indiana
spending too much on rocks
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Post by indiana on Nov 22, 2015 13:37:24 GMT -5
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indiana
spending too much on rocks
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Post by indiana on Nov 22, 2015 13:59:44 GMT -5
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indiana
spending too much on rocks
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Post by indiana on Nov 22, 2015 14:05:43 GMT -5
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indiana
spending too much on rocks
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Post by indiana on Nov 22, 2015 14:22:26 GMT -5
I guess this is a tiny geode. And finally, a surprise. I had no idea from the outside that this rock was hollow.
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Post by captbob on Nov 23, 2015 11:40:02 GMT -5
All those moss agates in your first post are from Indiana? Wow, I had no idea you had such rocks up there.
I like 'em!!
Also diggin' your fancy jaspers. Got some bloodstone in there?
That sea jasper - some rocks simply don't take a polish. Maybe a good matte finish, but no shine. Still fun to tumble.
Nice looking batch of rocks all around, and you got a great shine on those that would take one!
*thumbs up*
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indiana
spending too much on rocks
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Post by indiana on Nov 23, 2015 12:06:34 GMT -5
Thanks Bob. The second set are Indiana rocks, the rest are the "various other stuff". That fancy jasper has some stuff that is basically blood stone. I would recommend the bloodstone type jasper to other noobs, it's hard to mess up!
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Post by adam on Nov 23, 2015 12:49:52 GMT -5
Man, those heliotropes are the bee's knees. 1+ for Indiana!
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jamesp
Cave Dweller
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Post by jamesp on Nov 23, 2015 13:13:11 GMT -5
Love em, fine batch. Gotta like the green moss floating in the pond. The sea jasper is crazy, got to get the shine on that one.
Tumble fossils ? Oh yea, nature tumbled it, so can we. and that is some fine coral. All river gravel is fair game.
Bloodstone/Indian jasper about as good as it gets in the tumble world, some hard stuff.
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Post by Peruano on Nov 23, 2015 17:55:06 GMT -5
Good stuff. The ones that won't shine may be just a bit softer and more heterogeneous than the rest and hence will only shine better when tumbled with like hardness stuff. I envision it as soft stuff helps shine the hard stuff by carrying the grit, but the hard stuff can scratch the softer material and keep it from shining. Maybe I'm full of it, but I often see stuff that should shine fail to do so when paired with harder materials. I enjoyed your photos. Tom
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Post by paulshiroma on Nov 23, 2015 22:34:26 GMT -5
These came out great for "ditch" rocks. Terrific batch. Sometimes, the random finds are some of the best.
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