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Ok, I see what you did by heating the stone. Excellent idea IMO. 😉I use hot stuff cyanoacrylate glue myself as it already comes in different viscosity to choose for your application but I lack the vacuum chamber to suck out the air to replace with epoxy the right way. Regardless, when you started the video couldn't help but go and pick up the nice chunk of serpentine some really nice hound passed along to me and am thankful you posted this about working the material. Think I'll leave this one as a shelf mineral sample and be forced to make a trip across to my friends place and visit mine! 😁Thanks for the post, much appreciated. Have a nice week ahead to you all!
It's called a Doublet when you glue different rocks together. There is also a Triplet when they glue three layers. What? three layers you say? Yes. What you might look for is some lab grown Optical Quartz. Cut it thin and glue it on top of your Serpentine. The lab grown Quartz won't have any inclusions, so you'll have a perfectly clear window to see the beauty of the stone underneath. As for the triplets, they do like you did with a black backing, a thin slice of Spencer Opal, then a clear Quartz top. It makes for a good strong wearable piece of jewelry. And for those who might wonder, these forms of applications are recognized in the AFMS (American Federation of Mineralogical Society) rules for competition. Doublets and Triplets are part of the 15 recognized forms of Lapidary.
Serpentine. Our California State Rock. I don't think I have seen any down South where I live LOL! Those are some cool looking pieces you have my friend.😎
Oh yeah I`ll be there, I did`nt take my time last year so I`ll be getting more this year, thanks for the tips on the serpentine, plus i like how you backed the fractured material with basalt, Thanks for all you do Jared, you are very much appreciated
You can find more information about the mine on my website currentlyrockhounding.com/wildturkeymine and you can find all the details about the exact dates this season that mine will be opening by visiting their website at www.washingtonrocks.net.
I love the different materials from the wild turkey mine! It's all so beautiful and so different. It just blows my mind that the material color changes as you go around the mine. it's incredible and gorgeous. Thank you for that little tip about backing it, because I see a lot of the material is fractured and it's really gorgeous material. And basalt is abundant to back with! Especially in Washington! But in other areas, you can use whatever cheap, and tough material is available to you, as a backer. Awesome video! I love serpentine!
Argggghhhh. That weekend can’t come soon enough!! I am so stoked for that trip! Probably gonna camp out at the Edna mine if I can on the Friday night if I’m not too tired from the drive down. Looks like it’s just past the wild turkey on the maps. I’ll chat with you closer to the date about things. Cheers Jared.
Ahh ok that’s where that bright green stuff comes from! I bought some pieces from the Idaho Rock Shop when we were out there. The piles, not the actual store front.😊 He gets stuff from all over.
That was an interesting overview of the Serpentines and what is possible to find at the Wild Turkey mine. It's very tempting to pack up and swing in there for a visit. Looking forward to the hound season spinning back up. Thanks for sharing this, cheers!
This was good one. We back our turquoise with barite mixed with clear epoxy, because it is a brown, tan finish. It's similar to the matrix. Mix it on wax paper, press the piece into it and then cut it out when it dries.
I like the doublet idea. I was waiting to hear you say that you stabalized it in your vacuum chamber. 😅 Going to run a few batches in mine this summer. I'll be back at the mine again later this summer 👊
Thank you for this video The amount of rock variables in the Pacific north west is crazy. So much to take in. Lol I feel bad when people ask me rock questions I can't answer and don't want to miss lead anyone and ruin rock hunting for them / other TH-cam'ers.
Nice material! Wonder how a sphere would turn out? Fractures wouldn’t be as big of a deal, as it is how the material seems to be. Anybody you know deals with this stuff for us who live far away?
So... yeah I don't know about carving the pieces but that crumbly stone does look cool and would work excellently as tiles in a chessboard similar to the one Theo did. Even if you didn't make the individual pieces a chessboard just by itself would be cool and what else can you do with that crumbly materiel? Table top maybe? So after watching Theo's video and seeing how crazy carving the pieces were you were like lol yeah no way. Yeah me too lol. Now we're both thinking about it. Mwahaha! Anyway... It's cool looking to bad it crumbles so easy. I'm going to have to get into resin pouring... So much potential
I think you can find some solid material here and when you do find it I think its really good. I would love to make a chess set but I'm not sure I'm really there yet.
