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Snakes and Stones

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  • 05-25-2021, 05:59 AM
    Lord Sorril
    Re: Snakes and Stones
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Ascended View Post
    I like this one, sort of crispy mineral :cool:

    It does look crispy, part of its charm. :)

    This is another piece: Photo #69
    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...g4e5dmsrcu.jpg
    Orange Dream throws a lot of Iridescence in my photos, in shed, or out. :)

    Closeup of the Marcasite formation in the center below:

    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/VqDfDNm.jpg
  • 05-27-2021, 06:15 AM
    Lord Sorril
    Re: Snakes and Stones
    Photo #70
    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...y6tnlgj6ti.jpg

    Interesting color/pattern for a Lesser.
    I have been attempting to get her to produce eggs for several seasons with no success. I am no amateur-I have lots of tricks.
    She has rejected all my project orientated males (squabbling, teeth marks, and blood).
    I have confirmed her gender multiple times.
    After testing nearly all my males this season: she will only tolerate and lock with one of my Super Black Pastel Spiders (Photo #34).
    I strongly suspect no eggs again this season.
    Will try again next year exclusively with her preferred male...:)
  • 05-29-2021, 06:31 AM
    Lord Sorril
    Re: Snakes and Stones
    Photo #71A

    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...e3cijtlmxx.jpg
    GHI/Fire and Red Corundum (Ruby) in Quartz matrix.
    Corundum is supposedly outside the realm of tumbling due to the hardness (Mohs 9) being too close to the hardness of the grit, but, not in the case.
    I do admit I have had many failed several attempts to tumble Red Corundum (Ruby) and Blue Corundum (Sapphire) in different crystallization formations. These remain pending.
    Someone suggested that I put the stones under Black Light to actually confirm if they are rubies as they would fluoresce pink. Yep.

    Photo #71B
    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...n9hrtaqqal.jpg

    Here is what the original material looked like:
    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...kwr4akoop1.jpg

    :)
  • 05-29-2021, 08:26 AM
    richardhind1972
    Re: Snakes and Stones
    Wow that's so cool

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  • 05-29-2021, 11:33 AM
    Bogertophis
    Beautiful- & very interesting. :gj:
  • 05-29-2021, 05:18 PM
    Ascended
    Re: Snakes and Stones
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Lord Sorril View Post
    Photo #71A

    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...e3cijtlmxx.jpg
    GHI/Fire and Red Corundum (Ruby) in Quartz matrix.
    Corundum is supposedly outside the realm of tumbling due to the hardness (Mohs 9) being too close to the hardness of the grit, but, not in the case.
    I do admit I have had many failed several attempts to tumble Red Corundum (Ruby) and Blue Corundum (Sapphire) in different crystallization formations. These remain pending.
    Someone suggested that I put the stones under Black Light to actually confirm if they are rubies as they would fluoresce pink. Yep.

    Photo #71B
    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...n9hrtaqqal.jpg

    Here is what the original material looked like:
    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...kwr4akoop1.jpg

    :)

    You had to do the UV thing :rolleyes: You know how I love it. :love:
  • 05-31-2021, 05:19 AM
    Lord Sorril
    Re: Snakes and Stones
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by richardhind1972 View Post
    Wow that's so cool

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
    Beautiful- & very interesting.

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Ascended View Post
    You had to do the UV thing You know how I love it.

    Thank you all! :)

    Photo #72

    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...5b3n7qmcqj.jpg
  • 05-31-2021, 05:54 PM
    Ascended
    Re: Snakes and Stones
    Nice work. Keep them coming :cool:
  • 06-02-2021, 06:22 AM
    Lord Sorril
    Re: Snakes and Stones
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Ascended View Post
    Nice work. Keep them coming :cool:

    You bet! :)

    Photo #73
    https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...ymq70jvisw.jpg
    There is a story with this photo:
    The dark stones I received in a box of mixed material from the SouthWest U.S.A., it was just one large 6lb. nodule.
    It appeared to be a solid stone so I tumbled it 'as is' in its full size (using a rotary tumbler).
    When I finished the polish process I took it out and examined it and it appeared to have a textured surface. I had failed to polish it.
    I backed up the tumbling process to an early state and repeated it through polish with the same effect.
    Discouraged: I smashed the stone into smaller pieces and then shaped them and polished them with my vibe tumbler (which is very effective at polishing).
    The result was the same: textured surface, so I tossed the stones into a redo bucket and I noticed that they were mirroring the stones around them....They were polished!
    The textured surface I was observing was embedded in the rock and dispersing the light, and the polish could only be seen at the correct angle.
    Now I will always wonder if the large nodule I had polished in the beginning was perfect...and I had smashed it after months of work...:rolleyes:
  • 06-02-2021, 10:49 AM
    Bogertophis
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