quartzilla
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Post by quartzilla on Dec 22, 2023 23:20:01 GMT -5
You got good results. I bet you are hooked real good now lol…
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rockinronda
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rockinronda on Mar 16, 2024 10:03:34 GMT -5
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rockinronda
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rockinronda on Mar 16, 2024 10:09:34 GMT -5
Oh also I did get the PSU with variable speed control.
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dshanpnw
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Post by dshanpnw on Mar 19, 2024 9:14:55 GMT -5
You have a good variety of rocks and they are looking good. Nice photos, and a great beginner's tumbling progression story. I love the rose quartz. The only one I might be able to help you identify is what you think might be carnelian, I think it is a Brazilian agate. That's my best uneducated guess. Thanks for sharing.
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rockinronda
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Post by rockinronda on Mar 19, 2024 15:06:56 GMT -5
Here they are in natural light. Can see the shine better.   |
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rockinronda
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Post by rockinronda on Mar 19, 2024 15:15:26 GMT -5
You have a good variety of rocks and they are looking good. Nice photos, and a great beginner's tumbling progression story. I love the rose quartz. The only one I might be able to help you identify is what you think might be carnelian, I think it is a Brazilian agate. That's my best uneducated guess. Thanks for sharing. This one? Please if anyone wants to educate me on any of these rocks, chime in!  |
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Post by Son Of Beach on Mar 19, 2024 22:46:37 GMT -5
I'm late to the party, but congrats on your first tumble. That variety has to make you scratch your head wondering what else is out there  |
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wargrafix
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Post by wargrafix on Mar 31, 2024 7:54:23 GMT -5
Must.resist. temptation. To.begin. tumbling
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Post by chris1956 on Mar 31, 2024 9:06:38 GMT -5
I missed this one earlier. Great polish on your first tumble! The one in the closeup that you asked about could be a part of an agate (I see others in your pics). Banding is very faint and fuzzy. If not agate, it could be some form of chalcedony.
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quartz
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breakin' rocks in the hot sun
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Post by quartz on Mar 31, 2024 22:06:07 GMT -5
rockinronda, I'm a little late to the party here too, you are doing a good job with apparently what you have to work with, keep it up, the learning curve is forever but gets easier. You asked at the start of the thread if anyone had gone vertical with rotaty tumblers. I built five of these 14 years ago, each barrel is one gallon capacity, or ~12 lbs. of rock. All were sold. Performance feedback was very positive on all.  
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rockinronda
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Post by rockinronda on Apr 1, 2024 15:37:01 GMT -5
That is very cool!
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dillonf
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Post by dillonf on Apr 1, 2024 21:28:53 GMT -5
Here they are in natural light. Can see the shine better. Nice job. You got a great shine with some material that is difficult to polish. Way to go! |
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chaosdsm
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Post by chaosdsm on Apr 7, 2024 19:45:08 GMT -5
Looks like a better mix of rocks than mine. Same tumbler, about 1/3 to 1/2 of the rocks I got were Dalmatian Jasper, the rest were bunch of Quartz varieties, Amethyst, other Jasper, 1 piece of tigers eye, some almost black rock (not obsidian) that is deep dark charcoal color and seems about as hard as Jasper, some sodalite, but no banded agates.
Some of the rocks were too soft and broke into small pieces, or wore down to nothing, in just a few days because I didn't realize Nat Geo would include both hard & soft rocks...
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rockinronda
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Post by rockinronda on Apr 11, 2024 21:01:37 GMT -5
Same abt the regretful initial ignorance and damage 😣 Live and Learn! It’s just a crap shoot on what ya get I guess 🤷♀️ kinda like genetics 🤪
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