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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2013 11:00:50 GMT -5
holy smokes, you might coulda retired on slabs from all that! It takes courage to tumble it. But the results reward the owner. WOW!
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Oct 7, 2013 12:53:13 GMT -5
Thanks for the kind words, everyone!
It was AFTER I busted up the chunks of pietersite that I looked up on the Internet what this stuff goes for nowadays.... GULP! Had I looked it up BEFORE taking a hammer and chisel to the chunks of pietersite, things might have gone very differently, LOL! Ah well, but then I never would have had a nice batch of tumbled pietersite!!
-Don
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2013 15:33:47 GMT -5
perhaps the ONLY batch of tumbled pietersite!
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snuffy
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Post by snuffy on Oct 15, 2013 21:36:04 GMT -5
Beautiful!!! Don't recall seeing any tumbled either.Wowsers. snuffy
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Tom
fully equipped rock polisher
My dad Tom suddenly passed away yesterday, Just wanted his "rock" family to know.
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Post by Tom on Oct 16, 2013 8:17:24 GMT -5
Wow that is a super batch, I want some of that material to cab up
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Post by beefjello on Oct 20, 2013 16:36:52 GMT -5
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Post by kk on Oct 20, 2013 17:40:36 GMT -5
I've never even heard of this stuff and now I want some. Thanks a lot Don! The price will not come down anytime soon. Namibia/South Africa is restricting export like hell and the Chinese mines are still said to be flooded. Reportedly, there is a single supplier in China right now and for now, no chance of anyone else getting into the game. Even the guys who had a lot of the stuff are running low. A few years ago, you had near 5000 listings of rough and polished on Ebay.
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Post by stoner on Oct 20, 2013 19:30:53 GMT -5
If anybody could tumble polish Pietersite to such a gorgeous shine, and do it flawlessly, it's you Don. So glad to see you tumbling again and posting your talent on the board. You will always be the #1 tumbler around here. Hope all is well with you.
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