Heat treated Mississippi /Louisiana agate
Apr 24, 2016 20:15:50 GMT -5
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Post by Thunder69 on Apr 24, 2016 20:15:50 GMT -5
Well I finally got around to heat treating some of these Thunder Agates after saying I was for years...Brian (wyobrian) came down from Wyoming for a visit and we hit a couple of creek beds on our runnings....We were grilling and threw one of the agates into the coals and let it cook...It came out better than we thought...I don't have a pic of it . We did however a few days later put some of the agates we collected on the bottom grate of the grill and covered them with charcoal..I have the before and after pics to show what happened..Here ya go.
The lot before...
The lot after
Wet After
Smaller group before and after
It brought out the red of the agates and one the dark lines became black which was pretty cool
Here are a couple of polished ones we put in ...We were worried that the heat would ruin the polish but we had to know..LOL
As you can see the polish held up well...Well there you go ...First attempt at heat treating.
hope you enjoyed it ..John
The lot before...
The lot after
Wet After
Smaller group before and after
It brought out the red of the agates and one the dark lines became black which was pretty cool
Here are a couple of polished ones we put in ...We were worried that the heat would ruin the polish but we had to know..LOL
As you can see the polish held up well...Well there you go ...First attempt at heat treating.
hope you enjoyed it ..John
