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I'm off for another 2 days.  Looking forward to cutting the new Charoite and Eudialyte material I picked up this morning.  We will see what turns out of these materials.  I do really ap … read more

There is always a surprise when you work with rocks.  Like the Malachite Sphere I made that the vug filled with white and all of sudden when cleaning to go to polish, becomes Chrysocolla, the Red … read more

2 more days of grinding and the Red Lightening agate is now completely round.  Such hoopla it creates when I think I have got it only to find out there is one tiny little spot of fingernail polis … read more

Had the Red Lightening Agate sphere running all day yesterday.  Thought it might be finished.  Alas there is one very small spot of green nail polish left before it is round.  This mate … read more

It is not very often a material gets the better of me.  Red Lightening Agate may just be one of those.  This stuff is hard!  It has been of the high speed machine for 3 days and still h … read more