pics for rock hounds

[rattler]

spectralite.....its a type of labradorite from Finland, unfortunately its a royal pain getting a good pic of.....first pic is how it more or less looks, the second is actually a pretty poor pic of how it looks when yah get the light at just the right angle....when yah get it just perfect it flashes color bout 5 times better than the pic.....really cool but i kinda prefer normal labradorite cause its not as picky on just the right angle....

Koroit bolder opal from Australia......

 

[Rball]

very nice we have labradorite at work in all of our padio stones, the angle def has to be right with light to see the color i did notice if you get it wet it shows like so much better.

 

[rattler]

few more:

sapphires from gravel deposits near Philipsburg Montana

 

[Pyro]

I like that opal

 

[thez_yo]

Labradorite is one of my favorites. I used to go to a rock shop that had piles of stuff in the rough, and polishing/drilling/cutting equipment in the back that you could get time on by the hour. Unfortunately, they shut down and I moved >.<

I do remember that agate is miserable to do anything with, and if you leave fluorite a second too long on the rough polishing wheel, you'll get down to nothing because it just bubbles away like soap! Rutilated quartz is a nice on too - made some earrings out of it.