peachfront
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Post by peachfront on May 21, 2017 10:00:34 GMT -5
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ryan
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Post by ryan on May 21, 2017 10:11:47 GMT -5
Good lookin agates! Great job on the tumble n it looks like you got green aventurine, if it didn't have mica it would be green quartz. It's really cool though did you collect this yourself?
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Post by peachfront on May 21, 2017 10:26:36 GMT -5
Nope, both stones were part of a big bucket I bought full of mixed-up rough. I've got more of the Brazil & plan to run another batch soon but I want to shape it better. It does not get shaped in the rotary because it's really hard agate. So I'm gonna preform on the wheel.
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Post by ryan on May 21, 2017 11:44:45 GMT -5
Nope, both stones were part of a big bucket I bought full of mixed-up rough. I've got more of the Brazil & plan to run another batch soon but I want to shape it better. It does not get shaped in the rotary because it's really hard agate. So I'm gonna preform on the wheel. Rock on! I like to shape stuff on my Lil saw as well, helps things go faster and smoother Been thinkin bout selling batches, can I get an opinion on this material? Perty please the mixed batch pic is unakite n granite mixes, epidosite n the pic with the lighter is unknown stuff im findin got bout a hundred lbs but i think the green is either epidote or chlorite n the red is some kind of ferris oxide the black is Horneblende? flic.kr/s/aHskZGK752
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Post by peachfront on May 22, 2017 20:37:15 GMT -5
Not sure, I haven't done much with unakite or granite, just the pretty standard green and pink unakite, that stuff can take an excellent polish but not sure about the other colors.
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Post by ryan on May 22, 2017 22:03:07 GMT -5
Thank you it would help if I could tumble it n show it polished huh? Maybe even have its hardness can you tell I'm just getting started thanks again n here's a link to an album of stuff I've been finding here in Colorado (to thank you for your time) www.flickr.com/gp/145526734@N05/p0nn13
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peachfront
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Post by peachfront on May 23, 2017 21:30:53 GMT -5
That conglomerate could be interesting (pic #102312) but I actually ended up selling all of my conglomerate to a guy at a show so I never saw how it turned out.
Some of it, just play with it a little and see if you have undercutting (porous bits) or if it takes a nice polish in the tumbler, sometimes it takes a bit of experimenting, but the red stuff (like 213545) definitely seems like it would be worth a try.
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Post by coloradocliff on May 23, 2017 21:42:53 GMT -5
Nope, both stones were part of a big bucket I bought full of mixed-up rough. I've got more of the Brazil & plan to run another batch soon but I want to shape it better. It does not get shaped in the rotary because it's really hard agate. So I'm gonna preform on the wheel. Rock on! I like to shape stuff on my Lil saw as well, helps things go faster and smoother Been thinkin bout selling batches, can I get an opinion on this material? Perty please the mixed batch pic is unakite n granite mixes, epidosite n the pic with the lighter is unknown stuff im findin got bout a hundred lbs but i think the green is either epidote or chlorite n the red is some kind of ferris oxide the black is Horneblende? flic.kr/s/aHskZGK752I'll buy it Ryan Need it for bait to catch the kids and little old ladies rock hounding my pile where I park my truck. Think it would be hard to market much tumble unless you had a place already set up and demand wasthere. Tumbled stones from over seas with rough stone which is easier to work than yours at third world prices.
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Post by coloradocliff on May 23, 2017 21:59:50 GMT -5
Ryan, You do such interesting and difficult to polish stuff. If you did locally produced stone products including tumbled but also sculptured stone and marketed it to tourists under a Colorado tag you could sure do some selling but it would , sadly be the marketing, and less your work that got you money enough supplies to break even. A good ide of where to get ideas is to visit and check out the places who are already successful or semi successful and see how and what they are making it on. I see up scale slabs, cabs and even a lot of jewelry that is nice but moves slowly. Tons of very good people on line who are working hard, doing what the love and still aren't really making it. I have a friend who is bring me some stuff, including a rare boulder of an opalite jasper boulder. Paying 750 but its beautiful material. I believe I have your email if you want to see pictures. Same man is selling an inter net business that includes a bunch of 18 inch saws and tons of material. TONS !! Looks to be a lot of hard work that would steal your joy and your precious time. Peachy, You really worked that agate hard. So smooth and perfect. How much material did you remove from the rough? 1/2 or so?
