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Post by wampidytoo on Jun 25, 2016 8:12:08 GMT -5
The north coast rocks should not be left out either. Beach is not a beach any more but some of the rocks left over at 8,000 to 9,000 feet elevation had to be somewhere near a beach. Now, north central Wyoming Big Horn Mountains. Jim Coral, unknown everything about it.
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Post by txrockhunter on Jun 27, 2016 14:13:04 GMT -5
I'm hoping to see this one after a tumble, it smells agate-y (but my nose is often wrong).
The beach shots remind me a little of South Dakota agate beds --- just an overwhelming variety of naturally rounded stone that insists on jumping in your pocket. Having everything wet probably makes them even harder to resist.
That one will be gorgeous tumbled! But, looks like this rock has varying degrees of hardness. I'd be careful tumbling it in a rotary, as it will probably under cut. Like this -
Rocks like this best done in a vibe. I will either grind this one, or hit it on the flat lap to smooth it out again, before putting into the vibe.
Jade-ish looking (but most likely not). Probably a quartz mixture.
Really liked this one.
Same rock, rinsed off a little better.
This one is very typical of the beach rocks. Spotted!
A little one, quartzish.
This one is an agate from somewhere else. This one would have benefitted from a vigorous grinding before tumbling. The divot is holding "still-very-sharp" 30 (or is it 36 , Scott @shotgunner that I got from you?) grit. Need a King Kong grinder, a la jamesp , or a ganged blade unit like captbob plans to make. Or much, much more *sharp* smalls (not round beach rocks, lol).
Jasper from beach.
This one could stand some grinding as well.
This one surprised me. Must have been more consistently hard than I thought.
No undercutting!
That's all the beach rocks I have tumbled so far, and only in coarse grit. But that's what you have to look forward to. I'm sure they will take a great polish.
I have a lot to look forward to if mine turn out that well! Love the jaspers and your favorite as well! Can't wait to see how they turn out. Thanks for the heads up on the undercutting! I may have to cut it up and run it in the vibe. It weighs over a pound and the undercutting will be harder to control in a 65 RPM rotary rough grind!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 29, 2016 16:17:09 GMT -5
They will come out nice, I know you will like them.
The last two photos showed a rock that was also not from the beach. I realized it came from our friend's property up in Ramona when we were prospecting up there. Still pretty, and also still surprised it did not undercut, lol.
Have fun with your beach rocks! Jean
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 29, 2016 16:20:05 GMT -5
rockpickerforever is tumbling some noggin knockers. Killer conglom's. Bodacious beach rocks. And one with a cavern full of big grit. Jean tumbled the spoon too. Ha! Isn't that how you're supposed to polish silverware? Naw, I just used it to stir up the tumbler barrel so I could get to the bottom of it.
Noggin knockers, lol.
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Post by Pat on Jun 29, 2016 16:28:58 GMT -5
Jean is multitasking. Polishing silverware with rocks will do the trick.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 29, 2016 16:38:01 GMT -5
If we get caught using kitchen utensils in the tumbling dept. black clouds arrive. Gander and goose etc. Love you guys
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Post by OregonBorn on Jun 29, 2016 16:45:44 GMT -5
And I lived in Sandy Eggo for 7 years and I never once went to that beach to collect rocks. Or even thought about it. Actually I never went -to- Oceanside for anything, but drove through there a million times. I 'wasted' my time there hunting for Tourmaline up around Alpine, desert rocks and for jades up along the coast north of Pismo Beach.
Amazing. Now the masses will ascend and that beach will be picked clean in no time after seeing these photos.
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Post by OregonBorn on Jun 29, 2016 16:54:31 GMT -5
rockpickerforever is tumbling some noggin knockers. Killer conglom's. Bodacious beach rocks. And one with a cavern full of big grit. Jean tumbled the spoon too. I want your recipe for Rock Snot Stew! Those seasoned soup stones look delicious.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 29, 2016 17:29:01 GMT -5
If we get caught using kitchen utensils in the tumbling dept. black clouds arrive. Gander and goose etc. Love you guys Of course you do, lol. 'Cause we won't get mad at you when you steal your wife's dishtowels, bowls, plates, cutting boards, scissors.. What else have you taken, James?
