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Post by pebblesky on May 20, 2024 16:19:27 GMT -5
Some interesting materials before and after 5 days of step 1 tumble: Before, dry:  After, dry:  The left piece sets itself apart by rounding up much quicker than the rest. It also has a different tone in color, light pink purple and white while the others are more typically brown and yellow. A couple of these paler pieces are ready for stage 2. I will be quite happy with their look if they don't polish.  |
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 15, 2024 18:36:45 GMT -5
2024/06/15 Took some time in the morning to wash another batch from stage 1. Shown in the picture are the ones ready for stage 2. Since I have accumulated enough for a stage 2 run, the vibe started to work again.  |
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 15, 2024 18:37:47 GMT -5
Most of these are materials that I have been tumbling over the past months, except several brown yellow pink Nguni Jasper pieces that are my new favorite tumbling materials.
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Post by chris1956 on Jun 15, 2024 19:14:51 GMT -5
Looking good. Are the greenish ones in the upper middle the ones you mentioned that you call jade in the other thread?
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 15, 2024 19:18:21 GMT -5
Looking good. Are the greenish ones in the upper middle the ones you mentioned that you call jade in the other thread? No, the one you pointed out, I don't remember where it came from, but all my self finds are either quite small or quite fractured, or they don't polish, or all of the above. I don't have much success in tumbling my self finds. |
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 29, 2024 0:47:01 GMT -5
2024/06/28 I took photos of the finished batch at night and uploaded the pictures without realizing some were blur. Will see if I can amend tomorrow morning. Two Swazis and one Bot.  This one is so satisfying. Eventually reveal the crispy bands and it is fracture free.   Another Swazi.  A Bot.  |
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 29, 2024 0:54:56 GMT -5
Gobi Jaspers always look color palettes when put together:  But some individual pieces are like color palettes by themselves:   |
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Post by Starguy on Jun 29, 2024 2:10:28 GMT -5
Goodness! I missed a couple of your posts. It was really fun catching up on this thread. Your tumbles are amazing. The Mozambique agates are really attractive. I’ve been seeing a few bots with spots lately too. That is some nice sand to take photos on too.
Thanks for sharing your work.
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Post by chris1956 on Jun 29, 2024 9:13:05 GMT -5
Those have a great polish on them! I have some of the Gobi Jasper you sent in the tumbler now. Can't wait.
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 29, 2024 13:08:30 GMT -5
Goodness! I missed a couple of your posts. It was really fun catching up on this thread. Your tumbles are amazing. The Mozambique agates are really attractive. I’ve been seeing a few bots with spots lately too. That is some nice sand to take photos on too. Thanks for sharing your work. Thanks! The white sand is for placing the rocks at the angles I want and making white balancing easier, but cleaning up is challenging. I might try white slime next time. |
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 29, 2024 13:11:24 GMT -5
Those have a great polish on them! I have some of the Gobi Jasper you sent in the tumbler now. Can't wait. Thanks Chris! Some Gobi Jaspers have been tumbled since last year to remove (most of) the fractures. Some of them become a bit too small though... |
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 29, 2024 13:16:07 GMT -5
Nguni Jasper polished:   They have an acceptable shine and look good in person, but the macro scale photos explains why their polishes didn't exceed my expectation.   The boring dark brown areas are the finest and have normal polish. |
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 29, 2024 13:20:17 GMT -5
Xinjiang Picture Stone/Mudstone:  |
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 29, 2024 13:25:55 GMT -5
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 29, 2024 13:28:17 GMT -5
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 29, 2024 13:29:34 GMT -5
A piece of <forgot-the-name> sunset jasper from vegasjames |
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Post by chris1956 on Jun 29, 2024 13:37:48 GMT -5
From time to time, there is a super slick San Carlos Jasperagate that I have to take multiple pictures    That San Carlos Jasperagate is spectacular! |
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 29, 2024 14:44:36 GMT -5
Forgot the name. Could be some Rhyolite.  |
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 29, 2024 15:18:19 GMT -5
Some more red pink quartz. The top-right corner one could be opalized (what the seller said).  |
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 29, 2024 15:21:27 GMT -5
It is fun to tumble these black white chalcedony roses:  But it is a big pain to try to focus on the interesting bands and swirls under the clear chalcedony layer. Probably won't be good to rely on auto focus.   Not sure where they are original from. Does anybody have any idea? |
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