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Re: Snakes and Stones
Photo #36
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Re: Snakes and Stones
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I don't see very many people tumble and polish emeralds...tricky material to work with.
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Re: Snakes and Stones
Originally Posted by Lord Sorril
Photo #37
I don't see very many people tumble and polish emeralds...tricky material to work with.
Aren't emeralds supposed to be green? Those look more like turquoise (color-wise)... Nice though, whatever, lol.
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Re: Snakes and Stones
Originally Posted by Bogertophis
Aren't emeralds supposed to be green? Those look more like turquoise (color-wise)... Nice though, whatever, lol.
Facet grade emeralds are usually green. These are from Brazil (cheap) and they do have a little bit more blue tinge in them. These are not solid emeralds: the grey stuff is a smokey quartz matrix holding the emeralds. I don't think these stones are clear enough to see dichroism (which emeralds have), I think it is just the lighting in the photo.
Image above is of the same material: the first image has an LED light pressed up against it, and the second is at ambient room light.
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Re: Snakes and Stones
That blue glass is an amazing colour
Snakes awsome too
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Last edited by richardhind1972; 03-30-2021 at 08:40 AM.
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Re: Snakes and Stones
Originally Posted by richardhind1972
That blue glass is an amazing colour
Snakes awsome too
Thanks! The chunk of glass was a tricky one: I could not polish it in the tumbler because the glass was too heavy and soft and the plastic pellets I normally use as cushioning could still scratch the surface at the final polish stage. Eventually I prepared a 2 micron Aluminum oxide paste on a cloth and finished it by hand over the course of a few hours...tedious work, but, not bad to pass the time if you are just watching D grade horror movies on Netflix.
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Re: Snakes and Stones
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04-01-2021, 06:20 PM
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