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Author: | Stephen Challener [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:51 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: what am I? ancient faceter? |
Wow, that does have a certain skeletal look. Can't wait to hear more about it. Jade is very hard to definitively identify in the field (short of the hammer test ofc). Doing it from a photo is even harder, alas. It's a distinct possibility, however. |
Author: | Renald [ Mon Mar 09, 2015 11:46 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: what am I? ancient faceter? |
Nick, It is an old B & I Gem Maker. It was sold in the 60s at about $50 Renald |
Author: | dchallener [ Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:19 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: what am I? ancient faceter? |
nickatnight wrote: She also has this big stone. Jade? Looks like serpentine to me - it doesn't look solid, but rather just a crust of material around a boulder. But maybe I am reading the picture wrong. |
Author: | nickatnight [ Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:39 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: what am I? ancient faceter? |
thanks Renald, I told her it looked like the 60's Anybody out there interested? I am just a middleman, I live in SC and the machine or whats left of it is in central CA |
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