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Post by creativeminded on Feb 18, 2005 12:26:26 GMT -5
My apache tears arrived last night, and I was pleasantly suprised at how many were in the box. Here are some pictures. Smaller rocks that I will be able to just put in the tumbler.  larger ones I plan on cutting on my saw.  Tami |
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Post by Cher on Feb 18, 2005 12:42:47 GMT -5
Cool! I didn't know they came in bigger sizes.
Cher
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Feb 18, 2005 18:47:46 GMT -5
This is the first time I've seen em in the rough! Way cool
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Post by krazydiamond on Feb 18, 2005 18:49:09 GMT -5
hey Tami, you may want to keep a bigger one or two (or three) in there, those look like fabulous Tears. if you get those just right they are the most beautiful stones. soft tho, like Obsidian and will lose a lot of material in the first stages. although those look nice enough to start in 220.
PLEASE show us when you are finished!
KD
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Post by sandsman1 on Feb 18, 2005 19:26:30 GMT -5
i have a nice bag of them here that a buddy sent me there smaller then those but i had the ones from the first rocks i ever did it was a batch of those and last time my daughter was over she said dad i allways wanted them,, so you know i gave them to her hahaha--but they come out great if you take your time and after 60/90 use plenty of pellets in each stage
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JKowalski33
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Post by JKowalski33 on Feb 18, 2005 21:26:41 GMT -5
those look nothing like the ones i got from someone off ebay except for the fact that they are black ;D I bet they'll look neat, mine did
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Post by cookie3rocks on Feb 18, 2005 21:39:28 GMT -5
I don't think I'd cut the bigger ones. They are sooo soft, you are gonna loose alot in the grinding/shaping proccess, and they aren't really That big...  cookie |
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Post by rockyraccoon on Feb 19, 2005 0:10:04 GMT -5
are they on yet? i'm ready to see them finished - i haven't done any of these cher - post pics as you go.
kim
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Post by creativeminded on Feb 20, 2005 9:25:54 GMT -5
I don't have them going yet because I have red and blood jasper going.
Tami
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Post by Cher on Feb 20, 2005 10:39:08 GMT -5
I've got some that I got from Mike but I'm almost afraid to tumble them. If they are soft, would it be a good idea to use plastic pellets, even in the coarse stage? I'd sure hate to have them fracture.
Cher
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