Fire Obsidian --Sometimes I finish a stone For Sale

Hopefully this gets your attention. just sent notice that they are updating our user agreement. It is a very long document that probably should be reviewed by a lawyer, if you want to understand its full implications. If you ignore it you will have agreed to its terms by default. Alternately you could terminate your membership. They did this last year too.That is how you all agreed to the autopay deal that everyone hates and no one understands. I have nothing to do with that and cannot control it. If you are ever given the option of "continuing to shop" after winning an sale, you should check that combine shipping. USPS Ground, usually about $6.This is a well cut stone but I did it years ago and I'd do it differently now. The effect here is like a plasma lamp with jetting arcs of color shooting through space. Now I am focused on cutting lenses on top of fire planes to maximize and anchor the color within.Fire obsidian is time consuming to photograph so I haven't been putting it up lately. It also doesn't sell for much and I blame that on the cartel that controls the market. It's a lot of fun to play with and produces unique and beautiful stones so I took the time to take some images. Also, it really makes the members of the cartel angry when I list it and that makes me happy. I don't have a problem with anyone who takes the time to file a legitimate mining claim. The key word is "legitimate".
This is a complex issue and it's hard to like the BLM but their mission in this case was to ensure fair access to anyone who wanted to rockhound in this one very special area. I don't see this as a case of the federal government impeding private enterprise. It seems to be private enterprise stealing access to a public resource that has been enjoyed by thousands of people for longer than any of us have been alive. Could this be a case for a qui tam action? Any lapidary lawyers out there want to help cause the good kind of trouble?
Fortunately this beloved material is still out there in private collections and the stuff from days gone by is superior to what's coming out of the ground right now. Did Granddad leave behind mysterious black rocks when he passed? Contact me and I'll help you figure what you got and help you get fair market value for your legacy. Some rocks belong in the yard and some belong in a museum. If you choose to work with me I will involve you in the process every step of the obsidian is caused by this film efflorescent diffusion. It is exactly the same phenomena that makes rainbows when there a film of oil on top of water, except in this case it was concentrated magnetite that flowed out over molten glass/obsidian. From the edge you see thin gray layers, sometimes twisted like food coloring in pulled toffee. Oriented correctly the gray layers show off otherworldly colors, picture patterns and geometric patterns and high intensity metallic mirrors.

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