3rd Batch thru UT-10 Vibe
Sept 10, 2022 14:30:53 GMT -5
hummingbirdstones, jasoninsd, and 2 more like this
Post by markb on Sept 10, 2022 14:30:53 GMT -5
The total haul consisting of lots of local miscellaneous this and that.
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I like the small red one in the middle because of it's spots. It came out very smooth with no undercutting. No clue what kind of rock it is. Probably found on the beach in southern Oregon.
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A beach agate that had nice swirls and bands. My first of these, nice, but small. Ugly blue towel behind it for contrast.
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Cool colors in this one, but it's small.
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A large spotty and it's friends. The small one is just larger than a quarter and the large one fills your palm. I'm drawn to these kinds of rocks, but they don't seem to polish up as nicely as I'd like. Maybe a longer stint in Stage 2 would help, which I'll try.
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The long rock on the lower left has a neat design on top, except that the coloring is not natural. The white has been packed in and can be picked out with a sharp tool. Since I wasn't keeping track of this rock I'm not sure of the origin of the white powdery material, but I suspect it came from a previous cleaning with Borax, which then got packed into the rock. For this batch I experimented with using Ivory Soap for my burnishing stage instead of Borax, and ran it for 3 hours. The rocks came out a bit slick, but I was able to rinse them off with warm water. The media was super slick and I had to use Dawn to get rid of most of the Ivory smell on them! I obviously used way too much soap, but I did notice there wasn't much buildup of white coloring along fracture lines or in small holes in the rocks.
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And last is my collection of nopes, which won't make the grade. In this case the spots in the rocks undercut the host and the others really did't get to an acceptable shine. They can now join their fellow comrades in the Nope Basket outside.
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FINAL COUNT for Distribution Categories:
101: general public
65: friends & personal
Thanks for looking!
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I like the small red one in the middle because of it's spots. It came out very smooth with no undercutting. No clue what kind of rock it is. Probably found on the beach in southern Oregon.
06
07
A beach agate that had nice swirls and bands. My first of these, nice, but small. Ugly blue towel behind it for contrast.
08a
08b
Cool colors in this one, but it's small.
09
A large spotty and it's friends. The small one is just larger than a quarter and the large one fills your palm. I'm drawn to these kinds of rocks, but they don't seem to polish up as nicely as I'd like. Maybe a longer stint in Stage 2 would help, which I'll try.
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The long rock on the lower left has a neat design on top, except that the coloring is not natural. The white has been packed in and can be picked out with a sharp tool. Since I wasn't keeping track of this rock I'm not sure of the origin of the white powdery material, but I suspect it came from a previous cleaning with Borax, which then got packed into the rock. For this batch I experimented with using Ivory Soap for my burnishing stage instead of Borax, and ran it for 3 hours. The rocks came out a bit slick, but I was able to rinse them off with warm water. The media was super slick and I had to use Dawn to get rid of most of the Ivory smell on them! I obviously used way too much soap, but I did notice there wasn't much buildup of white coloring along fracture lines or in small holes in the rocks.
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And last is my collection of nopes, which won't make the grade. In this case the spots in the rocks undercut the host and the others really did't get to an acceptable shine. They can now join their fellow comrades in the Nope Basket outside.
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FINAL COUNT for Distribution Categories:
101: general public
65: friends & personal
Thanks for looking!