Progress Thread - Gift!
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 6:09 am
Hey y'all! 8's did a really sweet thing this week! She sent me a little parcel of some stones. What a wonderful surprise for me! Thank you so much! She wants to see what I'll do with them. So... challenge accepted!
Anyway, this might not be a very fast moving thread, but I thought I'd put them all into a progress thread so you can follow along.
Here's what I've got.
Two Welos - I'll soak and dry the welos before cutting. I kinda expect them to cloud up and stay milky after it dries but we won't really know until we try. Maybe I should cut one dry (with mask and my filter hood) just to compare. Looks at the perfect polish the natural cleavage gives. Sure wish MY polishes were that good!
Welo Opal A
9.85 ct, approx 19x21x12 mm
Welo B
24.4 ct, approx 20x23x16 mm
Chrysocolla
I think Chrysocolla usually needs to be stabilized, correct? It seems a bit crumbly. Sure is a pretty stone though!
18.23 g, approx 45x33x9 mm
Two Aussies. They look like Lightning Ridge, yes?
Aussie A (looks like ridge to me) 1.55 ct, approx 13x8x2 mm
Aussie B (also looks like LR) 6.45 ct, approx 22x9x6 mm
Anyway, this might not be a very fast moving thread, but I thought I'd put them all into a progress thread so you can follow along.
Here's what I've got.
Two Welos - I'll soak and dry the welos before cutting. I kinda expect them to cloud up and stay milky after it dries but we won't really know until we try. Maybe I should cut one dry (with mask and my filter hood) just to compare. Looks at the perfect polish the natural cleavage gives. Sure wish MY polishes were that good!
Welo Opal A
9.85 ct, approx 19x21x12 mm
Welo B
24.4 ct, approx 20x23x16 mm
Chrysocolla
I think Chrysocolla usually needs to be stabilized, correct? It seems a bit crumbly. Sure is a pretty stone though!
18.23 g, approx 45x33x9 mm
Two Aussies. They look like Lightning Ridge, yes?
Aussie A (looks like ridge to me) 1.55 ct, approx 13x8x2 mm
Aussie B (also looks like LR) 6.45 ct, approx 22x9x6 mm