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beatup1354

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Montana agate

07-25-2019, 07:53 PM

some montana agate slabs ,picked these up in april just now got them heat treated.

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07-25-2019, 09:02 PM

Beautiful

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07-25-2019, 09:30 PM

Hey Bret, That is some beautiful agate. What was your highest temp for the heat-treat?

Last edited by Ron Kelley; 07-27-2019, 11:30 PM.

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07-26-2019, 07:32 AM

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Ron i heat that stuff to around 425 to 450 degrees and keep it at that for 2 to 4 hrs.
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07-26-2019, 06:59 AM

Woooow! That's cool! Cskelton would like to see what you make out of that.

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07-26-2019, 02:15 PM

That is jewelry quality right there . Do you find this , mine it ?
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07-26-2019, 05:18 PM

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Picked them up at the Billings gem and rock show
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07-30-2019, 01:41 PM

That is really nice looking material.
I'd like to hear temperature also!
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07-30-2019, 01:46 PM

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450 degrees
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07-30-2019, 01:53 PM

Thank you! I thought it would have been higher! Maybe 550 or around there.
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beatup1354 commented

07-30-2019, 04:22 PM

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you can go as high as 500 but i would only do that on the non transparent material
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07-30-2019, 03:09 PM

Amazing stone.

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07-30-2019, 07:19 PM

Beautiful!

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