







Slipping into the Twilight Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2xsbmBn09g

Washe Koda says Lets Walk down there and get em all

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Slipping into the Twilight Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2xsbmBn09g
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Almost a month & a ½ of polish tumbling I have new Gems ❗️
ℝ𝕠𝕔𝕜 ℍ𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 ℕ𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝔻𝕚𝕖 𝕎𝕖 𝕁𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕊𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕝𝕪 ℙ𝕖𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕪 ❗️
Mixed assortment of rocks
𝕀 𝔻𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕊𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 yet.
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 🙂
Burnishing / Grinding wheel ❗️ or 36 inch flex shaft for ‘Dremel’ size bits. 🙂
Doubles as a wood saw 😉
rough Mambamba Jasper (crockadile stone)
Leopardite after stage 2
Finished Apache Tears (still need some enhancements)
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)
I have never seen a cat smile before today 😸
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 ❗️
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 😉
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 ⚒ ❗️
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 👌
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 😽
They are getting smoother and shinier 🕒 ‘𝔸 𝕨𝕒𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕂𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 ℕ𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝔹𝕠𝕚𝕝𝕤’ ❗️
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