morticiamonroe
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since October 2008
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Post by morticiamonroe on Oct 27, 2008 12:47:04 GMT -5
I prefer to tumble an assortment of stones together and my question is this; when tumbling different stones in the same batch, how far up and down the Mohs scale is recommended? Can a stone with a hardness of 7 be tumbled with a 6? A 5? a 9?
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Post by deb193redux on Oct 27, 2008 23:15:56 GMT -5
You will need to take the 5 out early. I have done 5 to 7 before.
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morticiamonroe
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since October 2008
Posts: 147
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Post by morticiamonroe on Oct 28, 2008 5:56:15 GMT -5
Thanks, deb. I think I'd better check my batch today, then.
I dug a little deeper and found an old thread that stated once you got to a certain number on the scale, I believe it was 7, they could all tumble together,.
That helped me as well.
I'm sure there will be a lot of trial and error involved for me.
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