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Lefty

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Barbeque'd tiger eye pendant
« on: March 19, 2015, 05:00:29 AM »
Simple pendant made from the piece of tiger eye I cooked on the barbie :) This cab was done from the opposite end of the piece, further away from the heat source. It wasn't enough to turn fully coppery-red but it darkened, took on faint greenish reflections and developed a few small red streaks. The chatoyancy is very lively and moves in a single "lightning bolt" line.




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Re: Barbeque'd tiger eye pendant
« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2015, 07:49:18 AM »
looks very nice Lefty  :)
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Re: Barbeque'd tiger eye pendant
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2015, 09:34:10 AM »
Nice one lefty, got to be happy how that turned out.  beers
Did you do the silver work aswell?

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Re: Barbeque'd tiger eye pendant
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2015, 01:00:25 PM »
Cheers guys :)

The silver setting is just a pre-made bezel cup I bought - not sure you could make something like that for less than you can buy it.

The polish is a bit higher than it looks in the photo, I took it to #100 000 diamond - I think wife had been touching it with greasy fingers :)

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Re: Barbeque'd tiger eye pendant
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2015, 09:58:25 PM »
Looks very nice well done

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Re: Barbeque'd tiger eye pendant
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2015, 05:32:03 AM »
came up different ,looks good ,sometimes you mess around with different rock material or try things differently with rock and it may surprise you,cheers

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Re: Barbeque'd tiger eye pendant
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2015, 08:11:04 AM »
Nice job

 

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