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Techniques for CollectorsRough or mounted??
27th Jun 2009 23:03 UTCDon Saathoff Expert
I ask because I've got a huge backlog of self-collected material, all rough, untrimmed that needs to be in other loving homes - if I trim & mount then I would prefer to sell somehow but if the rough is acceptable then donation to that loving home or trade into that loving home would work....
Comments?????......
Don S.
27th Jun 2009 23:32 UTCRock Currier Expert
27th Jun 2009 23:42 UTCAdam Kelly
Do you have any unusual locals for amethyst, kyanite, or rhodochrosite?
I would love to trade.
AK
27th Jun 2009 23:53 UTCAntonio Borrelli Expert
28th Jun 2009 01:14 UTCDon Saathoff Expert
Antonio....I guess what I'll do is make a list & post in the trade forum.....
Rock.....I'd love to sell it, but venue is a problem....I doubt that ebay browsers would be interested in galenobismutite blebs in skarn!!
Thanks for feedback!!
Don S.
28th Jun 2009 01:59 UTCMalcolm Southwood 🌟 Expert
My preference would be somewhere in-between. Large pieces of rough straight from the field would be less appealing than, say, material that has been broken up to some degree.
When I was living in the UK, members of the British Micromount Society traded what we called "indoor field trips", which were plastic bags about one litre in volume, containing broken up rough from a single locality that had to some extent been high-graded. (i.e. promising pieces with vugs were included, but obviously barren vein quartz (for example) was rejected). These bags were traded or sold for a couple of dollars a piece and allowed the buyer to select his own material, trim it further as required, and then mount it.
The downside is that it takes a lot of work to get from field rough to a bag of semi-trimmed and high-graded material. The upside is that the result is readily tradeable. I also think that material in this form is a fantastic opportunity for elderly or less mobile collectors who might struggle with the actual field collecting stage of the process.
Cheers
mal
28th Jun 2009 04:36 UTCDouglas Merson 🌟 Expert
You should have been at the Northern California Mineralogical Association meeting this weekend. They have a wonderful give away table which would be just what you need. You could get your material to good homes and come back with new material from the numerous field collectors that bring their extra material for the tables.
I prefer rough material to trim as I see fit.
Doug
28th Jun 2009 13:32 UTCSteve Sorrell Expert
Regards
Steve
PS: I don't 'mount' anyway, other than on bluetac.
28th Jun 2009 16:11 UTCDonald Peck
29th Jun 2009 01:23 UTCDon Saathoff Expert
Thanks all for your input!!
Don S.
1st Jul 2009 07:20 UTCTom Trebisky
for the things you have.
I certainly don't mind getting a small choice piece all ready to be mounted and placed in a box.
Sometimes that almost feels like cheating -- but I don't let it get to me too much.
On the other hand, most of what comes my way are pieces thumbnail to miniature size with
excellent micromount potential -- if I can just manage to trim it right. If I have a lot of material,
then I think it makes sense to send a couple of pieces to "cover peoples bets" when they get
to trimming.
1st Jul 2009 17:25 UTCDon Saathoff Expert
The species is more important than the esthetics.
Don S.
2nd Jul 2009 02:00 UTCTom Trebisky
about 3/16 of an inch thick (depending on sturdiness of matrix), with the cut parallel to the "nice face". Then it is farily easy to break that where I want to get a mount that fits in the boxes I use. I try not to end up with something cut into a perfect square that fits into the box. I made one like that and was not eager to do it again. However it did preserve some delicate crystals and the mount is nicely photographed once you "zoom in" to exclude the perfect square outline!
But really preservation is what making permanent mounts is all about if you get right down to it.
(I am thinking of something a museum curator dealing with things like indian pots once said to me, basically that these things are all temporary, and only on loan to us for some time period. I wonder what our plastic boxes will look like in a
hundred years, never mind the labels .... but I am wandering far off topic).
2nd Jul 2009 21:38 UTCEddy Vervloet Manager
16th Sep 2009 03:15 UTCRobert A Santee
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