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 Post subject: Moss & various cabs micropics
PostPosted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 9:20 am 
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Today I did some exercise in taking pictures of details of my cabs. Needless to say my Priday Mass Agate cabs were starring. :mrgreen:

But I also took some pics of different rocks. Like this Owyhee jasper. It's really a nice material to work with.
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And a detail of the pattern:
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I tried again my Ocean Jasper cab, to get a better image of the orbs:
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Then I switched to some fortified agate cabs from Mexico. I like this material. There's some red moss in very slightly purplish agate with very fine banding. It make nice cabs, but also great macro-pics:
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But let's move to the Priday Moss. This is probably my new favorite cab:
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There's some interesting stuff inside:
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But there are other cabs with interesting inner worlds. This cab. for example, has some more milky agate and few "moss" fibers (both green and red, like the cab above):
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This cab has a little area with banded agate and green moss:
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This one has some nice red "coral" :) :
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Some moss is not fiber-like, but more similar to kelp and similar algae:
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 10:12 am 
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EXCEPTIONAL shots Marco!!! :shock:
CONGRATS!!!! =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 11:36 am 
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EXCEPTIONAL shots Marco!!! :shock:
CONGRATS!!!! =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D> =D>
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Yes, absolutely great! So much for 'opaque' stones being boring under the microscope :D Now, the question is whether your Ocean Jasper sample and mine came from the same beach.... :D
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 11:49 am 
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Nice shots Owen :D 8)
you only need to work a bit on the illumination setup, opaque samples could be sometimes a real pain in the ass to shoot :?
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Fab shots.
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Thanks. :D
Your OJ looks very similar to mine indeed. This is the cab the pic is coming from:
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I also forgot something for the GemologyOnline ladies... :wink:
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(Guadalupe Poppy Jasper. My favorite jasper by far)

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Hi every body ...

Maialetto , you made me dream ! Congratulations and thanks for these superpictures !
You opened for us the doors of a marvelous mineral paradise , a wonderful world ...
I love Agates too ; they never deceive you and you are always seduced ;)
* Your Moss Agate is great :smt060

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(Guadalupe Poppy Jasper. My favorite jasper by far)
I agree with you ... mine too :smt055

Thank you too, Kerensky !

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Wow wow wow! Maialetto those are wonderful - they make me want to dream them!

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Marco and Owen, Brilliant shots of the inner world of gems, well I still reckon they're gems.

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Very nice shots

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Fantastic pictures!
Thank you for posting them.


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Really like these stones, even if I'm not a big fan of opaque materials in general.

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Absolutely stunning!
I feel like the mossy one is a petrified aquarium 8)


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Just like another universe! SO nice! Thank you for sharing!

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