2023-3-26 Lightning in the cosmos

Here's the requested playlist.  As many of my loyal fans know, I usually make kind of boring tear drop shapes so I'm excited to try these out.  

It took a THIN blade a steady hand but was able to detach the bottom piece from the test of the rock.  I was nervous. 

What a relief!  The material held together really well.

Here's the rough shaping

Time for the first cut.  This gray stuff is a bit odd.  It's softer than the rest of the rock so I'll need to be careful.

The full first cut complete.  Doesn't look like much yet!

220 complete.  Except after this i went back to fix those scratch marks right at 5 o'clock and again at 11 o'clock.  Those are from the 80 grit wheel

I was surprised at how hard this rock is.  Here's the 280 grit wheel result and it's already starting to take a bit of a shine.

600 complete.  I noticed that piece on the top which looks like a potential crack but it seems very well attached so I'm not concerned.  

1200 Grit and already getting the double light reflection.  Starting to get exciting!!  (doesn't take much....)

Finally, the 3k grit.  This looks pretty nice as-is but I'm going to take it to a polish.

Yowza.  I always take a picture still on the dop stick in case it comes off in pieces.  Fingers crossed!

Here we are.  I can say this is one of my top 10 pieces with the rock pattern, polish, and nice shape.  I can't wait to see what @Raevenjewelry makes with it!