New batch of rocks from this summer's trip to the UP

I began cutting some of my new rocks at home, just to get a sneak peek of what was inside.  I wanted to do a quick polish on the cut side, just to see what I would be working with.

Before and after pics of some new rocks

Love this black one - the patterns are so cool!

             

















I fell in love with this piece, which took on a free form of its own, and just kept going to the final polish.  There are a couple of larger pieces that come off of this rock, too, and I just began shape and polish, so more to come!

Another unexpected surprise was this piece that cut off the rock in a near perfect tear shape and with a little more work, should fit into the tear drop setting from an earlier post.  This piece has the translucency of calcedony in parts.  It is not banded, so it is not a proper agate.  Can hardly wait to finish this!