Mattatya
spending too much on rocks
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Post by Mattatya on May 15, 2013 20:52:08 GMT -5
Happy Wednesday Everyone! I picked up a box of moss and tree agate from member Fish last year and started rolling them last month. I got a little anxious and decided to pull out 4 pounds and started the polish process. Today’s polish and burnish came out and I’m happy with the results of my quick and dirty tumbling phases. There not the best of the best tumble results and I realized that going in but it excites me even more when I finish up the rest of them with more time and patience. This is my first time ever seeing moss/tree agates and I loved them so much I bought the rest of Fish’s stash. Dan even through in a bunch of really solid local pet wood and palm wood. Thanks Dan! Here are the pics, Everything separated out from the tumbler ![](http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/8867/91008776.jpg) Moss Agate ![](http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/4733/69897976.jpg) Tree Agate ![](http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/6856/36776680.jpg) This is ones pulled out of finish and going back to round 1 again. ![](http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/2440/50771895.jpg) This is amethyst sage slabs I broke up for smaller filler in the tumbler. ![](http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/4383/74211707.jpg) Thanks for looking, Matt
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Post by orrum on May 15, 2013 21:05:11 GMT -5
Man it looks good to me. I am gonna try my firdt tumble this week! Hope I do that well, the ametyst is great! I have seen posts where people said its hard to tumble.
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jamesp
Cave Dweller
Member since October 2012
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Post by jamesp on May 16, 2013 7:29:20 GMT -5
Nice materials Matt.Great finish.
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Post by Pat on May 16, 2013 9:21:56 GMT -5
Good looking batch. Really like the tree agate. Shiny even with your abbreviated method.
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Post by Bikerrandy on May 16, 2013 15:52:36 GMT -5
Awesome job on an amazing batch of stone, very cool!!
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Post by paulshiroma on May 17, 2013 19:20:44 GMT -5
Nicely done, Matt! Great pieces and the colors came out really nice. Thanks for posting the photos.
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