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Offline sailordad

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one for the case
« on: October 17, 2009, 10:03:15 pm »
well when i woke up this morning and was just laying there in bed,i got to thinking about some gold stone that i have been saving.
so i thought i would get up,have my morning coffee, and start whacking some gold stone.
i dont know how many of you have ever used this stuff.but it comes in green and blue and kind of and orange or even brown some times
well i had a piece that was more brown than orange.so i cut the slab into smaller pieces for points.
i started with a little percussion on it and once i had the shape,then i started pressure flaking away.
as i was working it i noticed that it was getting translucent.which i have never seen before with this stuff.
well i continued to finish the point( i think it would be called a "northern" not real sure )
but its a style that seems to come easy for me.
when i got the point finished and held it up to the light.well i couldnt believe something this brown would be so translucent "green".
yup its kinda wierd. "BROWN GOLDSTONE,thats translucent GREEN"
since the point turned out kind nice i am going to put it in my keeper case.
heres some pics for ya'll





it does look better now,as i picked all the left over little boogers off of it
thanks for looking                                                                                    peace,
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Offline ken75

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Re: one for the case
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2009, 10:24:44 pm »
thats some interesting rock!! great work by the way, you seem to be finding a warm spot to work . good job !!

Offline sailordad

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Re: one for the case
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2009, 10:58:38 pm »
ya,every where here today was warm.
it was in the mid 40's today and sunny.
havent had a warm sunny day in weeks now.
took advantage ;D
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Offline FlintWalker

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Re: one for the case
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2009, 11:48:32 pm »
Looks great!  Around here, we call that a Big Sandy.
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Re: one for the case
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2009, 12:10:16 am »
Man, that thing is sweet! Congrats Sailordad.

Offline Jaeger

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Re: one for the case
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2009, 09:15:07 am »
good job

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Re: one for the case
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2009, 10:34:24 am »
Now that is way cool. Got any more of that ?...'  Frank
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Re: one for the case
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2009, 12:36:35 pm »
nice job sailordad maybe u can get a side view shot of it would look nice as well also if u have a stand with a hole drilled through it and put a light shining through the light so it radiates through the piece being its translucent I think it would make a smashing pic and reveil tons of detail... Thanks for posting a job well done!!!

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Re: one for the case
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2009, 01:23:06 pm »
looks good. :)
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Re: one for the case
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2009, 02:03:42 pm »
Nice Job Tim....You make the Points....and I will make the Bamboo Shafts that look like Carbon's........ >:D
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Re: one for the case
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2009, 07:50:35 pm »
Cool Tim - nice point! I bought some goldstone once and looks like glitter gold - the X liked the point I made her out of it.
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