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Finally, some new affordeable material

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Finally, some new affordeable material Feb 29, 2016 8:16:53 GMT -5 Fossilman and luvtogrow like this

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Post by kk on Feb 29, 2016 8:16:53 GMT -5

Have been looking for a few years now for an affordable way to work some amber.
Baltic and Dominican blue is out of range for my pocket, plus there are way too many fakes around to top it off.
So I have been eyeing Sumatran Blue for some time now. Have spoken to quite a few would be suppliers, but it always failed as they wanted to supply industrial quantities. :evil:

Now finally, I found this guy, willing to work on overall budget and happy to let go of some good sized pieces at an excellent prize to try out.

At 40$ for the pound of material; a steal.

To make the crazy shipping-cost worthwhile; I took the opportunity to get 4 pounds of Coral from him too.

Randy recently posted a baby python, I think there might just about be one in those slabs. :LOLOL:

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rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 34,958	Finally, some new affordeable material Feb 29, 2016 10:25:07 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Feb 29, 2016 10:25:07 GMT -5 Looks like a masterpiece waiting to be born!

Fossilman Cave Dweller Member since January 2009 Posts: 20,718	Finally, some new affordeable material Feb 29, 2016 10:45:09 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fossilman on Feb 29, 2016 10:45:09 GMT -5 SCORE!!!!!!
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kk has started giving rock gifts What a precious privilege it is to be alive- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. Member since October 2011 Posts: 3,223	Finally, some new affordeable material Feb 29, 2016 17:14:12 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kk on Feb 29, 2016 17:14:12 GMT -5 Did some homemade tests yesterday as I was afraid of ending up with copal. Burned some only to get a lovely "incense" smell, floats in saltwater and acetone gives zero reaction.
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Finally, some new affordeable material Mar 3, 2016 13:24:33 GMT -5 kk likes this

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Post by micellular on Mar 3, 2016 13:24:33 GMT -5

Very nice! I look forward to seeing what you make of them. I just learned about blue amber last week.

I kept eyeing Indonesian fossil coral at Tucson, but prices were ridiculous! Maybe next year.

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Finally, some new affordeable material Mar 3, 2016 16:59:32 GMT -5 micellular likes this

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Mar 3, 2016 13:24:33 GMT -5 micellular said:

Very nice! I look forward to seeing what you make of them. I just learned about blue amber last week.

I kept eyeing Indonesian fossil coral at Tucson, but prices were ridiculous! Maybe next year.

Directly from the source, the coral averages about 5$ per slab, but a 50$ postage ruins that.
So only worthwhile when buying 15-20 slabs at a time.

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