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Post by vegasjames on Aug 26, 2016 22:39:59 GMT -5
It finally went below 100F and I had to dive a ways to reset my truck computer so Jax and I to go mine some turquoise. This was today's haul.  20160826_180302 by James Sloane, on Flickr/ |
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Post by Garage Rocker on Aug 26, 2016 22:58:49 GMT -5
What a bounty! Nice diggin'!
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 27, 2016 11:55:07 GMT -5
Nice haul!!!! Is that stuff easy to work with?
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Post by vegasjames on Aug 27, 2016 15:07:33 GMT -5
It depends. The turquoise from there varies from pure turquoise with no matrix to disseminated turquoise, from chalk to naturally hard. Some of the chalk is actually semi-hard and as I have been grinding of the limonite from the stone it is taking a polish. he rest of the chalk though I would definitely have to stabilize. Mostly I have been working with the naturally hard turquoise from there, which is easy to work with. It is not stabilized or backed. This is an example of the naturally hard turquoise:  20160523_170752 by James Sloane, on Flickr And a bead I shaped from it:  20160523_123056-1 by James Sloane, on Flickr  20160523_123118-2 by James Sloane, on Flickr |
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 27, 2016 23:30:34 GMT -5
Nice!
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Post by fernwood on Aug 28, 2016 6:55:23 GMT -5
Beautiful stuff.
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Post by vegasjames on Aug 28, 2016 17:18:36 GMT -5
Thanks. I will have to re-photgraph some of the cabs I have done with this material and get it posted when I can. I love working with it. Easy to work and really comes out beautiful. |
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Post by vegasjames on Aug 28, 2016 20:00:15 GMT -5
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