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Post by ryan on May 24, 2017 13:13:15 GMT -5
Ryan, You do such interesting and difficult to polish stuff. If you did locally produced stone products including tumbled but also sculptured stone and marketed it to tourists under a Colorado tag you could sure do some selling but it would , sadly be the marketing, and less your work that got you money enough supplies to break even. A good ide of where to get ideas is to visit and check out the places who are already successful or semi successful and see how and what they are making it on. I see up scale slabs, cabs and even a lot of jewelry that is nice but moves slowly. Tons of very good people on line who are working hard, doing what the love and still aren't really making it. I have a friend who is bring me some stuff, including a rare boulder of an opalite jasper boulder. Paying 750 but its beautiful material. I believe I have your email if you want to see pictures. Same man is selling an inter net business that includes a bunch of 18 inch saws and tons of material. TONS !! Looks to be a lot of hard work that would steal your joy and your precious time. Peachy, You really worked that agate hard. So smooth and perfect. How much material did you remove from the rough? 1/2 or so? Thank you so much mang! I think you can have some of my treasures hehehe Call me when you got time talk to talk stone (er) 9703330568 Ryan
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Post by coloradocliff on May 24, 2017 15:34:17 GMT -5
KK Bro the big, beautiful boulder has arrived. Ken from D&D Rocks just left for a tour of the Black Canyon just outside city limits. Will get picts later of that boulder. 155 lbs of awesome. Build a tumbler around it bro. Its local.. to southern Oregon. . And a few hundred pounds of misc, opal rock, agates, etc.
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Post by jagbritt on May 24, 2017 17:38:11 GMT -5
Are these done in a vibrating tumbler?
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Post by ryan on May 24, 2017 18:55:05 GMT -5
KK Bro the big, beautiful boulder has arrived. Ken from D&D Rocks just left for a tour of the Black Canyon just outside city limits. Will get picts later of that boulder. 155 lbs of awesome. Build a tumbler around it bro. Its local.. to southern Oregon. . And a few hundred pounds of misc, opal rock, agates, etc. eff yeah buddy! That boulder sounds beast! N local? Thats cool can't wait to see it mang! not sure if a water heater would be big enough for it either ha, oh dude that weird quartz conglomerate stuff is thomsonite! I'm thinking it should be easy to sell either rough, tumbled, slabs or cabs n I told u I found that boulder field Ryan
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Post by rebeccaink on May 24, 2017 20:27:37 GMT -5
Your agate is BEAUTIFUL!
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peachfront
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Post by peachfront on May 24, 2017 22:00:12 GMT -5
Peachy, You really worked that agate hard. So smooth and perfect. How much material did you remove from the rough? 1/2 or so? No, not nearly as much as I should have! I'm going to do a new round soon where I do a lot more shaping, and then I will post so you can see the difference.
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Post by peachfront on May 24, 2017 22:01:24 GMT -5
Are these done in a vibrating tumbler? Nope, rotary!
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Post by coloradocliff on May 24, 2017 23:42:08 GMT -5
Are these done in a vibrating tumbler? Nope, rotary! Rotary all the way huh? .. You're a patient soul. Course you been around a long time and if you race horsed it you wouldn't be still have something to tend and that excitement that comes from the rocks. I like to rotary for a couple weeks, sometimes less and then polish in a vibe. Like to keep a lot of the natural profile but like the agates like you did a lot. Good for you. So love the dear people on here.
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