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Post by Bob on Feb 8, 2024 15:49:46 GMT -5
Don’t over think it. Occasionally you get a few dull ones. Experience helps with choosing rocks. I kissed tons of frogs to get a few good shiny rocks. I’m still fooled once in a while. Keep doing what your doing, time and experience are on your side. For sure. I would guess that maybe 1% of rocks collected in the field, even carefully chosen, just don't shine as much as all the others. Make great gifts though. Oddly, those that don't shine after a polish run sometimes look better after making a pre-polish run again. I don't mean they end up any shinier, but the finish is often more even all over. I have no idea what it is, but there is a extremely uniform gray/green/brown rock widely distributed in the USA, which I would like very much to be shiny, but in a decade haven't found a single one, even if the result is an attractive satin finish every time for me. The material color reminds me of a very dark brownish pea green soup. |
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