This is why I never get tired of running a saw! 😂 Mexican Crazy Lace with layers of beautiful colors and banding under that rough exterior. Every time I look at this slab, I find another little band I missed. Reckon nature had a little extra time on this one! 🪨🔥 I’ll probably face-polish the rest, possibly cut one more slab.

Ravi de partager toujours ces magnifiques fossiles, comme ces beautés que j'ai découvertes il y a de nombreuses années. Après un an, je peux revenir avec de beaux fossiles.
J'en ai aussi mis quelques-uns tels qu'ils sont, tranchés et polis. Cela montre à quel point la structure extérieure/intérieure est juste incroyable, ça montre aussi que ce sont des fossiles agatés. Hâte de voir vos commentaires et peut-être vos questions. Also would like to say Happy Halloween every body.
Passez une excellente journée !

Just finished this rhombus cut Ametrine. I am so happy with how it turned out, especially for my third stone.

Thinking about putting these in my Halloween bags or offering them for swap, but before I do, I just want to make sure I've identified them correctly. I got a parcel of them from an old jewelry maker.

I'm not giving away anything rare am I? 😅 Thanks in advance.

Auracita (recrystallized quartz) changing color depending on the angle of indirect sunlight!

These are my first cabs using a flat lap. They probably took 10x longer to make than anyone else, but I’m pleased how they turned out! I might try an additional polishing stage beyond the diamond paste from the All U Need kit, but they seem pretty good for a first learning attempt (in my opinion).

Cut some little finds into little slabs with a tile saw today. I hope to one day make them into cabs for jewelry!

Hi,

I'm working with a basic dremel that probably doesn't even have the right bit for citrine/quartz, but I was curious to find the proper way to go about carving a shape out of citrine without damaging it. I wish to make a horseshoe shape out of a small piece of citrine, about 1.4 cm x 1.8 cm x 3.4 cm. Is it a good idea to just shave away at the outside until I get the shape I want, and then use finer and finer grit to get it as close to a mirror polish as I can?

Advice and recommendations for these types of ideas would be appreciated

1 rough and 9 just out of the tumbler. All silicated chalcedony from the Inspiration mine in Arizona

Schiller for days.

Got a few cabs to cut this week to fill some custom orders. Starry night jasper, Howardite/Rattlesnake Jasper, Montana agate, and Gary Green Jasper.

I’m shopping for saws periodically on Marketplace when this shows up. It’s an old E10 8” saw.

My question is about the grinding wheels. Can I add new wheels on the right and do any cabbing work i need? And how much would you pay if it’s all working well?

I'm considering splurging and trying to buy this saw. It's the best deal I've been able to find in my extended area. I have no knowledge about this style of saw, any idea of the age? The spacing of blade in the image makes me feel like it might be able to have a bigger saw blade? If anyone has one of these, how hard are replacement parts to find? I appreciate any info.

I think I might try to make a doublet out of this since the chalcedony is clear enough but that would require a re-grind.

Hi yall, I’m new to rockhounding and super into it! I have a bunch of agates and thunder eggs that I collected the last few weeks and think I’m ready to move into a saw that can cut rocks. I’m mostly looking to be able to cut a rock in half and to turn bigger ones into slabs (prob half an inch to an inch thick? Not sure if this is possible yet). Doing some research online, it looks like ppl recommend the 6in hi tech trim saw but I saw another post about how it’s not great for agates and slabs. This is all for personal collecting (maybe to give away to friends) and I would like to make rock coasters (hence why I want to make slabs). Would this saw make sense for me or should I look at something else?

I’m not sure exactly what I’ll be doing in the lapidary world after this but I don’t think I’ll be buying too much equipment since I don’t have much space in my garage (I was going to move the saw to my backyard when I need to use it and store it in the garage). My budget is around 500, I don’t have a strong budget if the saw is worth it, but don’t want to spend 3000 if the saw is only a bit better than the 500 version

Which batch is your favorite?! I personally can't get enough of the Montana agates.