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Post by deb193redux on Apr 29, 2008 12:36:30 GMT -5
Ok, I am 4 stones closer to my next tumble batch. Really 5, but I need to try a superglue rescue before I show the 5th. Actually I might rework several of these. I am really pleased with the composition of the Marra Mamba Tiger-Eye piece, but have only tumbled this material once before. That piece was more solid and had less Hematite. I might need to put a bit of superglue on the Hematite seam too. The squiggly one is Royal Sahara Jasper, and I am toying with the idea of taking off everything above the line. The one on the left may lose the bottom right corner, and the one next to it may get more of a teardrop shape. (I need to think about the bail before I make the final decision about going teardrop.)
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Post by akansan on Apr 29, 2008 13:40:45 GMT -5
I really like the one you're thinking of making into a teardrop as it is now. I think the shape really accents the green hills.
What are the two on the left?
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Post by deb193redux on Apr 29, 2008 17:14:54 GMT -5
Both on the left are an unknown bluish-green orbicular jasper. Almost certainly Oregon material because of the old time rock pile I got it off of. I had a hope it was Blue Mountain, but the blue (and white) is wrong and that stuff occurs in nodules and this piece was like a brick - so either something else or a really big nodule.
I cut a 2nd slab and still have the brick. I can post some pics tomorrow.
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rockdewd
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Post by rockdewd on Apr 29, 2008 20:24:43 GMT -5
Good luck in tumbling the Marra Mamba. I did a bunch of cabs in the vibe tumblers using tin oxide as polish. Some undercut severly. None of them got a good polish. Anybody got suggestions for polishing Marra Mamba othet than one at a time on the wheels...
Rick
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Post by deb193redux on Apr 29, 2008 21:00:21 GMT -5
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Post by deb193redux on Apr 29, 2008 21:01:55 GMT -5
Rick - I polished this piece in a vibe, but it has only one small Hemetite seam. (click for full size)
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