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Post by miket on May 28, 2019 9:46:14 GMT -5
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Post by MsAli on May 28, 2019 9:51:35 GMT -5
Nice job Mike!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on May 28, 2019 10:11:06 GMT -5
Looks like you got a really nice shine on them. My favorite so far is the third single stone you posted. Nice job!
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on May 28, 2019 10:12:21 GMT -5
That's an impressive group shot. Nice shine.
Chuck
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Post by miket on May 28, 2019 10:36:29 GMT -5
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Post by miket on May 28, 2019 10:38:30 GMT -5
Looks like you got a really nice shine on them. My favorite so far is the third single stone you posted. Nice job! Thanks! I love that stone, whatever it is. For some reason I like the patterns. I cut it up and made a few slabs and I made a cab out of one of the pieces I'm going to post here in a bit. I think you'll like it...
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Post by miket on May 28, 2019 10:39:50 GMT -5
That's an impressive group shot. Nice shine. Chuck Thanks Chuck. I know I still have a lot to learn but I'm slowly getting there I think.
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Post by greig on May 28, 2019 10:42:22 GMT -5
Shiny! Very nice job on the tumble and really good pictures of the result.
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Post by miket on May 28, 2019 10:50:04 GMT -5
Shiny! Very nice job on the tumble and really good pictures of the result. Thanks!
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MommaGem
spending too much on rocks
Member since April 2019
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Post by MommaGem on May 28, 2019 11:16:32 GMT -5
Really, really beautiful - I love the variety of colors! Great job!
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Post by fernwood on May 28, 2019 11:17:50 GMT -5
Great shine and photos.
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Post by Toad on May 28, 2019 11:24:36 GMT -5
Wow. Great shine.
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Post by aDave on May 28, 2019 12:04:28 GMT -5
Looks like those came along nicely. Good work.
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Post by miket on May 28, 2019 12:12:50 GMT -5
Really, really beautiful - I love the variety of colors! Great job! Thank you! All of that I collected from here- sometimes I think the stuff I find is pretty plain compared to other stones I see on this site. But I still like them.
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Post by rockjunquie on May 28, 2019 14:03:17 GMT -5
Great job! What is in the 4th picture?
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Post by miket on May 28, 2019 14:37:43 GMT -5
Great job! What is in the 4th picture? Thanks! Pretty sure it's a rock. Just teasing! If you're talking about the one with the almost leopard-like spots (the third individual one) I don't really know what it is exactly. I found it and slabbed some of it and tumbled some. I have one cab that I made out of it and I've tumbled some other pieces of it. It has some soft spots but it took a really good shine. It's one of my favorites.
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Post by TheRock on May 28, 2019 16:09:48 GMT -5
Lookin Good Mike
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Post by miket on May 28, 2019 16:37:41 GMT -5
Lookin Good Mike Thank you, sir! I'm still critical of the little imperfections that show up in the pictures, but it's all a learning process.
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Post by Rockindad on May 28, 2019 18:47:34 GMT -5
Nice job! Don't be too critical of yourself, there is plenty of time to keep improving. That is one of the things that keeps me interested in this.
Al
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Post by TheRock on May 28, 2019 18:50:36 GMT -5
Lookin Good Mike Thank you, sir! I'm still critical of the little imperfections that show up in the pictures, but it's all a learning process. Well if your like me sometimes I go for the Gusto and take everystone and introduced them to MR. CABKING who smacks em with a couple Left hooks and lights out they come out amazing. There is one guy on here who is the toughest act to Follow and that would be Chuck Drummond Island Rocks who produces some of the best polishes and pictures on here, anyway I notice some of his has some deep pits and imperfections. Sometimes when ya have a batch in the tumbler instead of stopping the whole batch and just to redo a couple your better off moving them along to the next stage. Now if you had to have everyone looking perfect (And Some I Have) I have done several batches that way then they took me a whole week. You have to understand most of my tumbles produce at least 10 lbs of stone I sometimes take whats in the thumbler and combine it with whats finished in a QT66 and slam it in the UV-18. I just went out to the shop and after a month and 3/4 I had a Broken belt on a thumler I opened it up and the Rose Quarts I was doing is finished and ready for the UV-18 and is 4 other containers full I have Mahogany Obsidian, Snowflake, Jaspers, Rose Quarts., and Mex Lace that will be going in the finished stages plus most of my rotary tumblers need to be open on June 4th and they will be done all total being over 100 lbs of rock! So what I am saying is don't beat up on yourself except the good with the bad. some of those imperfections give the stone character.
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