20 lb batch done 9/15/2024 (mostly cherts)
Sept 16, 2024 13:53:55 GMT -5
Drummond Island Rocks, rockjunquie, and 12 more like this
Post by Bob on Sept 16, 2024 13:53:55 GMT -5
Rotary only. 80 grit until defect free, then 220/600 one week each (usually but some rocks might take longer than 1 week), then tin oxide polish (1 week, inspect/cull, then another week), then 3-8 hours burnish in Ivory soap. All bought except where I note otherwise. Mediocre cellphone camera but at least on tripod.
This is first batch in which I have removed the 1,000 step that used to come after 600. Although none of these have been burnished to see if it made any difference. I frankly can't tell the difference this summer of burnish vs. no burnish. I will not ID all so if have questions about what something is let me know.
Stream cherts from junction of AR/OK/JS/MO. I found.
Tecovas jasper/chert from TX. I found.
Chinese rocks I bought or found in central China not far from Wuhan. The obvious agates are Yangtze River agates.
Upper left found on Lake Superior. Upper right iron laden jasper found MN shore of Lake Superior.
Left is I think tiger iron not tiger eye.
Left is more of the psilomelane laden rocks fouind in CA desert. Some are flawless. There is a chance some of the flawless ones came from Quartzsite show. Right are snowy quartz or quartzite found here and there.
Left is chalcedony found from Cerro Pedernal in NM. Middle bottom is taconite found from north central MN, the first I've tried to polish. It is soft and grinds away quickly and not sure if polish will last or not.
Various that I think are forms of rhyolite.
Almost all this pet wood I found in many places. I have quite a collection now of many kinds and colors of it. It take a lot of trimming to come out with perfect pieces but I'm patient.
Chert from western OK found.
Misc. unclassified probably mostly jaspers, mostly found.
This is first batch in which I have removed the 1,000 step that used to come after 600. Although none of these have been burnished to see if it made any difference. I frankly can't tell the difference this summer of burnish vs. no burnish. I will not ID all so if have questions about what something is let me know.
Stream cherts from junction of AR/OK/JS/MO. I found.
Tecovas jasper/chert from TX. I found.
Chinese rocks I bought or found in central China not far from Wuhan. The obvious agates are Yangtze River agates.
Upper left found on Lake Superior. Upper right iron laden jasper found MN shore of Lake Superior.
Left is I think tiger iron not tiger eye.
Left is more of the psilomelane laden rocks fouind in CA desert. Some are flawless. There is a chance some of the flawless ones came from Quartzsite show. Right are snowy quartz or quartzite found here and there.
Left is chalcedony found from Cerro Pedernal in NM. Middle bottom is taconite found from north central MN, the first I've tried to polish. It is soft and grinds away quickly and not sure if polish will last or not.
Various that I think are forms of rhyolite.
Almost all this pet wood I found in many places. I have quite a collection now of many kinds and colors of it. It take a lot of trimming to come out with perfect pieces but I'm patient.
Chert from western OK found.
Misc. unclassified probably mostly jaspers, mostly found.
