That's an excellent pc. awesome polish! I'm already using these waies pads, and I also recommend them. I use the 5" ones. I love these diy videos! Great job, my fellow Canadian!
A great slabbed piece to be sure! I would have liked to see the slab wetted between the grit pad stages to really see the intense colors. With all the work being done dry, it’s hard to see progress between grit stages. Not sure why the colors are not as intense as I expected even after the last stage. Have you considered using a buffing wheel and polishing compound as a final step?
Wow!! What a beautiful piece! My mother's family is from Newfoundland and when she was a young girl her grandmother gave her a Labradorite ring. I have that ring now and it's my most cherished possession. I remember her showing it to me as a child and thinking it was pure magic the way the colors flashed.
I'm in upstate NY right on the Canadian border on Lake Champlain. The north branches of the Hudson River and all branches of the Ausable River here are loaded with lab. Some places are like a fish tank that has lab pebbles for substrate. Just endless. The challenge is finding the nicer ones. A nice bonus is that even the other types of stone usually have lab deposits in them which helps keep it interesting. I definitely cant say you can find large chunks of pure lab , but theres plenty of great great stuff to find. I'd imagine you would have a field day at some of these spots. I can certainly email a map if you ever go on road trips. I honestly don't even care about giving coordinates here because its so plentiful youd need an army to put a dent in the supply. All legal, all public land. These deposits came from somewhere, I'm bound to find some large pure pieces. This past weekend I found a boulder that has got to have some large deposits in it, will be going back for it with the proper tools after I recover from surgery here.
Wish I could comment photos here. My wife and I have a whole lot of this stuff. I think she may have posted some pictures on a FB group called Upstate New York Rockhounds.
So, if you look at Labarador and Newfoundland on the map youll see the Saint Cathrine Seaway that separates the two, if you got in a boat in that seaway in newfoundland you could literally navigate right to my backyard, I could help you tie the boat up.
What a fabulous piece! And an absolutely gorgeous polish! It looks more than museum grade to me! It's phenomenal! My favorite color of labradorite is the purple personally but even though the blues are so common, that is still a gorgeous piece! Absolutely loved it! Thank you so much for sharing Jason! ❤
@@RockhoundingLifewith bodywork or woodworking a random orbital sander allows you to use a much coarser grit to achieve same results as a higher grit on a conventional sander, I just wasn’t sure if it would work on rocks! For example I find a grit of around 280 is equivalent to a grit around 400+ for car bodies, and cuts much faster. Just a bit of food for thought
My 2nd favorite after opal. It's on my bucket list to find a piece in the wild. Does it occour in streambeds and beaches or is it mined? What are the chances of finding some on public land?
Tons of it in my backyard. Rivers are full of labarodite deposits. Probably not gonna find large pure museum quality pieces without mining though. But I think the labarodite deposits in other types of stones is more interesting. It's literally like candy in a candy store, lots and lots of it. Honestly gets a little boring collecting it which is why I'm here learning how to actually do something with it.
One increaes chatoyance by grinding as the imperfections that scatter light are removed; in this case impurities cause the color but polishing provides a flat surface to minimize bending of light. - couldn't find the diy polishing materials in Description....
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But the water source is just water soaked up by the polishing pad ? I'm guessing thats why they are so thick. The set I just got says wet/dry but are nowhere near the thickness of these.
Oh I see, you're using wet pads. The ones I have are wet/dry and dont have the sponge built in to hold water. Sorry for all the comments, I'm learning here.
We have rivers completely loaded with it right in my home town. Youll be hard pressed to find chunks like this but theres endless miles of river to explore. My wife and I have a half a truckload at home right now.
