Ya Baby!!! Obsidian ....

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Ya Baby!!! Obsidian .... Sept 25, 2009 21:21:47 GMT -5

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Post by MyNewHobby on Sept 25, 2009 21:21:47 GMT -5

Here are the final pictures of the obsidian batch.

For those of you that know what has been going on .... these are the final pictures.

For those of you that have no clue .... NEWBIES WELCOME ... I am posting pictures of an obsidian batch that I basically murdered in the beginning .... but went on to try to salvage. I processed them too long in 60/90 and 120/220. I used a Lortone 33B 3 lb barrel and the time on this should have been at least HALF the time.

I lost a lot of mass ... but ... what I finally finished in a final 1 week polish in my 1 lb barrel .... I got beauty and gorgeous and I am so happy I cannot even stand it.

Here they are ...

Mahogany Obsidian, Rainbow Obsidian (1 very beautiful piece), and the Apache Tears. The Apaches are probably one-fourth (okay ... maybe one-third) the size of the original tears.

The first is the Rainbow Obsidian, then the Apache Tears, and then Mahogany ... ENJOY!

The shine on all three are AWESOME ... the pictures do not do them justice.

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tkrueger3 driving up their electric bill Liquidating in HOT San Antonio, Texas! Member since May 2009 Posts: 2,279	Ya Baby!!! Obsidian .... Sept 25, 2009 21:40:56 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tkrueger3 on Sept 25, 2009 21:40:56 GMT -5 Dadgum, Julie, you made LOLLIPOPS! Those are all outstanding. Getting that kind of glow on obsidian in a rotary is .... well ..... impressive! Good on ya, girl! Tom
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MyNewHobby driving up their electric bill Member since January 2009 Posts: 2,282	Ya Baby!!! Obsidian .... Sept 25, 2009 21:50:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MyNewHobby on Sept 25, 2009 21:50:19 GMT -5 Tom .... your response has made me very happy!!! Even though I pretty much almost killed the batch, I tried to save what I could. Thank You .....
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jayhkr noticing nice landscape pebbles Member since September 2007 Posts: 92	Ya Baby!!! Obsidian .... Sept 25, 2009 22:26:49 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jayhkr on Sept 25, 2009 22:26:49 GMT -5 AWESOME!!! How did you go back to "save" them, which step did you restart with? I have a small batch of tears myself that I'm putting to the side till I get more obsidian's to tumble with. Absolutely beautiful though!
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renterdan noticing nice landscape pebbles Member since November 2008 Posts: 82	Ya Baby!!! Obsidian .... Sept 26, 2009 0:07:12 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by renterdan on Sept 26, 2009 0:07:12 GMT -5 Super nice batch! Really like the tears! Thanks for posting! Dan.

moondragon Guest	Ya Baby!!! Obsidian .... Sept 26, 2009 8:32:56 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by moondragon on Sept 26, 2009 8:32:56 GMT -5 Wow you did a fantastic job. Arent you thrilled? So many beautiful pieces, something to be proud of Lady:) Go Girl Go!! Tutorial Please:)

Bikerrandy can identify rocks - even green ones Say what?? Member since September 2005 Posts: 15,688	Ya Baby!!! Obsidian .... Sept 26, 2009 17:10:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Bikerrandy on Sept 26, 2009 17:10:27 GMT -5 Obsidian isn't the easiest stone to tumble, you did an awesome job on those!!
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Toad misunderstood rock expert Only rocks understand me. Member since September 2004 Posts: 12,798	Ya Baby!!! Obsidian .... Sept 26, 2009 18:02:02 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Toad on Sept 26, 2009 18:02:02 GMT -5 They look so much better than the lasts pics. Great job and well worth the effort.
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frane misunderstood rock expert Member since July 2008 Posts: 11,015	Ya Baby!!! Obsidian .... Sept 26, 2009 18:44:29 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by frane on Sept 26, 2009 18:44:29 GMT -5 Well Julie, it looks like you did a fantastic job! I think they turned out great! Fran

karock has rocks in the head Member since November 2007 Posts: 667	Ya Baby!!! Obsidian .... Sept 27, 2009 22:41:13 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by karock on Sept 27, 2009 22:41:13 GMT -5 Yes Yes Yes! Isn't it sweet? (success that is) Looks like your patience paid off. Really smooth. Karock.

superioragates driving up their electric bill Member since June 2009 Posts: 2,808	Ya Baby!!! Obsidian .... Sept 30, 2009 8:10:51 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by superioragates on Sept 30, 2009 8:10:51 GMT -5 Wow Julie, I totally missed this one! Those are some beauties you have there!!! Awesome! Marie

jayhkr noticing nice landscape pebbles Member since September 2007 Posts: 92	Ya Baby!!! Obsidian .... Sept 30, 2009 10:31:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jayhkr on Sept 30, 2009 10:31:30 GMT -5 Julie, I'm sending you my apache tears from now on! LOL Nice work, one day I'm sure I'll be able to achieve such stellar results. In the mean time I can envy yours!
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NatureNut no longer being taken for granite Peace Member since November 2008 Posts: 7,893	Ya Baby!!! Obsidian .... Oct 2, 2009 22:43:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by NatureNut on Oct 2, 2009 22:43:19 GMT -5 Yeah Baby! Sweet success! Congats! Woof!

tomcloss starting to spend too much on rocks Member since October 2008 Posts: 158	Ya Baby!!! Obsidian .... Oct 2, 2009 23:03:46 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by tomcloss on Oct 2, 2009 23:03:46 GMT -5 Those look great. This makes me want to go do something with all my rough Obsidan I've been saving.

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Ya Baby!!! Obsidian .... Oct 4, 2009 6:12:44 GMT -5

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Post by fanatic on Oct 4, 2009 6:12:44 GMT -5

Nice job!

I avoided tumbling obsidian for a long time. I finally pre-formed about 100 pendants and took the plunge. I used Lortone 33B's only. I got a bit of advice from a lapidary I visit in TN occasionally. I was already using optical grade cerium oxide for polishing, but he suggested using tiny bits of leather to carry the polish instead of plastic pellets. Since I have a nice supply of leather scraps thanx to one of our wonderful members, I tried it out and got excellent results. They were quite popular at the craft shows this summer. Especially any variety thats somewhat transparent.

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NorthShore-Rocks fully equipped rock polisher Member since December 2008 Posts: 1,004	Ya Baby!!! Obsidian .... Oct 4, 2009 11:00:32 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by NorthShore-Rocks on Oct 4, 2009 11:00:32 GMT -5 Very nice Julie! You made a great adjustment and I can sense your excitement through the keyboard. Great job!

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Ya Baby!!! Obsidian .... Oct 4, 2009 16:28:34 GMT -5

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Post by MyNewHobby on Oct 4, 2009 16:28:34 GMT -5

Now that is genius!!

I had not even thought of that ....

I will have to try it. Right now, in my Lortone I have a batch of Chrysocolla. The colors are spectacular. I did loss a bit more mass than I wanted but I still think the pieces are nice sized.

When I check this barrel again, probably tomorrow night, I will add a few pieces and see what happens. Being so soft, the leather is probably behaving like cushion.

Cool!!! Thanks Fanatic!!

You can stare at a rock for hours and never see the same thing twice.