hi all, cabochons are used in jewerally as stones that don't let light pass thru them most commonly cut oval and have a dome shape, i after a few begining tries decided to have a go at cutting / grinding / polishing a chondrite into a cab. obsidian a volcanic glass is mid-range in ease or dificultly, moon stone is really soft, easy, it was strange to find out that ordinary chondrite is under obsidian to work with. chondrite has a tendency to crack while cutting with a rock saw which is bothersome. i'm taking silversmithing at my rock club and if i stay with it maybe later i'll be making cosmic jeweraly, something else to do with meteorites!
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