Post by ejs on Jan 29, 2010 9:12:46 GMT -5
Hey now!
I pulled out a batch of mixed jasper. This is the first batch that I have run entirely in my Lortone 6 lb. (I usually do just the rough in the 6 and then move to the 3 lb. barrels for the subsequent steps). I think it's a little harder to keep the highest standards of cleanliness etc. with the bigger barrels, especially since I don't have different barrels for different stages. Nonetheless, they came out pretty good. I used a standard method (many five-day rounds with coarse grit, one seven-day round in medium grit, one seven-day round in 500 SC, one seven-day round in 1000 AO, a month in CE polish, and then a four-hour burnish in soap).
Unfortunately, it's way too cold out (9F with a 25 MPH wind) to take photos outside that properly show off the rocks. So I had to snap photos inside. These fail to show off the true shine (they are pretty shiny but come off as having a matte finish in the indoor photos) and seem to highlight the flaws in the rock, so I think the batch came out a bit better than will show up here.
Here are some photos of the entire batch.
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I have such a weakness for Noreena, even though it always pits at the end:
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This was my first run with picture jasper:
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I think this one looks like storm clouds over dessert mountains:
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Here is some purple jasper sent by MichaelJohn. It's hard to get a sense of the color indoors (it looks purpler than is shown here):
pic8:
I have no idea what this stone is, but it has an amazing flash (like tiger's eye, but green) near the top:
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My wife really digs this brecciated jasper:
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I love desert jasper:
pic11:
Unfortunately, some of the stones broke near the end. This has got to reduce the quality of the overall batch! Maybe this was a casualty of using the larger barrel?
pic12:
Overall I'm quite pleased. I've been loving jasper lately and so am happy to have a variety to play with.
Thanks for looking!
I pulled out a batch of mixed jasper. This is the first batch that I have run entirely in my Lortone 6 lb. (I usually do just the rough in the 6 and then move to the 3 lb. barrels for the subsequent steps). I think it's a little harder to keep the highest standards of cleanliness etc. with the bigger barrels, especially since I don't have different barrels for different stages. Nonetheless, they came out pretty good. I used a standard method (many five-day rounds with coarse grit, one seven-day round in medium grit, one seven-day round in 500 SC, one seven-day round in 1000 AO, a month in CE polish, and then a four-hour burnish in soap).
Unfortunately, it's way too cold out (9F with a 25 MPH wind) to take photos outside that properly show off the rocks. So I had to snap photos inside. These fail to show off the true shine (they are pretty shiny but come off as having a matte finish in the indoor photos) and seem to highlight the flaws in the rock, so I think the batch came out a bit better than will show up here.
Here are some photos of the entire batch.
pic1:
pic2:
pic3:
pic4:
I have such a weakness for Noreena, even though it always pits at the end:
pic5:
This was my first run with picture jasper:
pic6:
I think this one looks like storm clouds over dessert mountains:
pic7:
Here is some purple jasper sent by MichaelJohn. It's hard to get a sense of the color indoors (it looks purpler than is shown here):
pic8:
I have no idea what this stone is, but it has an amazing flash (like tiger's eye, but green) near the top:
pic9:
My wife really digs this brecciated jasper:
pic10:
I love desert jasper:
pic11:
Unfortunately, some of the stones broke near the end. This has got to reduce the quality of the overall batch! Maybe this was a casualty of using the larger barrel?
pic12:
Overall I'm quite pleased. I've been loving jasper lately and so am happy to have a variety to play with.
Thanks for looking!
