Lee Love on fri 12 sep 08
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Suchman ceramics wrote:
> I was wondering just who sells 'low melt spodumene'. I'm in So.Calif. and
> neither Aardvark, nor Laguna sells it.Thanks in advance, -eric
It is no longer being mined. Ask around. Someplaces might still
have it in stock.
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Caleb smith on fri 12 sep 08
I was trying to hunt some LM spodumene down last year but gave up pretty qu=
ickly. In the mineral world LM Spodumene is known as Amblygonite and can b=
e bought as a low grade gem. From there you might be able to mill it yours=
elf. The only LM Spodumene I ever actually got hold of was from the Canadi=
an company Tanco=2C but the bag was mostly empty and could have been 40 yea=
rs old. If you find a reliable source=2C please let your fellow clayarters=
know.
Caleb
> Date: Fri=2C 12 Sep 2008 19:35:14 -0700
> From: suchmanart@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Low melt spodumene
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
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Suchman ceramics on fri 12 sep 08
I was wondering just who sells 'low melt spodumene'. I'm in So.Calif. and
neither Aardvark, nor Laguna sells it.Thanks in advance, -eric
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pagan by nature
James F on sat 13 sep 08
E...
It is sold as Spodumene LM. If you search under that name you will likely =
find it. Minnesota Clay sells it (www.minnesotaclayusa.com)=2C probably ot=
her places too. It is a decent substitute for amblygonite in old glaze rec=
ipes.
All the best.
...James
> Date: Fri=2C 12 Sep 2008 19:35:14 -0700
> From: suchmanart@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Low melt spodumene
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
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> I was wondering just who sells 'low melt spodumene'. I'm in So.Calif. a=
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> neither Aardvark=2C nor Laguna sells it.Thanks in advance=2C -eric
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I was wondering just who sells 'low melt spodumene'. I'm in So.Calif. and>=
> neither Aardvark=2C nor Laguna sells it.Thanks in advance=2C -eric> > It=
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Hank Murrow on sat 13 sep 08
On Sep 12, 2008, at 7:35 PM, Suchman ceramics wrote:
> I was wondering just who sells 'low melt spodumene'. I'm in
> So.Calif. and
> neither Aardvark, nor Laguna sells it.Thanks in advance, -eric
Eric;
Georgies in Portland OR sells it.
Hank in Eugene
Hank Murrow on sat 13 sep 08
On Sep 12, 2008, at 8:17 PM, Lee Love wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Suchman ceramics
> wrote:
>> I was wondering just who sells 'low melt spodumene'. I'm in
>> So.Calif. and
>> neither Aardvark, nor Laguna sells it.Thanks in advance, -eric
>
> It is no longer being mined. Ask around. Someplaces might still
> have it in stock.
Dear Lee;
It is still being mined and the TANCO Corp cannot meet the total
demand for it. They decided some months ago to supply only customers
who were on board at the beginning.
Georgies in Portland OR has 3000 pounds of it, for instance.
Cheers, Hank in Eugene
Lee Love on sat 13 sep 08
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Hank Murrow wrote:
> It is still being mined and the TANCO Corp cannot meet the total
> demand for it. They decided some months ago to supply only customers
> who were on board at the beginning.
>
> Georgies in Portland OR has 3000 pounds of it, for instance.
>
You should double check. My source has a couple tons, but says it is
the last unless things change.
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Lee Love in Minneapolis
http://heartclay.blogspot.com/
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
http://claycraft.blogspot.com/
"Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." --Rumi
Tom at Hutchtel.net on wed 29 jul 09
John, thanks for the note on low melt spod. In your experience, what is th=
e
difference that might be caused in glazes using low melt versus the high
concentration Tanco spud from Canada?
Right now the only thing we can get around here is the Tanco.
Tom Wirt
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Britt"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: Low Melt Spodumene
If anyone is interested in low melt spodumene, I put a post on the blog
about
where to get it:
http://ncclayclub.blogspot.com/
Hope it helps,
John Britt
www.johnbrittpottery.com
Lee Love on thu 30 jul 09
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Tom at Hutchtel.net w=
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rote:
> John, thanks for the note on low melt spod. =3DA0In your experience, what=
i=3D
s the
> difference that might be caused in glazes using low melt versus the high
> concentration Tanco spud from Canada?
It melts lower. The Mino Shino subbing l.m. spod is glossier.
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Lee Love, Minneapolis
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