Post by superioragates on Jul 19, 2009 20:08:40 GMT -5
Ok, my photography skills are not near as good as Northshorerocks...but....here is some small stuff out of the tumbler today.
The group of little agates
This is my favorite one...has a little bit of everything in the fortification, water line banding, eyes, and uneven banding in a dark blue as you can see
This little guy just deserved to have his picture taken
small green agate with very fine white banding
I find tons of these little carnelian agates...whole little ones like this
This is a clear agate...the color is an extremely light green
I am finding this black stone too...not sure what it is but it has a mirror shine to it, and looks like agate when you find it
Through in some quartz as filler
This quarts stone is almost picturesque...has cloud look running through it, was too pretty, had to tumble it
A little jasper to mix it up some
This green stone is awesome too
Another Laker deserving a little camera time
This is only my second batch, so please be kind to me. Some of the stones look like they have polish in cracks or something....white. I did the borax thing, but it's still there, any helpful suggestions would be appreciated in this area. A fellow rocker told me to use really hot water for the polish, and mix it before tumbling, not sure I got the water hot enough or maybe I didn't mix well enough, the first batch did not do this.
Thanks for looking!
Marie
The group of little agates
This is my favorite one...has a little bit of everything in the fortification, water line banding, eyes, and uneven banding in a dark blue as you can see
This little guy just deserved to have his picture taken
small green agate with very fine white banding
I find tons of these little carnelian agates...whole little ones like this
This is a clear agate...the color is an extremely light green
I am finding this black stone too...not sure what it is but it has a mirror shine to it, and looks like agate when you find it
Through in some quartz as filler
This quarts stone is almost picturesque...has cloud look running through it, was too pretty, had to tumble it
A little jasper to mix it up some
This green stone is awesome too
Another Laker deserving a little camera time
This is only my second batch, so please be kind to me. Some of the stones look like they have polish in cracks or something....white. I did the borax thing, but it's still there, any helpful suggestions would be appreciated in this area. A fellow rocker told me to use really hot water for the polish, and mix it before tumbling, not sure I got the water hot enough or maybe I didn't mix well enough, the first batch did not do this.
Thanks for looking!
Marie
