slabbed specimen ring.

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Nice.

  
Cliff

Looks good Tricky, can you tell us how its done, any more photos?

Woteva

looks good cut and polished. like looking into a window of the past.
cool.

Very cool Tricky. I've messed around some wet and dry sand paper on a few species just for fun. I just did it by hand and have always wondered if you had the kit whether you could cut and polish species without cracking them. Seems like you can! Black iron stone species would look great done like that i reckon Tricky. Have you or anyone has tried it?

Cheers
Stingray

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another photo and how it looked coming out of the ground.
I have a lapidary saw and have tried with a 6 thou blade but it flexes too much so I now use a 25 thou diamond blade. I have cut numerous species but most of them fracture and the thicker they are cut the less they fracture. the polishing can be done with a set of cabbing wheels or sand paper starting at 400 normally down to 3000 for the final sand and then on to the polishing wheels.

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and this is what the rest looks like after a year in HF.

Both look awesome Tricky.

Very nice Tricky. Thanks for taking the time to post info and the photos.

Cheers
Stingray

That is awesome, Would Love to split a couple of my species like you have done there...
That ring is priceless, There wouldn't be any thing like it on the market 

[quote="Stingray"]Very nice Tricky. Thanks for taking the time to post info and the photos.

I totally agree with Stingrays comments .
The time and effort put in to it was well worth it, a lovely looking ring, and a very interesting post. thanks Tricky.
Cheers,
salt-d