I can hardly wait to process these polished stones into precious gems with my lapidary machine ❗️
Oops 👀 I forgot to document the stages of polishing Black Onyx 💎
South Dakota ‘Prairie Agate’
A little Humming Bird perches on the cloths line every sunrise and watches me process rocks !
Sorry, your going to have to take my word on the Humming Bird. My camera don’t zoom in well at all and the tri-pod auto shutter release is much to shaky plus I did not want to freak the bird out at twilight with multiple exeon strobe flashes
Heck, I am lucky to spot it on the line at twilight with my Tri-focals… I hear it peeping
~Will
Blue Botswana Agates 💎
After 5 weeks of 5 stages (course grit , medium grit , fine grit {pre polish} , polish extra fine grit , gem foam burnishing)
Bahia Agates from Brazil 💎
Midnight & 84° must be close to Summer in Tennessee with a s̲u̲p̲e̲r̲ full Strawberry moon 🌚
Rocks after ‘gem foam’ burnishing stage ❗️
Gray Banded Agates 💎
Slipping into the Twilight Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2xsbmBn09g
Washe Koda says Lets Walk down there and get em all
🐱😽🙀😼😸😻
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 🙂
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