tkvancil
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since September 2011
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Post by tkvancil on Aug 9, 2013 11:39:34 GMT -5
I bought a QT66 back in February and have been doing my rough grind in it. I run the next courses in my 33B's since I have dedicated barrels for each step. I'm pretty picky about what gets moved along so this is working out well. This batch was, for me, an experiment to see how well "large" rocks would do in a 3# barrel. Here's the whole batch The three Bahia agates. Eisenhower dollar for size reference. My favorite of the three. Some crinoidial material and a piece of stromatilite. Some agate (I think) found near local rivers. The last two picks have been modified. The color is a little richer than in person but very close. These would have come from landscape or driveway gravels.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Aug 9, 2013 13:16:41 GMT -5
All those are off the chart but those granites are awesome. Granites are way under rated and they tumble fast. Crinoidals are cool too. The gravels in Florida have very nice fossils and cherts. But that granite is exceptional.
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Thunder69
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Post by Thunder69 on Aug 9, 2013 20:55:49 GMT -5
Nice Job on this batch..Love the Bahias ....John
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Post by Jugglerguy on Aug 9, 2013 21:04:14 GMT -5
Wow! You got a really nice shine on those! I like the Bahias and the rocks in the second to last picture the best. Nice tumblin'!
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Post by tandl on Aug 10, 2013 12:54:14 GMT -5
great job ! i especially like seeing the illinois rocks.
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Post by pghram on Aug 12, 2013 13:29:39 GMT -5
Nice batch, the larger ones came out great.
Rich
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riverrock
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Member since April 2010
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Post by riverrock on Aug 12, 2013 16:53:56 GMT -5
Yes very nice shine, I like the driveway finds.
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