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Post by MrMike on Apr 8, 2017 11:05:33 GMT -5
Too many pits & fractures 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Post by morerockspleaz on Apr 8, 2017 11:20:29 GMT -5
Nice batch of tumbles. I think we all have that batch every now and then that doesn't turn out just right. You really have some interesting ones in there,worthy of a second chance.
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Post by wigglinrocks on Apr 8, 2017 12:41:44 GMT -5
Some times rocks can be uncooperative little devils , call it nature . I think you did a great job with what you were working with . I see a nice shine on them .
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Post by jamesp on Apr 8, 2017 13:23:19 GMT -5
Tumbling is a 'what you put in is what you get out affair'. Cab grade material will make the best tumbles. The tricky part is to find excellent material. Some rock varieties lend themselves to being clear and clean and hard stone. Those rocks look like a normal batch. Good and bad. Mostly good and about what I get most of the time.
In collecting Rio stones for only tumbling many many were rejected for pits cracks and other type defects. It was a challenge to find super solid stone.
Take coral from Florida for example, 10-30 pound chunks all day long that have near zero cracks. It never froze and it never got rolled down a white water river, no glacier molestation, no meteor impact damage. Pampered it the slow moving tropical enviro of Florida.
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Post by vera on Apr 8, 2017 14:11:39 GMT -5
I really like the two rocks in #8. The tiny pits could easily be hidden with a nice wire wrap.
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Post by MrMike on Apr 8, 2017 14:39:52 GMT -5
Tumbling is a 'what you put in is what you get out affair'. Cab grade material will make the best tumbles. The tricky part is to find excellent material. Some rock varieties lend themselves to being clear and clean and hard stone. Those rocks look like a normal batch. Good and bad. Mostly good and about what I get most of the time. In collecting Rio stones for only tumbling many many were rejected for pits cracks and other type defects. It was a challenge to find super solid stone. Take coral from Florida for example, 10-30 pound chunks all day long that have near zero cracks. It never froze and it never got rolled down a white water river, no glacier molestation, no meteor impact damage. Pampered it the slow moving tropical enviro of Florida. Yep, I continue to prove the GIGO rule...
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Post by pghram on Apr 8, 2017 14:41:49 GMT -5
I really like the black & gold one in the first photo, bottom-center at the 6:00 position. What is it?
Peace,
Rich
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Post by MrMike on Apr 8, 2017 14:46:19 GMT -5
I really like the black & gold one in the first photo, bottom-center at the 6:00 position. What is it? Peace, Rich I think it's flint Rich
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Post by pghram on Apr 8, 2017 15:00:10 GMT -5
Thanks for the close-up!
Peace,
Rich
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Post by vera on Apr 8, 2017 15:01:53 GMT -5
Oh, I missed that one - it is pretty! A few metal swirls in the right places could hide those pits too!
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 8, 2017 15:12:42 GMT -5
Liking the rolls! Variety of colors and material......Yes,some do get banged up,can't figure out why....Liking the Montanas...
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Post by jamesp on Apr 8, 2017 16:35:02 GMT -5
Did you roll those in the inclined tumbler ?
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Post by napoleonrags on Apr 8, 2017 17:02:29 GMT -5
7 looks like some pet wood that I roll, and I see your reflection in it.
90% of the rocks that I roll are given away. Today there was a car wash garage sale fund raiser for AVID (a college preparatory program for underrepresented students). I sold small snack filled zip lock bags full of these rocks for $2. I bet $50 was raised. People even came back with kids to dig through the buckets.
Point is that although we're hyper critical, most people groove on the things we reject.
Nice group. I like the greenish one.
Gather no moss, Colin
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Post by MrMike on Apr 8, 2017 19:37:02 GMT -5
Did you roll those in the inclined tumbler ? Yes, had good slurry & lots of smalls but you could have a point.
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Post by MrMike on Apr 8, 2017 19:39:59 GMT -5
7 looks like some pet wood that I roll, and I see your reflection in it. 90% of the rocks that I roll are given away. Today there was a car wash garage sale fund raiser for AVID (a college preparatory program for underrepresented students). I sold small snack filled zip lock bags full of these rocks for $2. I bet $50 was raised. People even came back with kids to dig through the buckets. Point is that although we're hyper critical, most people groove on the things we reject. Nice group. I like the greenish one. Gather no moss, Colin Thanks Colin!!!!
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 8, 2017 21:44:18 GMT -5
I love number seven!
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Post by Garage Rocker on Apr 8, 2017 22:00:31 GMT -5
MrMike Some of those fractures are tough to deal with, but you got a shine on them anyway. I really like that 6,7,8 run. Montana's are always a favorite. Keep 'em coming.
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Post by MrMike on Apr 8, 2017 22:10:24 GMT -5
Can't recall if that's one I got from GRocker or found at the river.
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Post by MrMike on Apr 8, 2017 22:13:04 GMT -5
MrMike Some of those fractures are tough to deal with, but you got a shine on them anyway. I really like that 6,7,8 run. Montana's are always a favorite. Keep 'em coming. Thanks Randy, the bottom Montana came from you, it has the parallax effect, need to do a short vid of it.
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Post by nowyo on Apr 8, 2017 22:19:41 GMT -5
Heck, MrMike, they look as good as most of mine. Mostly tumble self collected rocks so a lot are fractured from freeze/thaw. Some of them with pits will ground down to mud before all the pits are gone. After about so long in coarse if they're still pitted they go out to the gravel driveway. Nicce selection of colors in there. Russ
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