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Post by jamesp on Jun 29, 2016 17:44:55 GMT -5
If we get caught using kitchen utensils in the tumbling dept. black clouds arrive. Gander and goose etc. Love you guys Of course you do, lol. 'Cause we won't get mad at you when you steal your wife's dishtowels, bowls, plates, cutting boards, scissors.. What else have you taken, James? Great point. What else ? Only that which she knew about. Something I took really made her mad one time, I can't remember what it was. Selective memory set in. Well she needed me today. She was backing up with the car door open and it slammed into the barn today. Would not close, hit the jam, lock latch 3/4 inch low. Disconnected the hinges at the door individually and shimmed them with washers and got it to hang perfect. It bent the face of the door where the hinge attaches instead of the hinge or the body structure. Never figured we would get it right. Me no body man. Body shop---new door-new paint-big labor. You know the game.
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Post by QuailRiver on Jun 29, 2016 19:53:57 GMT -5
I found a few rocks while here in Oceanside. Not sure how they will tumble but it will be fun trying. My husbands family think I'm crazy. I've found in the past that in-laws, co-workers and neighbors thinking I'm a little bit crazy is a perk of rock hounding. It makes them more polite if they're a little afraid of you! Larry C.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 29, 2016 20:01:42 GMT -5
Why suffer from insanity ? Take pride in it.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 30, 2016 0:03:36 GMT -5
rockpickerforever is tumbling some noggin knockers. Killer conglom's. Bodacious beach rocks. And one with a cavern full of big grit. Jean tumbled the spoon too. I want your recipe for Rock Snot Stew! Those seasoned soup stones look delicious. Oh, let me tell ya, they are the best! The recipe has been handed down in my family for generations. It's a secret! Cannot divulge the exact recipe, but I will say that the stew was thickened with a cup or two of red GA clay, and there have been several additions of 30 grit (in one cup increments). The seasoned soup stones? Some smalls, some mediums and some noggin knockers, lol. Been rolling in the 12 lb (or is it 15 lb?) Scott Murray for five or six weeks now. Using the rotary for rough only, finer and polish will be done in the vibe.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 30, 2016 4:23:30 GMT -5
That Georgia red sure turns to grey in a jiffy. Color probably from the black SiC. Suppose it dominates the color over and above what you are grinding off the rocks(and spoon).
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 30, 2016 9:39:22 GMT -5
That Georgia clay looks great for tumbling the harder stuff......As for beach rock,I was into them for a couple years,but to many people doing it now,not worth the trip anymore! (I hate being around to many people at once).. I do collect beach glass,when we are walking the beaches with our daughter and grandkids,when we visit them... Got some tumbles somewhere in the house,of beach rocks... Jim,I like the Tat!!! I did the opposite,while in Germany (Army) I got a tat of a Dragon..Love Dragons.... Great post of tumbles and the beaches....... We get to see lots of whales around our beaches,but they dive so fast,all you see is their tail as they dive and the sounds of them hissing the air.... I'm surprised we don't go to the beaches more often,Tammy is a beach nut!!!
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Post by wampidytoo on Jul 1, 2016 11:11:29 GMT -5
That Georgia clay looks great for tumbling the harder stuff......As for beach rock,I was into them for a couple years,but to many people doing it now,not worth the trip anymore! (I hate being around to many people at once).. I do collect beach glass,when we are walking the beaches with our daughter and grandkids,when we visit them... Got some tumbles somewhere in the house,of beach rocks... Jim,I like the Tat!!! I did the opposite,while in Germany (Army) I got a tat of a Dragon..Love Dragons.... Great post of tumbles and the beaches....... We get to see lots of whales around our beaches,but they dive so fast,all you see is their tail as they dive and the sounds of them hissing the air.... I'm surprised we don't go to the beaches more often,Tammy is a beach nut!!! Love dragons too and have carved them. This dragon if from the Book named "Aragon" and the stone is from China where I did the carving. Sorry for jumping this thread but some of the newer people really really need to see my rock that has nothing to do with tumbling but is relevant because of the tattoo talk that has been going on and the fact that I am a show off and uppity butt that craves attention and is a little lot crazy. Jim
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2016 18:48:00 GMT -5
Oh, let me tell ya, they are the best! The recipe has been handed down in my family for generations. It's a secret! Cannot divulge the exact recipe, but I will say that the stew was thickened with a cup or two of red GA clay, and there have been several additions of 30 grit (in one cup increments). The seasoned soup stones? Some smalls, some mediums and some noggin knockers, lol. Been rolling in the 12 lb (or is it 15 lb?) Scott Murray for five or six weeks now. Using the rotary for rough only, finer and polish will be done in the vibe. That is really great!! Can't wait to see them fresh from the vibe !
