Luminin
spending too much on rocks
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Post by Luminin on Aug 30, 2017 7:57:32 GMT -5
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Luminin
spending too much on rocks
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Post by Luminin on Aug 30, 2017 3:13:38 GMT -5
Thanks for the suggestions/info, Jugglerguy, captbob and aDave! aDave I purchased a Nat Gel tumbler off Amazon. It's small and doesn't strike me as robust, but I figure (hope) it'll last long enough for me to cut my teeth.
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Luminin
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Post by Luminin on Aug 29, 2017 21:39:56 GMT -5
I know a few of them, Labradorite, Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli and Tiger's Eye, but the rest are pretty much a mystery to me!
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Luminin
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Post by Luminin on Aug 29, 2017 21:37:23 GMT -5
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Luminin
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Post by Luminin on Aug 29, 2017 18:49:26 GMT -5
I'll be sharing several pictures of all the roughs I've bought. Any help identifying them would be greatly appreciated! Also if you'd like to make suggestions of what I should tumble from this stock that would be doubly awesome!
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Luminin
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Post by Luminin on Aug 29, 2017 16:46:21 GMT -5
Wow! Those ARE gorgeous! I'll defo be planning a trip!
Having given the link a good read, I'm pumped to get out there! What you had finished was truly gorgeous!! Thanks so much for that suggestion!
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Luminin
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Post by Luminin on Aug 29, 2017 12:19:23 GMT -5
Hey neighbor, Garage Rocker ! That's good info, I've read a little about skipping the first (course) grit for the Labradorite and keeping a close eye on it. In the same package from Madagascar that contained the petrified wood, there was a piece of Labradorite, albiet low flash. I'll be searching to see if I can find agate or jasper locally!
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Luminin
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Post by Luminin on Aug 29, 2017 11:19:21 GMT -5
lookatthat Woops. I'm from Northern Ohio. Right on Lake Erie.
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Luminin
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Post by Luminin on Aug 29, 2017 10:49:33 GMT -5
Excellent advice gmitch067! I'm actually doing exactly that in my search for high grade Labradorite! That makes sense lookatthat!, funny you should mention petrified wood from Madagascar, in one of the random mix bags I bought I have a piece! I've been slowly poking through them this past hour while at work Pat, there's SO much information!
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Luminin
spending too much on rocks
Member since August 2017
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Post by Luminin on Aug 29, 2017 9:55:28 GMT -5
Hello! I'm Luminin from northern Ohio. I stumbled across the idea of tumbling while looking into joining a lapidary club (something else I've only recently discovered while searching for a new hobby). Tumbling seemed to have an easier and cheaper startup than the full on lapidary craft.
I've already purchased a small hobby tumbler, a kit of grit and several pounds of fancy stones from far away places and expect to start the first stage today after work.
I'm an avid gamer who loves the idea of treasure and no treasure chest is complete without gems! Thus my breach into this craft.
The more I've read and watched, it seems almost taboo in some circles to buy rocks to tumble. The preferred method being finding your own. But as I'm a complete novice, I don't have any idea of what I should be looking for nor where I should be looking.
Any info or advice is appreciated!
Excited to be here, Luminin
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