Gabriel_GER
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Post by Gabriel_GER on Aug 26, 2022 13:37:14 GMT -5
One of them looked particularly interesting to me, so I got the idea in the back of my head to maybe give it back to her for her birthday all beautiful and shiny IF the stone would actually tumble and shine up well. I guess it worked, but see for yourself. I put this one and another one that also did well in a nice little red box with some self made dark grey padding to give good contrast and protection. She was blown away. I was very pleased about making a good friend genuinely happy. ... She now knows to pick up ALL similar stones from her Denmark trips for me - and herself. Happy times Gabriel
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rockbrain
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Post by rockbrain on Aug 26, 2022 14:55:28 GMT -5
Nice story and beautiful stones. They came out really nice. Nice to see something from Denmark. That's where my grandparents are from.
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dshanpnw
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Post by dshanpnw on Aug 26, 2022 15:38:32 GMT -5
Wow! What a makeover. That was a great idea. Thanks for sharing that.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2022 15:38:50 GMT -5
Wow!! Thats an awesome rock! It changed a lot. Glad your friend was happy.
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Post by mohs on Aug 26, 2022 16:09:06 GMT -5
Right on Gabriel That came out gneiss always such a cool thing to do I told the story and posted long ago About a client that migrated here from Bosnia On small vacation she went back to the home she had grew up in It was nothing butte devastation. She picked a some small mementos... pieces of glass, some salvaged steel, some rocks….mostly Well I had just started the lapidary hobby. She was always interested in the polish stones I would show off So I offered to polish one of the rocks that she had salvaged from her home land.. She was thrill-- as I was to do it. I just did just a windowing polish on the stone That way she had the rough and the shine It was just a piece of granite— butte the polish came out gneiss & she put it in her scrapbook have to search the archives see if I can’t find that pictures I hope she doing well It was long time ago …
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 26, 2022 20:07:46 GMT -5
Great story and an even greater gift Gabriel!!
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quartzilla
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Post by quartzilla on Aug 26, 2022 21:53:38 GMT -5
What a makeover! She will be tickled when she sees it.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Aug 26, 2022 22:14:29 GMT -5
You got a great shine on those rocks, Gabriel! Glad you were able to make her and yourself happy.
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rockbrain
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Post by rockbrain on Aug 28, 2022 12:26:48 GMT -5
I just looked at this again and realized all the pics are of the same rock. What an amazing transformation! It's hard to believe that much yellow showed up with none of it visible before tumbling.
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Gabriel_GER
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by Gabriel_GER on Aug 30, 2022 12:37:10 GMT -5
I just looked at this again and realized all the pics are of the same rock. What an amazing transformation! It's hard to believe that much yellow showed up with none of it visible before tumbling. Now imagine the look on my face when I witnessed the transformation over the four stages... I just wanna know what kind of stone that is ... and where I can find ALL of them!
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Gabriel_GER
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Post by Gabriel_GER on Aug 30, 2022 12:38:25 GMT -5
You got a great shine on those rocks, Gabriel! Glad you were able to make her and yourself happy. Thanks! Creating happiness in other ppl. through ones hobby is such a great thing.
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Gabriel_GER
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Post by Gabriel_GER on Aug 30, 2022 12:39:43 GMT -5
What a makeover! She will be tickled when she sees it. Oh she was quite tickled... happy!
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