Tellfamily
spending too much on rocks
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Post by Tellfamily on Apr 16, 2005 12:49:56 GMT -5
Using the posted recipe for Red Tiger Eye. Rocks came from The Rock Shed & Looked good as Golden Tiger Eye. This is what they looked like before four hours in the oven.    Not too bad looking to start with. Now this is what they turned into. I can hardly wait to tumble them. I'll post some more pics when they are finished.    Thanks for looking. I'll get the end results posted in a couple of months. |
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Post by Cher on Apr 16, 2005 14:49:02 GMT -5
Wow big pics. That stuff looks cool, isn't it tumbled yet?? LOL
Cher
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ArkieRockhound
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Post by ArkieRockhound on Apr 16, 2005 14:57:02 GMT -5
That looks great. Guess I'll have to put Tiger Eye on my wish list.
Trish
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Post by rockyraccoon on Apr 16, 2005 14:57:08 GMT -5
i'm definitely going to have to try this when i get some more tigers eye. i like the red adds a little variety.
kim
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chassroc
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Rocks are abundant when you have rocktumblinghobby pals
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Post by chassroc on Apr 16, 2005 15:12:11 GMT -5
nice rocks...good recipe...did it have the blue streaks before you baked it?
csroc
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Post by Alice on Apr 16, 2005 16:37:55 GMT -5
Does baking them make them harder?
or do they stay the same on the MOH scale?
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Tellfamily
spending too much on rocks
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Post by Tellfamily on Apr 17, 2005 19:01:36 GMT -5
The blue strips were there before I baked it. Just after baking they "show" up a lot better.
I would not think baking would cause the hardness to change. They were left in the oven over night and allowed to cool down slowly.
I am looking forward to getting them into the tumbler and seeing how they turn out.
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Post by Alice on Apr 17, 2005 21:32:17 GMT -5
I thought golden tiger eye had brown stripes, and blue tiger eye had blue stripes.
Guess I was wrong.
Learn something new every day
Alice
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Tellfamily
spending too much on rocks
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Post by Tellfamily on Apr 17, 2005 22:12:57 GMT -5
You can get a combination of Blue & Gold, which is what some of this was.
I like the gold the best.
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Post by sandsman1 on Apr 18, 2005 0:10:33 GMT -5
hey tell they look great i havent been shapin rocks for awile not steady anyway but i cant wait to shape some of the red and see how it polishes up
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Apr 18, 2005 8:42:52 GMT -5
Fire Mountain Gems Has red tiger eye beads that have really caught my eye (I'm thinking they would really compliment the Owyee Pic Jasper I'm tumbling next) Now I see these pics and I start thinking about making my own chips!
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Post by creativeminded on Apr 18, 2005 8:54:34 GMT -5
Do you still have the link to the instructions on baking tiger eye?
Tami
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chassroc
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Post by chassroc on Apr 18, 2005 12:14:10 GMT -5
That tigers eye is very attractive...hope it tumbles well too>
csroc
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Tellfamily
spending too much on rocks
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Post by Tellfamily on Apr 18, 2005 23:24:42 GMT -5
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Post by creativeminded on Apr 20, 2005 11:05:10 GMT -5
Thank you.
Tami
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