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Post by stoner on Nov 11, 2005 1:57:09 GMT -5
Hi all again. Just pulled these out of polish yesterday. An Assortment of jaspers, some pet wood, some of the rocks collected by Gaetz. There were also some pieces of some Royal blue dumorterite in this batch but they went back into polish by themselves. It is alot like sodalite and they just didn't take a shine mixed in with everything else. I'll check them in a few days. Whole batch  some of Gaetz's Utah rocks-foreground  some purple sunset jasper and a blue agate from Gaetz  pet wood  jaspers/agates  taken indoors under a "Natural Light"  Thanks for looking. Ed |
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Post by puppie96 on Nov 11, 2005 2:29:30 GMT -5
They're Great!
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Post by rockyraccoon on Nov 11, 2005 5:48:11 GMT -5
you have an agate in there with red - is it crazy lace? great looking batch stoner!
kim
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Post by creativeminded on Nov 11, 2005 9:12:10 GMT -5
Very pretty, you did a great job on those.
Tami
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Post by Cher on Nov 11, 2005 9:19:18 GMT -5
Wow, you nailed the shine on those Ed. That yellow-red stuff from Gaetz is really pretty, takes a good shine too. Great colors too!!
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Post by gaetzchamp on Nov 11, 2005 9:55:02 GMT -5
Ed- Wow you really got some good shine on those guys. I'd really like to know how you did them. Will you post your recipe on this thread or PM me. I've had my own batch going for 2 weeks and would llike to see how you did yours. Did you take any before picts?  Great job and a great shine. Thanks for posting those picts. Gaetz |
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Post by Alice on Nov 11, 2005 12:04:48 GMT -5
Nice shine on those Ed!
What will you be polishing next?
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Post by krazydiamond on Nov 11, 2005 12:34:54 GMT -5
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Post by rockds on Nov 11, 2005 13:44:35 GMT -5
very nice, love'n the colors and the shine
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Post by xenaswolf on Nov 11, 2005 14:08:16 GMT -5
Nice job and nice photos! That new camera is working well for ya!
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Post by cookie3rocks on Nov 11, 2005 21:35:20 GMT -5
WOWSER! What a shine. Recipe please, huh, please? Mostly, how long in coarse.
cookie
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Post by Condor on Nov 11, 2005 21:38:23 GMT -5
Great lookin' rocks. That shine is superior. I'm with everyone else. How'd you do it, and in what kind of tumbler?
Condor
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littlejimie
starting to spend too much on rocks
A rolling stone gathers no moss
Member since January 2005
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Post by littlejimie on Nov 11, 2005 21:55:09 GMT -5
Ed, you did a great job on the stones...excellent!!!
Jim
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Post by stoner on Nov 12, 2005 0:36:30 GMT -5
Hi all. Thanks for the comments. Alot of these stones kept breaking or in the case of the Utah rocks, they would wear down and start to round out, and then a pocket of some soft material would pop thru. I think Cookie had the same problem. So they took a long time in coarse, some up to 5 weeks. I recharged every 5 days or so and pulled out the good ones. They ran in 120/220 for 5 days, 6 days in 600, 5 days in 1000 and 5 days in Tin oxide polish. No borax tumble washes. There is still the Dumortieite that went back into polish and I hope that will shine up cuz it is some nice looking stone.
Ed
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Post by gaetzchamp on Nov 12, 2005 1:07:17 GMT -5
Ed-
Sounds like you had to work that jasper pretty hard to get to come out that good, huh? Well, thanks for the input because I hope to get some good ones out of my batch too.
Gaeter
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rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rollingstone on Nov 12, 2005 2:22:11 GMT -5
Wonderful job, shine can't be beat! I'm surprised you got such a top notch shine without any wash stages... those stones must have had every last grit-holding imperfection ground out in coarse grind!
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