rocknewb101
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Post by rocknewb101 on Sept 6, 2023 10:31:57 GMT -5
A tray of tumbles. Starguy - Brent, I think the majority of these are the bag of tumbles you sent - not the entire bag, of course, but the few I pulled out that I thought looked best. Lots of fun tiny agates here A couple MMA, I believe. <3 Stripey jelly bean! This one is so smol, but the banding is amazing. Doesn't even come close to showcasing it here... I pulled a random slab and made a cab! Tons of iron in this one - bled red a lot! Didn't show girdle because there are spots on each side where the irony part wore away and now there's a 'chip' there...Still very interesting material to work with. I see iron inclusions and mossy inclusions. I got the candy rhyolite from vegasjames in a tumble box I ordered from him. Love how shiny this gets - I have a preform waiting to be cabbed, but took a huge chunk off the underside when trimming it - that'll go on the bottom, away from the camera where noone will see ... I actually sent this entire batch back through polish for 36 hours because it was less than stellar - much improved on the 2nd go around, but see there were a couple rocks that could have caused issues....no biggie. Thanks for looking.
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hplcman
spending too much on rocks
Just getting into this....
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Post by hplcman on Sept 6, 2023 10:38:36 GMT -5
Those are all very interesting and beautiful! Good job on the shine!!!
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pebblesky
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Purchased another UV mini bowl for tumbling
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Post by pebblesky on Sept 6, 2023 10:49:09 GMT -5
Nice looking batch!
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michiganpebbler
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Post by michiganpebbler on Sept 6, 2023 10:59:07 GMT -5
Really nice batch, Peta! I like that little white & red banded nugget in the 2nd photo. The candy rhyolite looks great, hope I do as good with it as you did.
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Post by Starguy on Sept 6, 2023 11:15:00 GMT -5
Beautiful batch Peta rocknewb101I like the combination of rotary and vibe. The polish looks amazing. The fun tiny agates are LSAs. I use them as filler instead of ceramics. The cab turned out very cool. There is a lot going on in that one. What a great show to start the day. Thanks for sharing.
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chris1956
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Post by chris1956 on Sept 6, 2023 11:38:00 GMT -5
Nice polish. Really like the jelley bean.
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rocknewb101
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Post by rocknewb101 on Sept 6, 2023 13:17:32 GMT -5
Those are all very interesting and beautiful! Good job on the shine!!! Thank you!! I really like the variety! Thank you!!! Really nice batch, Peta! I like that little white & red banded nugget in the 2nd photo. The candy rhyolite looks great, hope I do as good with it as you did. Thank you! I liked that one too - really stands out. I'm sure you will have no trouble with the candy rhyolite - it's such a nice rock. Beautiful batch Peta rocknewb101 I like the combination of rotary and vibe. The polish looks amazing. The fun tiny agates are LSAs. I use them as filler instead of ceramics. The cab turned out very cool. There is a lot going on in that one. What a great show to start the day. Thanks for sharing. Thanks!! I really like the combo too - I did have to send these back through polish, but they really shined on round two. I love them as filler for sure - cushions AND you get very cool little nuggets. With the cab - lots of undercutting, but I still think it turned out nicely. It's fun to grab a mystery slab and go to work. Nice polish. Really like the jelley bean. Thank you! It may just be one of my favorites
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Post by velodromed on Sept 6, 2023 15:08:46 GMT -5
Those are all very beautiful! That jelly bean is my favorite, along with the long, then Montana agate. That one looks amazing. Thanks for posting the pictures of the candy rhyolite. I have some of that coming to and am very excited.
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 6, 2023 16:56:18 GMT -5
Fantastic looking batch Peta!! Love the jellybean Laker... From that picture, the cab looks like it could be Sheep Creek Agate...
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rocknewb101
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Post by rocknewb101 on Sept 6, 2023 16:59:36 GMT -5
Those are all very beautiful! That jelly bean is my favorite, along with the long, then Montana agate. That one looks amazing. Thanks for posting the pictures of the candy rhyolite. I have some of that coming to and am very excited. Thank you!! I know, right - it's so fun. I can't recall who sent me the long MA, but I think it must have been cuttings, or a cab attempt on hold? I don't know - it was shaped perfectly . Excited to see your candy rhyolite when it's done - please share!
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rocknewb101
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Post by rocknewb101 on Sept 6, 2023 17:01:10 GMT -5
Fantastic looking batch Peta!! Love the jellybean Laker... From that picture, the cab looks like it could be Sheep Creek Agate... Thank you!! That jelly bean seems to be the favorite It's really fun. Thanks for the potential ID on the cab - I had zero idea - I just knew it was interesting to work with. I swear that rock bled lol...going to look it up...
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dshanpnw
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Post by dshanpnw on Sept 9, 2023 21:39:02 GMT -5
Great batch there, the MMAs are super nice and the bean and cab are stupendous. Thanks for sharing.
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