Polishing Rare Labradorite from Newfoundland Canada

[@donnalantz7981]

That turned out beautifully I think. Lots of color popping.

[@sandmaker]

Beautiful polish and refraction. If life gets in the way, we'll see you when we see you. Family first. Keep the goodness coming.

[@jimlancaster6120]

That color really pops in places!

[@Ken_G.]

Great stone, man. I loved the contrasting areas.

[@kylaabegglen1275]

I have no idea how I missed this video! Labradorite is my number 1 favorite stone. I have heard that it isn't the easiest stone to work with. You did an amazing job polishing it. I love it! I hope you and your family had a great Thanksgiving. Thank you for sharing this Jason!✌️🤠

[@tott3457]

How beautiful how fun❣️

[@grantfahlman1815]

Nice piece Jason; glad you decided to do some garage cleanup. Happy Thanksgiving to you and the family.

[@bobbimorris1819]

Beautiful!

[@webdevnoobie]

Very cool. I like pieces that shine at different angles, then when you walk by you notice the colors or sparkles.

[@MarlainaAtkins]

My absolute favorite stone! Turned out amazing Jason!✨ Happy Thanksgiving to you and the family💫

[@michellestenton6430]

That turn out wonderful. Great job. Happy Thanksgiving to you and the family.

[@ccvgems8754]

Beautiful polish. Who doesn’t love labradorite? Hehe. I can see two fractures. So there are three faces on that piece. This is why it’s sooooo difficult slabbing labradorite. The direction of flash changes based on the fractures and growth. Drives me bananas trying to slab for cabs. I love your deep blue. It’s my favorite labradorite color ❤. How easy is it to obtain it in your country? Can you rockhound it? I have rainbow moonstone here in Wisconsin but you can’t rockhound on the land. Privately owned 😩. Thanks for sharing this episode. Stay Crystal 💫 Mari

[@RockhoundingLife]

You can buy it in gift shops but it's crazy expensive. It's becoming more and more rare to find bigger pieces of Newfoundland stuff. The location it is found in is pretty far north in Labrador. Not accessible to the average rockhound.

[@tootalldan5702]

I wonder if you could cut sections with the labradorite pieces and then mold them back as a single angle display mosaic or something. Any clue?

[@RockhoundingLife]

That would be cool! My worry is cutting the slabs too thin. The cleavage of labradorite is imperfect and causes it to break easily in places.

[@offyarocka]

That blue is amazing!!! I've got some pieces I'd like to work and have been a bit scared to ruin, any tips on cutting labradorite to get the most out of the play of colour?

[@grantfahlman1815]

I echo these comments, plus I wouldn't mind getting any tips on what to look for when considering this for purchase. I don't have any of it, yet, but I have looked at some at past sales.

[@terrydoucette6037]

Hit it with a buffer pad ,it will bring the shine out more

[@romanticidexx]

I do a LOT of lapidary work on labradorite regularly. It's the main stone I work with, & the piece you have here was absolutely butchered 😞 When cut right, the labradorescence should be visible directly on top. That's actually why I got into lapidary work, because I knew I could cut labradorite better than the people I was buying it from, & not to be cocky, but I was right 😂 To polish, I use a dremel & flex shaft with 12 different grits of WET sandpaper 60-10k, & then final polish with cerium oxide (use the finest grit you can buy). The stone NEEDS to stay wet the entire time, & speed needs to be on slow, or else it's VERY easy to crack the stone. Feldspar doesn't help one bit either LOL. I've considered recording my process, maybe one day. I saw this was titled as a piece from Finland, so I expected this to be spectrolite, but it's definitely not.

[@RockhoundingLife]

This was a super low grade piece of labadorite......from NFLD Canada.....not Finland. It was a simple surface polish. Not fair to call it butchered. But thanks for watching and leaving a comment.

[@romanticidexx]

@@RockhoundingLife I wasn't referring to anything you did, lapidary wise. I was saying whoever originally CUT it, butchered it. I'm just very particular about how it's cut, because this can DRASTICALLY raise or lower the value. Thank you for correcting me on the location!