doublebluff
having dreams about rocks
Member since September 2021
Posts: 60
|
Post by doublebluff on Sept 5, 2022 8:37:04 GMT -5
I have this rock... I found it a my local rock quarry/agate haunt. I really want to polish it, but I think it might fall apart in my tumbler. It has obvious suture marks where I think it would break. I am wondering a couple things... 1- do these cracks (one of which is evident in the last picture) indicate a likely break point for the rock? 2- If I wanted to polish it by hand, could I do it with a toothbrush and grit slurry in, say... 4 years or so? I am thinking I could sit for 20 minutes a week and see what I could do. 3- Any suggestions about how I might polish this are welcome. Or, if I just should not try and just leave it as is. Thanks-
|
|
quartzilla
Cave Dweller
Member since April 2020
Posts: 1,237
|
Post by quartzilla on Sept 5, 2022 10:43:53 GMT -5
I tumble quartz with fractures in it all the time. Rose quartz is pretty much fracture city. It’s the luck of the roll with these types of stones. May fracture in a tumbler, may not. I’ve had stones nearly ready to move on and put pressure on them at the fracture by hand and they snapped in half. One thing is certain these finer fractures will get polish in them and it’s very difficult to get out. I use a sonic cleaner with varying degrees of success.
|
|
braat
spending too much on rocks
Member since December 2016
Posts: 350
|
Post by braat on Sept 5, 2022 12:15:34 GMT -5
For all the time and money it takes maybe paint it with clear fingernail polish to give it a permanent wet look? If you don't like the results fingernail polish remover should restore it back to what it is now...
|
|
doublebluff
having dreams about rocks
Member since September 2021
Posts: 60
|
Post by doublebluff on Sept 10, 2022 9:49:54 GMT -5
I think I will try tumbling it in a AR-1 bucket with only ceramic media and grit.
|
|