Lapidary Thread

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Lapidary Thread

[Former_Member]

Wow, I was just chatting about the glow of agates in another thread here.
I love how much amber smells like the pine trees. Jade gets a bit soapy and it smells like the mountains.....

[Lovethebugs]

Thank you so much for informing me about that machine, I had no idea what it was. I cant wait to set it up and try it out. I can definitely picture myself ruining a few stones until I figure out to go slow :) Its my lot in life.

[Former_Member]

Paul Meyer from GenesisGems says

Terri,

OK!, I'm not crazy!

I had some gem silica and chrysocolla in matrix that used to smell like grapes!
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Actual grapes or grape jelly?

[GenesisGems]

Actual grapes!

[Former_Member]

Paul, that's just crazy yet amazing.

[Former_Member]

OK , i going to simply cut and paste this for comments and we can revive this older thread.

here is a weird piece of Luguna agate, the 1st pic show a hint of the optical effect but it really is not possible to catch the golden glow the stone shoots off in a moonstone like flash. i see Luguna rough for sale on ebay often.. a real bargain usually

jburkhart.com/gems2/w19a.jpg
jburkhart.com/gems2/w19b.JPG
jburkhart.com/gems2/w19c.JPG
jburkhart.com/gems2/w19d.JPG
jburkhart.com/gems2/w19e.JPG
jburkhart.com/gems2/w19f.JPG

Is this what was called Iris Agate occasionally?
common?
Paul?

[GenesisGems]

I have never heard of it nor seen it; very cool!

[GenesisGems]

I'll trade you some Leverite for some of that rough! :-)

[Lovethebugs]

Those are beautiful geez.

[AnjasArts]

This is probably a really dumb question but what is the white on the bottom of the citrine? I know zilch about citrine lol
https://www.etsy.com/listing/125025051/1c-citrine-druzy-crystal-cluster-supply?

[Former_Member]

it looks like quartz, the same thing as citrine is

[AnjasArts]

:) Thanks Jerry, Thats one popular one i have no clue about lol

[Former_Member]

Where do you think that's from jerry....the citrine? The back side, matrix looks soft and crumbly.

[Former_Member]

Hi Mickey, Actually it looks very solid to me? Anja?

Most Citrine is from Brazil, it is very common but also most citrine is actually amethyst heat treated, something few know.

If you have a unwanted piece of amethyst take a match or torch to it.. it will turn to citrine if you heat it enough. also a good thing to know if you are sizing a customers nice amethyst ring :-) after you turn it to citrine the fun starts...lol.

[Former_Member]

if the white is solid and sparkly, its quartz most likely, try scratching it with another piece of quartz?

[AnjasArts]

I'm betting its from brazil, some of the amethyst was from there too and i believe they came from the same seller. It looks pretty solid and sparkly, and i don't have a piece of quartz that's pointy lol
that's pretty cool about the amethyst!

[Untwistedsister]

I don't know if this is the right thread - but I have a lapidary question. I got all the necessary chemicals to stablize some slabs. My question is what to expect out of it...... will they take a better polish or just not crumble apart when cutting and polishing? I have some flowering onyx that I thought might be a good candidate.

[GenesisGems]

I'm clueless about that! (Probably about more things than I think!) :-0

[Former_Member]

I receive this news letter via my membership to our rock and gem club:

Northwest Newsletter
Northwest Federation of Mineralogical Societies
Att: Tom Burchard, Circulation
875 E.4500 A.
South Ogden, UT.84403-2913

Plenty of important BLM closings, rock and mineral information, equipment for sale, special collection, auctions and current club shows and events for you to attend.

A complete listing of all club rock & gem events from this weekend through October 2013, mainly in the Northwest. Many of these up coming events are not booked full. IF you are a seller there may be opportunities for you to still participate at one of the scheduled shows.

IF anyone is interested in a particular state, please convo and I'll give you the clubs and contact info.

Mickey

PS
Idaho, Utah, Oregon,
Washington, and Montana....Northwest.

You can contact the federation circulation office for your copy of this quarterly news letter.

[Untwistedsister]

Mickey - do they put their newsletter online?

[Former_Member]

Well, jeez, slap me with a stick and call me stupid.


www.amfed.org/nfms


The trauma of losing my first Grandson to moving out and to Washington on Monday has really put a strain on my brain. Sorry.

[Untwistedsister]

aw, Mickey - I had no idea you were going through such a rough time. My first and only's mama moved him out of state a year ago at almost 4. Hoping we'll get to see him this summer.

[Former_Member]

I'm doing fairly well....as long as I don't look at the screen saver on my cell phone.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/crudeco/

first row, my flickr....all his lovely little sweetness.

[Former_Member]

Ah Mickey, So sorry... I know that must hurt.


Hey I see the resin tray now , the pic never showed before... thats pretty..

[Former_Member]

Yeah, there's already a fav admirer.
I just sold that chunk of Chinese Writing Stone to a young peep in Texas.