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Post by jamesp on Nov 21, 2016 2:48:18 GMT -5
All right, you need to make a set of drink coasters like that. That is friggin beautiful!....Mel Sawed those in Mapei tile grout for thin joints that uses ground up plastic particles for aggregate(no sand). It is the small pebbles that can be striking and solid, but impossible to saw. The small slabs make great tumbles and cab preforms. Used cheap kerosene and 25% 10w-40 in the saw as the portland is rough on the saw oil.  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Nov 21, 2016 11:45:51 GMT -5
jamesp- you may have mentioned before, but do you plan to sell any slabs?
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Post by jamesp on Nov 21, 2016 13:18:39 GMT -5
jamesp- you may have mentioned before, but do you plan to sell any slabs? Let me PM you Tela. |
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Post by captbob on Nov 21, 2016 13:40:55 GMT -5
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Post by captbob on Nov 21, 2016 15:18:55 GMT -5
What bed is this?  I have a few of those eggs too,but can't remember the name... Hey Mike, Diane said the box of t-eggs I bought was from McDermott. Another I cut. Cut more but can't figure out where the pictures went.   Hate it when I realize that I shouldn't have cut a rock. Was the same in the field around Zapata. Would often window a rock that I figured was a good 'un and regret doing so immediately afterward - because I knew it was good and could have left it whole for tumbling. win some lose some  When it warms back up in a day or two I will start taking pictures of what I call my oddities. Some different stuff there that I hope many here will get a kick out of. |
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Post by jamesp on Nov 21, 2016 17:59:31 GMT -5
Black spray paint !! Gotta love the strange. Who would have guessed a black tumor inside.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 21, 2016 19:11:04 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Nov 26, 2016 19:46:04 GMT -5
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Post by captbob on Dec 27, 2016 8:56:52 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Dec 27, 2016 10:13:23 GMT -5
Well, a visit to the metro Atlanta war zone is a whole lot mo dangerous than Lake Zapata. Would guess downtown near Bob is the same way. Urban America not safe. Non-American killing American on American soil/water is big news in any case. 9/11 and the border, about it for such killings. |
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 27, 2016 11:40:04 GMT -5
I did notice that some of that Texas petwood is blah........But when they get wild,they are cool!
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Post by jamesp on Jan 21, 2017 13:57:51 GMT -5
I did notice that some of that Texas petwood is blah........But when they get wild,they are cool! most of it is blah Michael. you have to pick thru it and be selective no doubt. Most of it is about black as coal. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2017 10:48:22 GMT -5
I did notice that some of that Texas petwood is blah........But when they get wild,they are cool! most of it is blah Michael. you have to pick thru it and be selective no doubt. Most of it is about black as coal. It's not blah. Nor is it black as coal. Folks it's gorgeous. These petrified wood pieces display the colors of the night. This exciting type of petrified wood was formed over many years of a slow and steady metamorphic process. A secret process known only to mother nature. The end result is this amazingly beautiful petrified wood product. You will want to incorporate it into all of your lapidary products. Lady's and Gentleman I introduce to you "Midnight Wood". |
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 28, 2017 11:12:03 GMT -5
James,looks like Scott will buy it all...............LOL
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Post by jamesp on Jan 28, 2017 11:32:21 GMT -5
James,looks like Scott will buy it all...............LOL Michael, looks like Scott must have been thunder struck by some force. Believe he has a new gal friend. Math teacher ? Thick rim black glasses, raven hair, skirt, succulent legs, hmmm. We could sell him all our leave rites. @shotgunner ? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2017 11:37:19 GMT -5
James,looks like Scott will buy it all...............LOL Michael, looks like Scott must have been thunder struck by some force. Believe he has a new gal friend. Math teacher ? Thick rim black glasses, raven hair, skirt, succulent legs, hmmm. We could sell him all our leave rites. @shotgunner ? You missed her description on all accounts. Save the succulence. You nailed that. Truth be told. She is too tall for me and lives too far. But these haven't really become a problem. I'm just playing with the idea that black wood can have a market. Proper description sells anything. The sexy name "midnight wood" is sure to make it outsell black obsidian! |
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Post by captbob on Jan 28, 2017 11:39:07 GMT -5
In my boating days we called distant hotties Geographically Undesirable
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Post by Garage Rocker on Jan 28, 2017 11:40:29 GMT -5
Midnight wood? I thought that was your stage name, @shotgunner.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2017 11:43:14 GMT -5
In my boating days we called distant hotties Geographically Undesirable Exactly.... She is a mile outside my normal radius. And along my path to work, so the mile is overlooked!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2017 11:43:58 GMT -5
Midnight wood? I thought that was your stage name, @shotgunner. It's all marketing. And Midnight Wood is harder than obsidian yet fills the same niche. |
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I have a few of those eggs too,but can't remember the name...
