Post by revco on Aug 11, 2010 13:21:28 GMT -5
Hey all,
Wow...its been slow lately! Guess I'll pose a question.
So I was out hounding in central Montana in a place well known for its garnets. I was able to pick up about three pounds and am looking for advice on tumbling them. I've searched the forums and haven't located specific advice for these rocks, but my research has shown they can be tumbled.
I'm thinking along the following lines - correct me or add to the list:
I know that garnets are fairly hard and I read a tip somewhere that it may be better not to tumble them with other rocks.
Any other tips that you can provide for working with garnets?
As always - thanks for the tips!
Wow...its been slow lately! Guess I'll pose a question.
So I was out hounding in central Montana in a place well known for its garnets. I was able to pick up about three pounds and am looking for advice on tumbling them. I've searched the forums and haven't located specific advice for these rocks, but my research has shown they can be tumbled.
I'm thinking along the following lines - correct me or add to the list:
- Tumble all garnets in a single batch to prevent problems
- Use a fair amount of plastic pellets to prevent shattering
- Fill with ceramics to make up volume/weight
- 60/90 will be minimal to prevent significant erosion of the small garnets, mostly just to get the matrix off and provide decent smoothing to the surfaces
- Steps 2 through 4 should be the same as always
- Planning on using CO for 2 weeks - will this work well?
I know that garnets are fairly hard and I read a tip somewhere that it may be better not to tumble them with other rocks.
Any other tips that you can provide for working with garnets?
As always - thanks for the tips!