Great video and for not making those that cab turned out pretty good. I collected a few pieces like the dark green blue you showed and until now wasn't sure what it was so thank you. Would it work to use a high grade resin to strengthen it? Just a thought because it would also give it a really nice shine once it's polished
Love your channel. Always entertaining, always informative. Do have any suggestions as to where I can get 6" polishing bands for a Lortone? Maybe I'm nit calling them by the right name, but I can't seem to be able to find them on the internet. Help, please 🙏
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Cool video! I like that idea for stabilizing the serpentine. 👍🏻
I will figure out the stabilizing when I have a bigger shop. Someday, it will happen.
Ok, I see what you did by heating the stone. Excellent idea IMO. 😉I use hot stuff cyanoacrylate glue myself as it already comes in different viscosity to choose for your application but I lack the vacuum chamber to suck out the air to replace with epoxy the right way. Regardless, when you started the video couldn't help but go and pick up the nice chunk of serpentine some really nice hound passed along to me and am thankful you posted this about working the material. Think I'll leave this one as a shelf mineral sample and be forced to make a trip across to my friends place and visit mine! 😁Thanks for the post, much appreciated. Have a nice week ahead to you all!
It's a pretty good place to visit and do a little bit of collecting as well as visiting some of the other free location to the north of it.
It's called a Doublet when you glue different rocks together. There is also a Triplet when they glue three layers. What? three layers you say? Yes. What you might look for is some lab grown Optical Quartz. Cut it thin and glue it on top of your Serpentine. The lab grown Quartz won't have any inclusions, so you'll have a perfectly clear window to see the beauty of the stone underneath. As for the triplets, they do like you did with a black backing, a thin slice of Spencer Opal, then a clear Quartz top. It makes for a good strong wearable piece of jewelry. And for those who might wonder, these forms of applications are recognized in the AFMS (American Federation of Mineralogical Society) rules for competition. Doublets and Triplets are part of the 15 recognized forms of Lapidary.
Thank you so much for the comment with the information. The world of cabs, is not one I have much expertise with whatsoever.
Serpentine. Our California State Rock. I don't think I have seen any down South where I live LOL! Those are some cool looking pieces you have my friend.😎
Oh yeah I`ll be there, I did`nt take my time last year so I`ll be getting more this year, thanks for the tips on the serpentine, plus i like how you backed the fractured material with basalt, Thanks for all you do Jared, you are very much appreciated
A great soloution to make use of the material.
The fractured stuff is just fine for tumbling. Could be interesting to carve some, too. Nice and soft. Thanks for showing the variety!
I think the colors and hardness would be really nice to carve on. I don't know of anyone who has tired it but I think it would look really good.
You can find more information about the mine on my website currentlyrockhounding.com/wildturkeymine and you can find all the details about the exact dates this season that mine will be opening by visiting their website at www.washingtonrocks.net.
I love the different materials from the wild turkey mine! It's all so beautiful and so different. It just blows my mind that the material color changes as you go around the mine. it's incredible and gorgeous. Thank you for that little tip about backing it, because I see a lot of the material is fractured and it's really gorgeous material. And basalt is abundant to back with! Especially in Washington! But in other areas, you can use whatever cheap, and tough material is available to you, as a backer. Awesome video! I love serpentine!
It really is impressive to see what is coming out of that 100' hole up there.
Argggghhhh. That weekend can’t come soon enough!! I am so stoked for that trip! Probably gonna camp out at the Edna mine if I can on the Friday night if I’m not too tired from the drive down. Looks like it’s just past the wild turkey on the maps. I’ll chat with you closer to the date about things. Cheers Jared.
It think you will have a really good time here.
