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whole lotta wasted time..

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Tonight was absolutely glorious. Success beyond my wildest dreams
Oh, wait. That’s in a universe where cracks are considered good
Once again, the dopping process failed completely, taking me multiple times per stone. Out of 4 stones, all but 1 cracked in one way or another. So, if people are looking for cheap […]

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The good, the bad, and the ugly (sort of)

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Had various results tonight. First up is #0078 which is a Coober Pedy crystal that isn’t that remarkable. It’s pretty and has some flash to it, however it was too thin to really do anything with. On one end it is 2mm, then like a wedge, gets down to about .75mm. […]

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