racevw112
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since August 2010
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Post by racevw112 on Aug 29, 2011 22:27:52 GMT -5
I threw a couple of pyrite nodules in the mix to see how things would work out. They turned out pretty good. The big nodule is how they looked before, other two are after polished.
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Post by drocknut on Aug 30, 2011 0:04:15 GMT -5
Those do look really cool.
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Post by susand24224 on Aug 30, 2011 0:19:32 GMT -5
I've wanted to try pyrite for quite awhile, and the way those turned out just makes me want to more. Nice job!
Susan
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Post by tanyafrench on Aug 30, 2011 7:10:40 GMT -5
Sweet treats, they came out very pretty and shiny.
Tanya
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racevw112
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since August 2010
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Post by racevw112 on Aug 30, 2011 9:31:40 GMT -5
Thanks!!!
I will say, it turns your water/slurry mixture black, black, black when a couple of pieces of pyrite are thrown in the batch. On the other hand it's cool when you take the lid off and see all the "gold" dust/specs mixed in with the black liquid.
Just FYI the pyrite came from a quarry in Midlothian, Texas.
Lyle
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Post by tandl on Aug 30, 2011 13:01:00 GMT -5
Im a fool for pyrite ;D nice specimens
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garock
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since February 2006
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Post by garock on Sept 1, 2011 6:17:19 GMT -5
A friend of mine cabbed some pyrite cubes that had lost alot of the outside color. Of course I have had a senior moment can't remember the name of pyrite when it morphs. The outside of the cube is dark brown. What he discovered is the inside of the cubes had not lost all the bright color. When he cabbed a few they turned out beautiful with the two distinct colors.
Still Digging in the Georgia Red Dirt, frankie
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Post by paulshiroma on Sept 1, 2011 8:54:44 GMT -5
Those came out nice. I think I need a few additional tumblers ... seeing all these different rocks being run, I'm dying to try out more kinds. Thanks for posting the photos.
Paul
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Post by tntmom on Sept 1, 2011 9:47:56 GMT -5
That is so cool!!! I've always wondered how well pyrite tumbles!
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