications in my Teepee Canyon so when I saw it sitting there it seemed to offer me a happy alternative, if not fortifications at least cool banding and some eyes. Well I got into it and there was some waterline, which was new to me in Crazy Lace As I got further in, more waterline and suddenly yellow breccia?! Third slab in and the waterline is going down, the breccia is nice and clear and I'm seeing some fortification! Also my saw is starting to run red. I just changed the oil in the thing and there is some reddish brown all over the place. This slab was my last, it wasn't a very big piece to begin with, but definitely some very pretty banding, also the saw on this cut was covered in blood-red goop. In the end I'm not sure if it was crazy lace or not, it was sort of all over the place, but maybe that's where it got its name?
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Post by Jugglerguy on Mar 23, 2014 6:51:27 GMT -5
It sure is pretty, whatever it is.
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carloscinco
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since July 2008
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Post by carloscinco on Mar 23, 2014 15:41:06 GMT -5
Crazy sez it all.
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QuailRiver
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since May 2008
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Post by QuailRiver on Mar 24, 2014 1:37:15 GMT -5
Yes that is Red Lace from Laguna, Mexico. This is one of my favorite cabbing materials. I've slabbed between 100-150 pounds of this material and have found that the lace in some pieces just isn't as "crazy" as the lace in others. If you want more pattern, when you get a piece like this where you find you have a narrow solid band of lacey material (like shows running vertically in your second and third photos and horizontally in your fourth photo), sometimes if you can reposition the piece in the vice and slice parallel through the narrow bands. You may only get one or two good slabs doing it this way but I have found these types of pieces can produce some of the most unique patterns. Larry C.
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Post by pghram on Mar 24, 2014 10:38:00 GMT -5
That rock had a little bit of everything going on.
Rich
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jspencer
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since March 2011
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Post by jspencer on Mar 24, 2014 23:13:32 GMT -5
It is as red as Laguna lace which makes the water in my cabber run blood red. My drain bucket looks like I bled out a small animal!
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