[Rockhounds] Faceting hanksite?

[Lapidry at aol.com]

Obviously the person who listed it as facet rough had no idea what they  
had. You'd have to dry lap it, not impossible, dopping could be fun. Cut it on 
 1200 or higher? Then comes the part of what do you have when you're done?  
Something that's going to hydrate and be ugly rather quickly? I would say 
it's  possible to facet it but why? Art Grant used to facet some pretty 
amazing  materials you would never expect to se cut but I seriously doubt he ever 
 considered a salt.
 
Dan
 
 
In a message dated 4/21/2009 6:29:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
lapidary.specialties at gmail.com writes:

I've  been wondering, has anyone on the elist faceted hanksite? I've seen
eBay  entries that asserted that a hanksite crystal was "faceting rough,"  
and
others where the details stated that hanksite "cannot be  successfully
faceted."

Being a cabbing & sculpting lapidary, as  well as being well aware of my own
limitations & not wishing to drive  myself crazy cutting evaporates with a
hardness of less than Mohs 4, this  is purely a case of curiosity, as well 
as
an attempt to find someone who's  actually put their sanity in such peril.

If you're such a person, you  have my express and well earned admiration.
Whatever the outcome of your  attempt was, if you've tried this feat, please
tell us the  tale.

Please note that I am not soliciting opinions of eBay or its  sellers or
users, and that this is not a commercial, sarcastic or humorous  post. I 
have
hanksite in my collection, and am simply trying to satisfy my  own 
curiosity.

Thanks, all.
Kris

-- 
"You never get closer by  pushing away ... " - Me


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