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Greybeard
Join Date: Aug-2001
Location: Fresno, CA
Country: USA
Posts: 5,252
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Reef, Turtle rock is much like petrified wood here in the states. There is just so much of it to go around,and they feel that it may be plundered if exported. Much like the chrysanthemum and plum blossom stones.
No shortage of rock for me though. I started to cut some pieces to see what I had in the way of cut stones. I tried the whiteish stone, which I liked most, but it was too soft and crumbled when cut.
I went with cutting all the jasper. Very hard and made the blade glow red when it was getting dark outside. Here are some of the cuts in no particular order on the marble tray.
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