Mica w/Garnets

[TeAra]

Finally got around to cutting a piece and making a rough pendant out of it.

 

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[mamabear]

That turned out really nice!

 

[TeAra]

Thank you very much.

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

i have a piece kinda like that but it wouldnt make a good pendent like this one

 

[TeAra]

well it started out the size of 4" x 2" lol alot of errors I made till this is what was left but I am happy with it. Mica is really not that easy for me to work with but I am learning.

 

[marinedad]

looks like quartz with garnet to me.

 

[TeAra]

Its mica. I heated it up after I shaped it then put epoxy on it to stabilize it.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Mica is never easy to work. Way to soft. I also thought it doesn't look right for mica though.
Would love to see some rough!

 

[TeAra]

I have the left over of it. Major chopped up tho. Will post a picture tomorrow after the sun comes up. I have 3 different kinds. This one some green and the really flaky kind. This was the only one that would make it through my toture lol.

 

[TeAra]

This is whats left

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

Finally got around to cutting a piece and making a rough pendant out of it.

this kinda looks like what i find some of the rocks crystals are so small and so fine its really hard to get a good idea what they are

 

[TeAra]

I didn't pat attention to the red in it. Thought it was red mica till someone told me what they were. Here I had hacked away at it with my saw and grinder lol.

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

I didn't pat attention to the red in it. Thought it was red mica till someone told me what they were. Here I had hacked away at it with my saw and grinder lol.

Sweet

 

[TeAra]

I will have to go back and get some more and take better time with it. I plan on trying to do something with the green I have. I think it would make a nice cab.

 

[mamabear]

are you using a dremel for cutting?

 

[TeAra]

Tile cutter to rough shape and dremel. Till I get a cab machine which will probably be in another year lol.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Could even be granite? Looks wrong for mica schist which will usually be what hosts garnets.

 

[TeAra]

Good thing I didn't pay for it then if it is not mica. It was give to me by a guy who runs a local mine. Where he got it from he couldn't say because the location could not be made public lol. I thought that was odd but hey maybe trespassing or something to get it. He gave it to me along with many others mostly the flaky kind and some green. After searching on my clubs site I think I may have found it. Quartz/feldspar matrix. I may be wrong which I notice I am alot lol.

 

[TeAra]

here it was it looked like before mind you this is not my rock but closest pic to it..minus all the pretty gems..Crystalarium -

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

Teara have you ever found amber b4