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5% Off Of Any Rough Order of $50 Dollars or More
You must put special promotion CODE R11/4 in the special instructions field when ordering online or mention
it
when ordering by phone.
Expires Nov. 4, 2010. Not valid for sale items, bulk priced items or wholesale items.
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Malachite
Malachite is a well known material and one of the most popular copper secondary
for lapidaries and jewelers alike. Polishes with tin cerium oxide, green rouge
and diamond.
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Astrophyllite
Astrophyllite comes from one locality in Siberia, Russia and is very rare as a specimen. Some specimens have metallic looking ribbons scattered throughout and others have radiating areas of metallic ribbons. These pieces are small in size, and are better suited to specimens than cabochons.
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Block Simulant
Block Simulant does not contain any real stone material, but does a good job of simulating the real thing. It is an easy way to make gems that are affordable and consistent in appearance. Block Simulant cuts like a normal soft stone material and takes a nice polish with Zam (green rouge).
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Honey Calcite
Calcite is the gemstone form of calcium carbonate and often erroneously called
"onyx". Orange calcite cuts easily
and takes a good polish with diamond or tin oxide. Mohs hardness 3.
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Montana Agate
This is select material with good translucency and patterning. Agate
is a form of microcrystaline quartz. It is usually formed in nodules and has transparent,
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Rolling Hills Dolomite
Rolling Hills Dolomite has a very nice pattern of striped to wavy lines. The undulating pattern in this material makes for unusual and eye catching stones. |
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Blue Streak Tiger Eye
Dark and golden bands make this tiger eye different than your average golden tiger eye. |
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Orbicular Rhyolite
Orbicular Rhyolite has a great pattern and produces interesting stones with unusual figuring. This rhyolite can be a bit vuggy and tends to undercut, but finished stones have a lot of pizazz. |
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Fossil Coral "B" Grade
This fossil material displays the unusual internal structure
of the original coral.
Approximate Mohs hardness 6.5 to 7.
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Flintknapping - $26.95
Making and Understanding Stone Tools
by John C. Whittaker
Soft cover, 9" x 6", 341 pages, copyright 1994
Sample page
Sample page
Flintknapping contains detailed, practical information on making stone tools. John Whittaker is Professor of Anthropology at Grinell College. He has extensive experience in making and analyzing stone tools and has written many articles on the subject. He starts Flintknapping at the beginner level and progresses to discussion of a wide range of techniques. He includes information on necessary tools and materials, as well as step-by-step instructions for making several basic stone tool types. Numerous diagrams allow the reader to visualize the flintknapping process, and drawings of many stone tools illustrate the discussion and serve as models for beginning knappers. If you are looking for how-to to get started knapping or to improve you knapping skills and techinques, Flintknapping is the book for you!
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