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Post by cookie3rocks on Oct 23, 2004 21:28:20 GMT -5
Hi all, I'm working on a batch now that I am using Tripoli on for the first time. I like the results I'm getting (only been in Tripoli for 24 hours), it's a mixed batch but a lot of it is Nelly Blue Flint Ridge Flint (from Sands). I really love this stuff, but for some reason, about 3/4 is doing well and 1/3 is dull, cracked and pitted. It all came from the same source. Here's the "Good Nelly" ![]() img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/cooky3a/Goodnelly.jpg[/img]Here's the "Bad Nelly"  I'm still not so good at taking pics, but I hope you can see the dif. Any ideas? cookie |
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Post by Cher on Oct 23, 2004 21:44:08 GMT -5
I don't know Cookie but I sure like the stuff in the top pic.
Cher
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Post by rockyraccoon on Oct 23, 2004 22:23:32 GMT -5
i'm just guessing but maybe the 1/3 that has cracks, pits, and is dull has some inclusions of other material that is breaking up in the process. save 'em for filler rocks for another batch.
kim
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Post by cookie3rocks on Oct 23, 2004 22:30:17 GMT -5
It breaks my heart 'cause the bad ones have the best shape! Should I just run them through withe the rest of it and go back to coarse later or pull them now? Would it hurt to leave them in? I'm trying to stay close to 3 lbs.
cookie
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Post by sandsman1 on Oct 23, 2004 22:40:25 GMT -5
cookie i never had that flint do that matter of fact the few pieces i finished came out so nice i couldent believe it are you sure its all the nellie blue and not another kind of rock,, cause it usually comes out super smooth and with a great shine
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Post by cookie3rocks on Oct 23, 2004 22:56:27 GMT -5
Yeah, Sands, I don't get it. I broke some up because I wanted to make jewlery out of it and the thinner pieces(that was what I wanted) didn't do well. I'm not giving up on them. I'm with you, flint just doesn't do this. Maybe because they are thin, they stuck to something else and didn't do well. I just don't know. I do LOVE this stuff and I'll get with you about buying more, if you know where I can get it, K?
cookie
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Post by cookie3rocks on Oct 23, 2004 23:01:58 GMT -5
OK, Having a brain cramp here. There was one black rock I broke up and didn't know much about, black ore, I think. But it is very much the same color so it's hard to tell. I bet that's what it is. Should I pull it out or stay the course?
cookie
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Post by sandsman1 on Oct 23, 2004 23:06:18 GMT -5
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Oct 23, 2004 23:09:26 GMT -5
If they are still pitted at the tripoli stage, they are going to be that way after polish too, so I'd be tempted to pull 'em out. You asked if it would hurt to leave them in?....I'm betting that the only problem from leaving them in would be a risk of cross contamination from grit getting stuck in the pits. If you can clean them really well you can maybe get away with leaving them in, but I'd be tempted to pull them out. Do you maybe have some older smooth rocks laying around that didn't polish up as well as you would have liked?....could add them in now to top up the volume.
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Post by sandsman1 on Oct 23, 2004 23:13:49 GMT -5
i agree with rollinstone id pullit out ---and it could be that amphibolite gold ore that was realy black also but it was softer thats how you can tell try scratchin it bet it scratches easy
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Post by cookie3rocks on Oct 23, 2004 23:27:18 GMT -5
OK, I'll pull it. I bet I have enough of the black ore to run by it's self anyway.
Sands, you got me bidding on that guys flint. I got carried away but pulled out after$5.50 for 12 oz. Pretty rock, tho ;D
cookie
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Post by cookie3rocks on Oct 23, 2004 23:35:51 GMT -5
Dang, I just bid on another one.
help me
cookie
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Post by puppie96 on Oct 24, 2004 2:17:25 GMT -5
Cookster, I don't know, I have a bunch of rock that's had those *** pits and look a lot like yours, I keep throwing them back and retrying, and I'm not sure it helps.
We've got a recurring theme going on here. A lot of posts in different threads asking about stones that only partially polish and ones whose inclusions seem to be softer rock that doesn't polish. I have this so much, and it's often hard to decide what to do. Sometimes the features of the rock, even with the soft spots, are so nice that I hate to grind them away. Plus, I get fossilized stuff and don't know what it is. I was looking at some today, thinking I should post them, not as great polish results, but more as "what would you do?"
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Post by creativeminded on Nov 16, 2004 9:30:34 GMT -5
Those are some beautiful rocks.
Tami
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Post by BearCreekLapidary on Nov 17, 2004 15:48:21 GMT -5
Hello Cookie,
I have faith in you ... you'll get it figured out!
John
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