rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on May 18, 2005 11:41:54 GMT -5
Here's some pics of rhodonite I just finished up. I hope these pics come in half-decent, because I've been having a HUGE!! amount of trouble trying to load and preview these pics. I think I got it to work now. Recipe was: 60/90, about 3 weeks 120/220, 7 days 500, 7 days Tripoli, 7 days CPP polish, 8 days      |
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chassroc
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Post by chassroc on May 18, 2005 12:18:28 GMT -5
Rollingstone,
That is beautiful rock. Where did you find it?
csroc
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Post by Cher on May 18, 2005 12:57:57 GMT -5
That stuff really turned out nice, what a gorgeous shine.
Love those black lines, almost like a spider web. Great job!
Cher
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Post by sandsman1 on May 18, 2005 12:59:50 GMT -5
hey rollin thats some great lookin rock ilike the webbing and great shine,, you did a great job on that batch
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phoenix1647
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Post by phoenix1647 on May 18, 2005 13:26:16 GMT -5
Very nice batch of rocks...
Pho
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ArkieRockhound
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Post by ArkieRockhound on May 18, 2005 13:31:23 GMT -5
Don't think I've seen Rodonite before, but that is neat!. Love the color and pattern, and of course the shine.
Trish
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Rose
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Post by Rose on May 18, 2005 13:37:40 GMT -5
That is some nice rock and great job on the polish, I've never heard of rhodonite before but it is now on my ever growing wish list  |
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stefan
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Post by stefan on May 18, 2005 13:56:34 GMT -5
swwwweeeeeeetttttttt!!!!!!!
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Banjocreek
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Post by Banjocreek on May 18, 2005 14:04:29 GMT -5
Great looking rocks, man!!
Nice shine, and very cool lines.
I like it!
Excellent job!
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Post by krazydiamond on May 18, 2005 14:29:41 GMT -5
  da shine, da shine! hurtin' my eyes! those are super looking rocks there, rolling, love the patterning of the stone, great job! KD
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Post by cookie3rocks on May 18, 2005 18:00:23 GMT -5
What a great looking stone, don't think I've seen it before either. And you da man when it comes to shine. Would you mind saying about how much a lb. that goes for? I could make purple "Red Hat Ladies" jewlery out of that and it would sell all over town.
Great job,
cookie
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earthdog
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Post by earthdog on May 18, 2005 18:46:48 GMT -5
I just got 17lbs of it off ebay. I have a big handfull in 46/70 right now. I hope mine comes out as good as yours. Did you do it alone or mix it with some other rock?
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Post by rockyraccoon on May 18, 2005 18:57:19 GMT -5
i've seen it cabbed before but not tumbled. you did a super job on that rolling stone! i don't think it gets much better than that.
kim
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tinman
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Post by tinman on May 18, 2005 19:43:27 GMT -5
that is some cool stuff you got there you did a great job pat your self on the back it is hard too do but stretch haha but I think we all just have to have some now By some stock in Rhodonite
Tinman
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Debs
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Post by Debs on May 18, 2005 19:58:03 GMT -5
That turned out really nice! I love the two color conbinations and the way they form different patterns through the rocks...really neat! Atta a girl!
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on May 18, 2005 21:45:45 GMT -5
Thanks for all the kind words everyone! Csroc, I got this stuff almost a year ago from Green's Lapidary, in Calgary. I think it is British Columbia rhodonite. It came as one big chunk, which I then busted up... would have been easy with a saw (which I don't have), but it was very tough with a hammer and chisel as there didn't seem to be any fracture planes at all. Succeeded in the end obviously. I've seen it for sale from other sites on the Internet as well. And as Earthdog mentions, you can find it on ebay too. Cookie, I think I paid Cdn $6 per pound. Earthdog, since rhodonite is only Mohs 6, you are right to worry about mixing it with other material. In my case, I mixed it up with just about everything in 60/90, then after that I kept all the quartz-type materials away and tumbled it with only Mohs 6 or softer materials for all the other stages. Thanks again everyone for the compliments. Rhodonite is a very pretty material and I've always wanted to tumble some.... now I have! And Debs, that's "Atta boy!"  Don |
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Post by nepherite on May 19, 2005 0:46:08 GMT -5
Nice pink rhodonite. Did you find it at limekin in the big sur california area ? I scuba dive a few miles away from there and i heard its only one of a few places you can find it. A friend of mine found some one time and tried to grind it on a belt sander, it was so hard sparks were flying while grinding.
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nugget24k
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Post by nugget24k on May 19, 2005 1:58:32 GMT -5
Beautiful stones. Thanks for the pictures and the "recipe". I have some rhodonite from the Silverton, CO area. It doesn't have as much black veining as your stones, but still makes nice jewelry. Last time we were up there, I picked up the smaller pieces specifically to tumble (and I was wondering if they would be a good stone for that purpose), but haven't gotten to that project yet. You've inspired me...I'll have to do some of that next.
Nugget
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Post by puppie96 on May 19, 2005 3:22:20 GMT -5
Hi! Those are really great rocks and it is always great to learn about a new rock.
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