elementary
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Post by elementary on Jan 30, 2010 17:25:02 GMT -5
Have a peak. Hope you like. Tried to remember what I was doing what back then. Chose stones I wouldn't mind messing up on. ran Multiple weeks 60/90 120/220 1 week 400 1 week 600 1 week Cer Oxide 9 days in smaller batch not as shiny as I have got in the past. next batch is 2nd half of same 600 run. adding alum oxide prepolish run to see what the change is thinking I should have run longer in polish phase, but I was impatient... General batch   Lavic and North Cady Jaspers  Closer Views     |
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ejs
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Post by ejs on Jan 30, 2010 17:49:13 GMT -5
Nice job! Love the jaspers.
Is that Carnelian agate in the last photo?
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NorthShore-Rocks
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Post by NorthShore-Rocks on Jan 30, 2010 20:50:26 GMT -5
Looks to me as if you have a handle on things! Great batch! Love the reds.
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jan 30, 2010 21:18:53 GMT -5
Great batch, love the jaspers!  |
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Post by rockrookie on Jan 30, 2010 21:37:51 GMT -5
nice batch !!!
---paul
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Post by NatureNut on Jan 30, 2010 21:45:56 GMT -5
Love the agates. You gonna wrap them? Jo
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Jan 30, 2010 22:21:39 GMT -5
Looookeeeen gooood Lowell! Really like the Cadys material. In a rotary, I go at least two weeks in AO polish and I prefer going from a two week run in fine grind to two in tripoli prepolish....Mel
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Post by montanamuskrat on Jan 31, 2010 1:58:59 GMT -5
Great batch - Jasper is nice - lots of shine.
Debby& Tom
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elementary
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Post by elementary on Jan 31, 2010 4:00:54 GMT -5
Mel,
Thanks for the advice!
It's been a while and I always get antsy at the end...
ejs
The corner shot is of some brazilian agate. I have quite a few slabs and every now and again, when I need some more agate for the tumbler, I pop one and drop it in.
I do have carnelian, but I'm waiting a batch or two before I run it.
jo
I don't do wrapping. I keep a small portion of my tumbles for samples of each type. Most either go to the children's booth for our club's Gem/Mineral show or are given out to my 6th grade classes for reading, birthdays, and extra work.
The other thing I do is go to the local craft store, buy bead boxes, and fill each lil section with different stones (polished, rough, fossil, crystal) and label each type. These I then give away at school, to the neighborhood kids, or to people who have kids.
One day I'll learn to make jewelry. My wife, I think, would like that.
Lowell
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Post by frane on Jan 31, 2010 8:36:07 GMT -5
Looks like a great welcome back tumble! What are the little green ones? They all look really nice to me!
Fran
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elementary
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Post by elementary on Jan 31, 2010 12:29:30 GMT -5
Fran,
They're small beach rocks from Cambria/San Simeon California. I'm thinking chert and related material.
Every time my wife and I go up the coast, I grab a big zip lock bag full and use them for small fill in my tumbles. I'd love to use little lakers, but we don't have those here.
But I have to say: Green (to paraphrase Gordon Gecko of Wall Street) is good.
Lowell
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