joshrockwood
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Post by joshrockwood on Dec 20, 2009 21:30:46 GMT -5
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Post by Bikerrandy on Dec 20, 2009 21:48:27 GMT -5
Awesome batch of rocks, and you captured the shine in the pics perfectly. Great job!!  |
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Post by tkrueger3 on Dec 20, 2009 22:36:55 GMT -5
Wow, Josh, for your first batch, those are really outstanding! I see a mixture of quartz, agate, jasper, and a bit of almost everything in between. It's unusual to get that lovely of a shine with such a wide range of Moh's hardness values in the batch!
I'm not an expert (I defer to folks like Mel or John of JsGems and others for the definitive answers) but there are a few that I'll take a swag at.
The green ones at the top of the 2nd picture look to me like amazonite. The small mottled one to their right with blue specks looks to me like it might be chrysocolla. The red pointy one to their left looks like a form of jasper, and the small one at bottom right might be some kind of picture jasper. To the left of the picture jasper, the one with the gray squiggles, looks like maybe silver lace onyx.
In picture # 4, the purple and white one to the left of center, as well as the lighter-colored one below it, are amethyst - probably chevron amethyst. The pure white one to the left of the amethyst is probably white quartz.
In the 5th picture, the red centerpiece looks to be one of the various red jaspers.
And that about exhausts the limits of my rock-hounding knowledge. I hope one of the real experts jumps in to correct my mistakes and id some more of them for you.
Great job on the tumble!
Tom
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Post by superioragates on Dec 20, 2009 23:10:16 GMT -5
Awesome batch! Wish my first one would have been that good! Marie
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 20, 2009 23:23:19 GMT -5
Dynamite shine Josh! Excellent job of photography too.....Mel
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Post by Toad on Dec 21, 2009 7:55:34 GMT -5
You have some great rocks in there. Nice variety and shine.
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NorthShore-Rocks
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Post by NorthShore-Rocks on Dec 21, 2009 8:14:06 GMT -5
Wow Josh... you knocked your first one right out of the park!!!
Awesome material, shine and presentation! Fantastic job.
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Post by frane on Dec 21, 2009 19:42:00 GMT -5
Josh, you did a great job! at first glance I thought the light greens were amazonite but then I looked closer and I feel they are aventurine. Since the gray lacy one held up so well in this tumble, I would think that it is mexican crazy lace. An agate and I see a piece of green tree agate and green moss agate. There are some breccias and conglomerates but they are all in the agate and jasper families along with your few pieces of quartz. Really great batch!
Fran
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darrad
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Post by darrad on Dec 21, 2009 21:30:12 GMT -5
Wonderful batch and mixture with a killer shine. Great job!!! The red Imperial Jasper (I think) is beautiful and the one in the last pic with the tree limbs refection shows the mirror shine. Great photos as well!
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lilrocker
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Post by lilrocker on Jan 2, 2010 12:18:09 GMT -5
These are really nice and they got a good shine! I think they are beautiful and I hope mine come out as good as those.
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carloscinco
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Post by carloscinco on Jan 2, 2010 19:47:22 GMT -5
That is a great looking batch of rocks. Very nicely photographed. Now that you've mastered rock tumbling I guess you'll go do something easy like finding a cure for the cold. Just kidding. Great job!
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Post by Bejewelme on Jan 4, 2010 13:58:05 GMT -5
WOW these are incredible, what shne you have on them, and a lovely mixture of so many nice materials, you will have to stick around and share your secrets. Great job and welcome!
Amber
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brianj9389
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Post by brianj9389 on Jan 5, 2010 9:11:29 GMT -5
Boy,that is one great looking bunch of stuff there!I don't have a tumbler yet but when things get rolling I hope my first attempt looks even half as good as yours.Simply beautiful.Brian.
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joshrockwood
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Post by joshrockwood on Jan 5, 2010 17:16:34 GMT -5
Thanks everyone. I really don't have any secrets, I just read all the free advise on the forum and try to apply it.
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wyobrian
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Post by wyobrian on Jan 5, 2010 19:57:39 GMT -5
Fantastic batch great shine
Brian
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Post by beefjello on Jan 5, 2010 21:12:06 GMT -5
Man you really nailed the shine with that batch!  Great job! |
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pporky
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Post by pporky on Jan 6, 2010 0:09:22 GMT -5
Goodonya Josh thats a fine bunch of rocks from your new tumbler with a lovely shine...ppork
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Post by montanamuskrat on Jan 8, 2010 1:01:08 GMT -5
Can't say that our first batch was that nice. Great shine for the first.
Debby and Tom
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Post by Roller on Feb 18, 2010 19:25:29 GMT -5
nice stuff .. i hope my first comes out anything like these ,,did a lot studying l,,should be starting in the next week ... ordered some nice rough ... thinking of saving the really nice rough for when i become more experienced ...but kind of wanna just throw it in .. we"ll see
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Post by montanamuskrat on Feb 20, 2010 23:38:38 GMT -5
Lots of color and shine - great batch of stone.
Debby & Tom
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