Tag: agates

Dinosaur 🦕 Eggs ❓

No ❗️ 𝕋𝕦𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕒 A𝕘𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕎𝕪𝕠𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘.

The proper name of the fossilized snail was thought to be Goniobasis, (pronounced gone-e-o-basis). Further study from paleontologists discovered it is actually Elimia Tenera. Turritella are common snails of a marine nature, but southwest WY at the time was fresh water.

Elimia Tenera   👉  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elimia_tenera

I got some work cut out for myself breaking these down to tumbling size ❗️

>5% ready

𝕀 ℕ𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝔹𝕚𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕣 ℍ𝕒𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕣 ⚒ ❗️

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Agate polishing 💎

rough superior agates
after stage #4

After stage #4 last polishing grit 10 days of tumbling (#1000 aluminum oxide) they were kinda dull looking

after Burnishing with ‘GemFoam for 2 to 3 days

with out flash / with flash photo
with out flash
with flash

Much much shinier 🙂

After 50+ years I got shinny rocks again 😉

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Polishing Agates

After tumbling for a week with medium grit (stage 2) These will now go through one week of pre polish then 10 days of polishing grit (stages 3 & 4)

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🍒 That movie just put the cherry on my piece of cake for the Day 😢

‘A̲i̲r̲ ̲S̲t̲r̲i̲k̲e̲’ (Bruce Willis) all the Chinese spoke english and the Japanese spoke  日本語, Nihongo❗️ {closed caption was not legible}

#first stage (grit)  Tumbling Lake Superior Agates (5days)

Ya got to wet them to look shiny after this stage

Rough Superior Agates before stage #1 grinding grit tumbling

Oh my 3:30 AM now ‘W̲a̲t̲e̲r̲ ̲W̲o̲r̲l̲d̲’ is on ❗️

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Perspiration can Polish Stones 💎

But a rock tumbler with different grits is a lot faster and more efficient ❗️

Especially if ya have a rock saw with grinder / buffer  lab like I had in the ’60’s 😉

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My rock collection these days.

“Rock Hounds Never Die, We just slowly Petrify”

Cr_21a

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#agates

I used to have 100’s of ‘polished’ goodies ! The two moonies I milled 50yrs ago for Mothers Day ear rings (the clasps were repurposed a while back)

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