llanago
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Post by llanago on May 23, 2004 21:00:27 GMT -5
This is my first batch of rocks that I bought and of a different variety. Up til now I have done the flint and quartz I have found. So, I am really excited about getting these started in pre-polish. Got all sorts of stuff in this batch - sodalite, jasper, mook, green adventurine, bloodstone, agate and who knows what else! Most of the agates I got from Astrogallery, the green adventurine and jasper from Banjocreek, the bloodstone, mook, and sodalite from the local rock shop.  If they polish up as pretty as my flint and quartz, I am gonna be one happy camper! |
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thewiz
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Post by thewiz on May 23, 2004 21:04:29 GMT -5
are the blue and white ones top center and top right sodalite. it looks like blue sky with clouds
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Post by cookie3rocks on May 23, 2004 21:27:57 GMT -5
Llana, Now I can clearly see that I am not leaving my rocks in 80 long enough. I really don't know what they are supposed to look like but they need to be shaped alot more before I move them. Thanks for a before pictue (or mid way) for us newbies that don't know what we are looking at  |
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llanago
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Post by llanago on May 23, 2004 22:01:18 GMT -5
Yes, Wiz, those are sodalite. I also cut some slabs. I love the sodalite. Hope it polishes well. I remember a discussion about it on the forum, I need to go read it before I put them in polish.
Cookie, I ran these for 7 days in 46/70 dry, then about 8 or 9 days in 60/90 wet, and in 120/220 for almost 2 weeks. Most of them I had trimmed the really rough stuff off of with the saw before tumbling them. That sure helps get them through the coarse stage faster.
llana
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tarylina
noticing nice landscape pebbles
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Post by tarylina on May 23, 2004 22:11:53 GMT -5
I am SO jealous!! My rocks are not nearly as pretty as yours. Where did you get them?
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Post by sandsman1 on May 23, 2004 22:16:44 GMT -5
llana nice assortment i put acouple small pieces in of banjo-s green Q. and its lookin real good i think im gonna have to do a big batch i was tryin to save most of it for slabbin but its lookin nice tumbled i seen a real nice piece when i just switched it to 120 had nice swirles in it will make a nice pendent, yours are lookin good maybe ill break some up tomorrow hahaha
cookie if ya got hard rocks leave them in i had some of the carneilian in that last pic i posted for like 5 maybe more weeks in 60/90 the mook went for 5 weeks i was haveing a hard time waitin but when i kept gettin up to 500 they didnt look good enuff so i started sending them back to many pits and un rounded corners now i just wait till they look real nice then move to 120/220 its hard but its worth it in the end seeya ---john
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llanago
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Post by llanago on May 23, 2004 22:42:42 GMT -5
Where did you get them?
I got the green adventurine and jasper from Banjocreek. The sodalite, bloodstone and imperial jasper and a few of the agates from our local rock shop.
The rest came from Astrogallery. I ordered 30 lbs. of rough from there back in February. It was all fist size rock and I had to cut/bust it up small enough to tumble.
I still have half a 5 gal bucket of all of the above left to cut either in slabs or tumbling pieces. I have a batch of some of the same stuff and some slabs getting ready to start in medium.
llana
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llanago
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Post by llanago on May 23, 2004 22:47:50 GMT -5
John, the green adventurine is really nice. Can't wait to see it polished. There's a few pieces of some other green stuff in this batch too. I don't know what it is. It came in the 30 lbs. of stuff I got from Astrogallery. It's a little lighter in color than the green adventurine. It might be green adventurine too, but it does look a bit different.
llana
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Post by rockyraccoon on May 23, 2004 23:14:31 GMT -5
llana those are looking good now so after pre-polish and polish i can't wait to see. the whole batch is great.
i think the other green is green moss or green tree agate. i have some green tree agate and it has alot of white on it. the green moss is suppose to have more green than white.
kim
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Post by creativeminded on May 24, 2004 9:35:15 GMT -5
You got some great shapes going on there, I see many what would work well for wrapping.
Tami
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