rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rollingstone on Aug 29, 2005 19:51:18 GMT -5
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Post by Alice on Aug 29, 2005 19:55:42 GMT -5
Wow, I sure hope mine turn out that nice (mine are in 3 weeks of coarse)
what was your recipe, and what kind of polish did you use?
It's hard to tell from the pictures... do you have a lot of Vugs?
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Post by krazydiamond on Aug 29, 2005 20:01:47 GMT -5
 slobber, slobber i'm mesmerized and hypnotized by the eyes, the eyes, the eyes............ "orbier", uh huh, new word in the rock hounders dictionary. those are WAY TOO COOL, rollingstone, fabulous job on those....what polish did you use? excellent example of Ocean Jasper ;D KD
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rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rollingstone on Aug 29, 2005 20:08:08 GMT -5
Oops, forgot to put in the recipe, these went
1 month 60/90
8 days 120/220
11 days 500F
13 days CPP polish
Alice, these have no vugs, they are smooth. However, I do have a batch of "seconds" which do have vugs. The "seconds" are about equal in number to this batch of "firsts", and they have been put through coarse grind, but will be run to polish only with other seconds that also have grit-trapping pits and cracks.
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Debs
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by Debs on Aug 29, 2005 20:17:46 GMT -5
Beautiful ocean jasper and great shine. I need my shades! LOL! Ocean Jasper is one of my favorite stones. I have been collecting large rock rough for about the last year. With my biggest rock weighing in at 27lbs! I love the orbs too. It's amazing all the different colors and patterns they can form. I bought some from them also, but haven't tumbled them as they are bigger pieces. I want to cut them down smaller to fit in my tumbler. If you love OJ you will have to visit The Gem Shop. Someone posted some pics on their visit. You wouldn't believe all they really have to choose from. I can't wait to stop there sometime this fall while collecting apples!
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Debs
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Post by Debs on Aug 29, 2005 20:19:17 GMT -5
P.S. I've never seen a bad piece of ocean jasper yet! They all have potential!
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ArkieRockhound
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Post by ArkieRockhound on Aug 29, 2005 20:21:22 GMT -5
Absolutely beautiful! I need to put mine back and do them over. None of them have that kind of shine. Did them early on when I had no patience. I'm getting better on the patience anyway. Those turned out perfect!
Trish
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Post by Alice on Aug 29, 2005 20:22:35 GMT -5
oops, actually mine have been rolling for about a month.
I started mine with 46/70, recharged with 46/70 at 11 days, and let it roll for another 9 ... instead of recharging with 46/70 after 20 days, I recharged with 80.
So far they have been rolling in 80 for 7 days, and they don't look any different then what they did a week ago. Guess I gotta give them another shot of 80, and hope for the best.
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Post by Tweetiepy on Aug 29, 2005 21:22:51 GMT -5
WOW those are spectacular! My OJ seems to have the eyes sticking out of the rest of the stone (bug eyes) I guess you could call them! - they're still running in coarse! Outstanding job you did there! |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 29, 2005 21:35:15 GMT -5
Fantastic pics! Fantastic jasper and fantastic polish! WOW! Got to get me some of that!
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Post by parfive on Aug 29, 2005 22:12:08 GMT -5
I'll just repeat what sabre said.
Beautiful job.
Rich
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Post by rockyraccoon on Aug 29, 2005 22:13:20 GMT -5
well i'm glad you got carried away with the pics because i enjoyed that very much! you did a super job on those. if your name hadn't been up there i'd have surely thought james had put a new batch on!
kim
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Post by gaetzchamp on Aug 29, 2005 23:05:44 GMT -5
Wow, one of these days when I get my tumbler outta mothballs, I need to score me some. That stuff is just really cool.
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Post by puppie96 on Aug 30, 2005 0:32:30 GMT -5
Aren't those great! cool stuff.
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Post by stoner on Aug 30, 2005 1:37:28 GMT -5
Excellent job RS. That is some amazing stuff, especially for such a good price. Nice pics too.
Ed
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Rose
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Post by Rose on Aug 30, 2005 2:22:42 GMT -5
Very nice !! Some lovely pieces there.
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James
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Post by James on Aug 30, 2005 2:44:17 GMT -5
A fine job, my friend!!!
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Aug 30, 2005 12:38:39 GMT -5
Awesome-
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rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rollingstone on Aug 30, 2005 17:38:04 GMT -5
Thanks everyone for all the kind comments! Debs, that was Earthdog who posted the Gem Shop pics and, yes, they were amazing. Looks definitely like a place worthy of a rockhounder's pilgrimmage. James, I'm really happy with the way these turned out.... but you are still the Ocean Jasper King  . |
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JC
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Post by JC on Aug 30, 2005 19:37:49 GMT -5
I thinked you Jamesed it on a couple of those rocks, stunning. Did you use pellets from the start?
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