Ryan went to the train station early this AM.  That means I have been able to play with equipment all morning.  I have even accomplished a lot.  

Besides having cubed 4 Charoites, we are now cutting into the 2nd Namibian Pietersite boulder we picked ups on Friday.  The first has 3 sides cut and looks pretty amazing.  The corners are finishing coming off the 2nd Apache Gold.  It is looking like this is more solid than the last pieces I have cut.  There is a Barite ready to grind now too.  I have ground the corners off an old stock Parrot Wing Chrysocolla from Mexico.

In the garage, the sphere machines have been running nonstop.  The first of 4 Peruvian Chrysocolla spheres is ready for polish.  The other 3 are in various stages.  (Very fussy and has required frequent doses of option.  Ugh.)  I have also managed to round an Indian Paint Rock sphere and 2 Desert Storm/Wave Dolomite spheres.  Now I have a Marra Mamba on the high speed machine.  Hope this one works out better than the last one which fell apart.

A very productive morning.  Thanks for reading........