wyorock
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Post by wyorock on Jun 28, 2024 18:42:38 GMT -5
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chris1956
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Post by chris1956 on Jun 29, 2024 9:20:09 GMT -5
Nice polish!
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wargrafix
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Post by wargrafix on Jul 3, 2024 12:22:43 GMT -5
Yup I agree!, its taken a fabulous polish!
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 3, 2024 15:45:15 GMT -5
Purdy!
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Post by tims on Jul 3, 2024 18:14:37 GMT -5
nice mossys ... Montana / Yellowstone? A couple of them look Sweetwater-ish. And what's that red and black material along the top row of your first pic? reminds me of clinker. Cool batch and thanks for sharing.
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dshanpnw
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Post by dshanpnw on Jul 3, 2024 19:47:17 GMT -5
Nice Montana agates and very good polish, well done. Thanks for sharing.
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wyorock
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Post by wyorock on Jul 4, 2024 8:20:33 GMT -5
I don't think she collected any sweetwater agates so I assume all Montana. The red and black... very interesting rock and didn't polish as well as I had hoped. The red and black seem to be of different hardness because even though it looks fractured is very tough, not brittle, and maintained the pre-tumble shapes I made. I have some left over not yet sawed and am contemplating trying a batch by itself. Thanks for the comments. If it is clinker... any suggestions to improve product?
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Post by tims on Jul 16, 2024 0:46:24 GMT -5
Sorry for the delayed response. I've rolled clinker (at least that's my best guess at what it is, lots of coal beds around here) with agate / jasper etc and some of it came out ok and some was trash. The best ones were fairly uniform hardness but took a pretty dull shine. Others I've tried have chipped out or undercut and pitted probably from inconsistent hardness. I think it's similar to a ceramic hardness at best but every piece probably varies and I don't know any tricks to improve beyond what you're doing now, your pieces look as good as my best results so far.
I did wrap one piece of it and it sold at a rock show so somebody likes the look of it. I think it's pretty. If you hear a more reliable identification of the stuff let me know.
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martytumbles
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Post by martytumbles on Jul 16, 2024 6:58:47 GMT -5
Beautiful rocks! Thanks for sharing.
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