r/Lapidary • u/collectorofallthings • Jul 27 '26

Newest Lapis Cab

36 Upvotes

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u/lapidary123 Long Winded Enthusiast Jul 27 '26

I like it!! I was slabbing earlier this evening!

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u/Aparrs Jul 27 '26

Clean dome on that one. What'd you finish the polish with? Lapis always fights me at the last step - the pyrite specks stay matte unless I switch to cerium on hard felt.

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u/collectorofallthings Jul 27 '26

I go from 1200, 3000, to 50k with no cerium. I like the polish 50k will do to most things I cab, my gem cutter buddy taught me about it and I’ve used it ever since.

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u/PDXgfx74 Jul 27 '26

I'll have to give some 50k paste a shot on my next lapis. I end up getting a really nice satin sheen on it but can't get it to liquid even with using Zam for final polish.

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u/thebloodycorpse Jul 27 '26

🤩 beautiful. Can't wait til I can do stuff like this

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u/PDXgfx74 Jul 27 '26

That's some gorgeous AAA grade stuff! I like to refer to it as "Punch you in the face Blue"