Post by ejs on Dec 16, 2008 20:49:04 GMT -5
Last August, we went hiking on a local hill and collected some quart/quartzite. I smashed it up with a sledgehammer into tumbler size. Here is what the rough looked like. The first photo shows the local quartz next to some purchased pure quartz for comparison:
Here is the starting rough:
The material was fairly tough, so it took over 10 rounds in coarse. Here is how they looked at the end of the coarse rounds:
I then followed my usual formula (see previous posts), and about 4 months after that hike I pulled them out today:
Here are some closeups on my favorite ones:
Please keep in mind that these photos were taken under standard indoor lighting and so don't show off the shine as well as they would if we ever had any sunshine in Dec. in NH! :-)
Is there any more satisfying feeling than making nice smooth shiny polished rocks starting from material that you collected locally for free? I've got a tumbler's high. :-)
Here is the starting rough:
The material was fairly tough, so it took over 10 rounds in coarse. Here is how they looked at the end of the coarse rounds:
I then followed my usual formula (see previous posts), and about 4 months after that hike I pulled them out today:
Here are some closeups on my favorite ones:
Please keep in mind that these photos were taken under standard indoor lighting and so don't show off the shine as well as they would if we ever had any sunshine in Dec. in NH! :-)
Is there any more satisfying feeling than making nice smooth shiny polished rocks starting from material that you collected locally for free? I've got a tumbler's high. :-)