Ahh ok that’s where that bright green stuff comes from! I bought some pieces from the Idaho Rock Shop when we were out there. The piles, not the actual store front.😊 He gets stuff from all over.
You should come out and dig sometime!
That was an interesting overview of the Serpentines and what is possible to find at the Wild Turkey mine. It's very tempting to pack up and swing in there for a visit. Looking forward to the hound season spinning back up. Thanks for sharing this, cheers!
Road trip!!!
If you're ever thinking about heading to Washington just let me know!
This was good one. We back our turquoise with barite mixed with clear epoxy, because it is a brown, tan finish. It's similar to the matrix. Mix it on wax paper, press the piece into it and then cut it out when it dries.
I always learn something from your videos! Thanks!
Thank you!
A really good video for me. Thanks for sharing
I'm glad you liked it!
Beautiful stuff...gave me an idea for a couple of fractured rhyolite with copper inclusions. Thanks!
Such a cool funky colour 💚💚💚 For not being a "cabochon guy" your cab is pretty boss!!!
Good info. Cab looks pretty good to me.
Wonderful informs. Thank you for sharing
Making doublets with it. I was so thinking about the Spenser opal too. 😊🏆
I like the doublet idea. I was waiting to hear you say that you stabalized it in your vacuum chamber. 😅 Going to run a few batches in mine this summer. I'll be back at the mine again later this summer 👊
I want to use it but the stabilizer costs so much.
Thank you for this video
The amount of rock variables in the Pacific north west is crazy.
So much to take in. Lol
I feel bad when people ask me rock questions I can't answer and don't want to miss lead anyone and ruin rock hunting for them / other TH-cam'ers.
We really do have a lot to collect and look at.
We're all in a state of learning.
Love serpentine !
Nice material! Wonder how a sphere would turn out? Fractures wouldn’t be as big of a deal, as it is how the material seems to be. Anybody you know deals with this stuff for us who live far away?
I know the mine owner makes spheres out of this material.
I just might have to reach out to him?
I got some nice deep green serpentine around my area
So... yeah I don't know about carving the pieces but that crumbly stone does look cool and would work excellently as tiles in a chessboard similar to the one Theo did. Even if you didn't make the individual pieces a chessboard just by itself would be cool and what else can you do with that crumbly materiel? Table top maybe? So after watching Theo's video and seeing how crazy carving the pieces were you were like lol yeah no way. Yeah me too lol. Now we're both thinking about it. Mwahaha! Anyway... It's cool looking to bad it crumbles so easy. I'm going to have to get into resin pouring... So much potential
I think you can find some solid material here and when you do find it I think its really good.
I would love to make a chess set but I'm not sure I'm really there yet.
@@CurrentlyRockhounding it’s a LOT yeah I’m not there yet either. Goals
I should be up there on the 13th, weather permitting. Do we know if the snow is gone up at the red marble mine?
I know right now its still got snow but we have warm weather coming so perhaps a few weeks can change that.
Great video and for not making those that cab turned out pretty good. I collected a few pieces like the dark green blue you showed and until now wasn't sure what it was so thank you. Would it work to use a high grade resin to strengthen it? Just a thought because it would also give it a really nice shine once it's polished
I'm sure you could stabilize it with something like a resin, I would try it first on some small samples you don't care a whole lot about.
Love your channel. Always entertaining, always informative. Do have any suggestions as to where I can get 6" polishing bands for a Lortone? Maybe I'm nit calling them by the right name, but I can't seem to be able to find them on the internet. Help, please 🙏
Have you looked at Kingsley North?
I haven't, I'll check them out. Thank you 😊
Ooooh, 5 minutes in and hoping your going to spring a vacuum chamber on us?🤔🤔😂😂
The stabilizer costs sooo much.
I’ve seen that stuff here locally where I’m at. 🤔
stabilize it as you would turquoise. Soak in acetone and epoxy for @ a week.
I love the colors of those rocks, but it's a bummer they're as fragile as they are.
A lot of it is but when you find something good and solid its great!
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