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Post by toiv0 on Feb 18, 2021 10:57:52 GMT -5
I don't usually show off any tumbles. I was taking odd the crust in some MI green stones. I filled the tumbler with smalls, thomsonite, greenstone and the kitchen sink. I tumbled them (vibe) with 500 for a few days pulled out a few then added some polish and let it go for 4 days. Well the 150 dollars of greenstone disappeared as did some of the softer thomsonite. Here's what's left
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Post by greig on Feb 18, 2021 12:28:24 GMT -5
Outstanding. You should post tumble pictures more often. ;-)
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Benathema
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Post by Benathema on Feb 18, 2021 13:48:49 GMT -5
What's left looks great! Ouch on the loss.
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 18, 2021 13:59:08 GMT -5
I think the shine on those turned out fantastic!
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Post by toiv0 on Feb 18, 2021 15:01:18 GMT -5
What's left looks great! Ouch on the loss. There were some nice greenstones to. What's left I might crush up and make an inlay ring.
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Post by electrocutus on Feb 18, 2021 16:04:29 GMT -5
Those look great! dod you do anything special to keep the crystal in the geodes' cavities to not disappear in the process? Is it possible to polish geodes like this in a rotary tumbler and still have some interesting material left in the geode cavities?
I have a couple of small geodes I would like to tumble in my rotary tumbler but I am afraid I will ruin them and what's inside.
Apologies if I use the wrong terminology. It was either this ir "balls" and "holes" !
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Post by toiv0 on Feb 18, 2021 16:34:47 GMT -5
Those look great! dod you do anything special to keep the crystal in the geodes' cavities to not disappear in the process? Is it possible to polish geodes like this in a rotary tumbler and still have some interesting material left in the geode cavities? I have a couple of small geodes I would like to tumble in my rotary tumbler but I am afraid I will ruin them and what's inside. Apologies if I use the wrong terminology. It was either this ir "balls" and "holes" ! Mine just filled up with smalls. I believe I read on this forum one time you could fill them with wax. Not sure how you would get the wax out. What ever you pack them with can't be water soluble, but also has to be able to disolve with something that won't leave any residue to ruin the crystals. Might be a good start for a thread, someone here has an answer for you.
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Post by saxplayer on Feb 18, 2021 20:28:53 GMT -5
toiv0 Great job - you should post more often, these turned out really nice!
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Post by quartz on Feb 18, 2021 23:00:04 GMT -5
That's a great tumble on a bunch of variety, well done. You didn't show the kitchen sink, how'd it come out?
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Post by quartzilla on Feb 18, 2021 23:29:34 GMT -5
Wow those are gorgeous! Now I’m afraid to post pics of my self collected batch lol.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 19, 2021 4:12:36 GMT -5
Nice bunch of tumbles, glad you decided to post pics!
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Post by jamesp on Feb 19, 2021 6:10:29 GMT -5
They turned out great. The little one with the eyes is off the chart. Looks like there are fine Montana agates in the batch.
Softer rocks that wear a lot or wear to nothing add their own unique slurry. $150 worth of greenstone would be an expensive slurry !
Agates that have a soft limestone rind that wears off quickly will make a nice slurry. Most limestone has a high precent of diatoms that assist polish along with lubricating calcium carbonate. Adding a few sticks of chalk board chalk makes a slick slurry.
PS Oops, forgot about the garnets. Let me get them packaged/sent.
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Post by orrum on Feb 19, 2021 7:36:58 GMT -5
X2 great tumbles, post more.
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 19, 2021 12:29:17 GMT -5
Excellent tumbled material... Two thumbs up..
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Post by victor1941 on Feb 19, 2021 20:55:45 GMT -5
I would fill the cavity with dop wax and remove by soaking in acetone. Great polish!
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Post by reeniebeany on Feb 21, 2021 18:48:55 GMT -5
Another thread mentions using epoxy to protect cool cavities.
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