Slipping into the Twilight Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2xsbmBn09g
Washe Koda says Lets Walk down there and get em all
🐱😽🙀😼😸😻
Gray Banded Agates 💎
Thunder Bay, Ontario Amethyst 💎
Almost a month & a ½ of polish tumbling I have new Gems ❗️
ℝ𝕠𝕔𝕜 ℍ𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 ℕ𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝔻𝕚𝕖 𝕎𝕖 𝕁𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕊𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕪 ℙ𝕖𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪 ❗️
💎 Rock-hounds never die we just slowly petrify ❗️ (day II)
Mixed assortment of rocks
𝕀 𝔻𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 yet.
But they sure look neat in my display case between the Superior Agates and the Rose Quarts 😉
ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝕀 𝕋𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕒 𝕃𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕒𝕥 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕊𝕡𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕤 ❓
National Geographic stage #4 Si O (silicon oxide 1800 grit ) is cool but not sufficient. I use AL O ² ( aluminum dioxide 2200 grit ) and it even feels waxy for shining 🙂
My new 𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕚 𝕃𝕒𝕡𝕚𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕄𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕖 💎
Some assembly required , batteries not included ❗️
Burnishing / Grinding wheel ❗️ or 36 inch flex shaft for ‘Dremel’ size bits. 🙂
Doubles as a wood saw 😉
Tumbling Stones 💎
rough Mambamba Jasper (crockadile stone)
Leopardite after stage 2
Finished Apache Tears (still need some enhancements)
𝕋𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕊𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤 💎
I am still at it after 2 warrentee replacement tumblers from National Geographic since March plus a freebie Pro model.
I crushed tumbler size stones from rough Turritella Agates
From SE Wyoming
After 6 weeks and 5 stages of grit (60, 220, 500, & 950 course silicon dioxide then 1200 aluminum oxide polish then ‘Gem Foam’® for burnishing)
𝔾𝕠𝕤𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕪 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕪 😉
I have never seen a cat smile before today 😸
Apache Tear Rock Tumbling Polish Trick ⚗💎
Mohs (scale of harness) 5 They are to soft to tumble in stage #1 Course grit (60/90 Silicon Dioxide) The stones would have 30% of their size ground away ❗️
Soo…I start them on stage #2 Medium grit (170/220 Silicon Dioxide for 4 to 5 days instead of 7-8 days )
Then stage #3 Pre-Polish grit (500+ Silicon Dioxide for 4-5 days)
Stage #4 Polish grit (1200+ Aluminum Oxide for one week (Al O¹ breaks down after 7 days of tumbling)) So clean and add fresh polish and run another 7 days if needed.
𝕀𝕥 𝕀𝕤 𝕆𝕂 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕖𝕖𝕜 𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕤 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕡𝕝𝕖-𝕗𝕖𝕨 𝕕𝕒𝕪𝕤 to √ Progress in each stage
Now Stage #5 Gem-Foam ( Magic little ‘sponge cubes’ ⚗❓) for 2 or 3 days and your rocks will come out shinier then ‘oleo’ on a glass door knob whilst not slippery to the touch 😉
I will rinse them if I deem necessary , If they are dun tumbling 😉
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 ❗️
𝕀 ℕ𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝔹𝕚𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕣 ℍ𝕒𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕣 ⚒ ❗️
💎A lapidary rock (wet) saw costs $ 500 – $6,000 chuckies 💰
So I purchased an eight dollar ‘Cold Chisel’ that will work just fine for me ⚒
I have to run my stones for 3 days with ‘GemFoam’ and water to get them shinny, as recommend by National Geographic ❗️
I am adding ceramic ‘filler pellets’ media next tumble
The final stage will be 3 to 5 days using ‘GemFoam’ media which should shine them rocks up 👌
just started last batch of stage #3 (pre-polish grit) 𝕋𝕦𝕞𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕊𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤 ℙ𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝔾𝕖𝕞𝕤 💎
After 8 days then Stage #4 (polishing grit) is next for 10-12 days (3 batches)
𝕐𝕠𝕦’𝕧𝕖 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕠𝕗 ‘𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕝𝕠𝕣 𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤’ running across the laminated dining rm & kitchen floor these kitties in Tennessee call it the ass and tail slide, taking the rugs with them before slamming into the oven or fridge 😽
I got an eight 💲 dollar ¾”cold chisel ❗️ I can’t afford a 1k$+ for a rock saw 💎
Lapis Lazuli One week on 2nd Stage grit (medium coerce) tumbling 1 week to go on pre-polish then10 days on polish grit 😉
They are getting smoother and shinier 🕒 ‘𝔸 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕂𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 ℕ𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝔹𝕠𝕚𝕝𝕤’ ❗️
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