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Post by OregonBorn on Jul 13, 2016 17:37:45 GMT -5
Oh, let me tell ya, they are the best! The recipe has been handed down in my family for generations. It's a secret! Cannot divulge the exact recipe, but I will say that the stew was thickened with a cup or two of red GA clay, and there have been several additions of 30 grit (in one cup increments). The seasoned soup stones? Some smalls, some mediums and some noggin knockers, lol. Been rolling in the 12 lb (or is it 15 lb?) Scott Murray for five or six weeks now. Using the rotary for rough only, finer and polish will be done in the vibe. That is similar to the way that I do them. I have a Loretone 12# and a Scott Murray 15# that I do the coarse tumbling in. Then I move the smaller rock to the vibrators for medium and fine, but I switch back to the smaller rotary tumblers for fine polish, as I like soap in the polish soup and I use cut up rubber chips (about 1/4 inch square) as bumpers in the polish mix. The soap makes too many suds in the vibrators. Also the rubber bumpers all get pushed up to the top of the slurry in the vibrators that I have (Mini-Sonics).
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Post by OregonBorn on Jul 24, 2016 1:55:18 GMT -5
The above is definitely what is called Chinese Writing Rock up here in the PNW. It is also commonly called Flower rock. I have found it in rivers in WA state and BC, Canada. It is a type of green jasper, with quartz crystals in it. I have several pieces that look similar to this with both more and fewer quartz 'characters' in the jasper. It takes a great polish, and does not scratch with an jagged agate scratch test. The technical term is Dallasite which is a jasper breccia made up with any of the following: quartz, altered basalt, epidote and pumpelleyite. Dallasite is named for a road on North Vancouver Island, BC, Canada where it was first found. "They" say that this rock is only found on VI, but... I have found it in several rivers in the PNW, and the OP found it on a beach in SoCal. So it is certainly not unique to VI. Maybe it is unique to the west coast of North America, but I do not know that for sure. Other examples of this stuff have flower patterns, square patterns, different colors, and a range of breccia components in the rock. They make great cabs from this stuff. I have one with a light green streak through it with a mish mash of chunks, and this type of green jasper Chinese Writing rock on either end. It is really cool stuff, and I have been looking for more of it (though it is rare and hard to find).
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Post by txrockhunter on Jul 24, 2016 8:16:50 GMT -5
The above is definitely what is called Chinese Writing Rock up here in the PNW. It is also commonly called Flower rock. I have found it in rivers in WA state and BC, Canada. It is a type of green jasper, with quartz crystals in it. I have several pieces that look similar to this with both more and fewer quartz 'characters' in the jasper. It takes a great polish, and does not scratch with an jagged agate scratch test. The technical term is Dallasite which is a jasper breccia made up with any of the following: quartz, altered basalt, epidote and pumpelleyite. Dallasite is named for a road on North Vancouver Island, BC, Canada where it was first found. "They" say that this rock is only found on VI, but... I have found it in several rivers in the PNW, and the OP found it on a beach in SoCal. So it is certainly not unique to VI. Maybe it is unique to the west coast of North America, but I do not know that for sure. Other examples of this stuff have flower patterns, square patterns, different colors, and a range of breccia components in the rock. They make great cabs from this stuff. I have one with a light green streak through it with a mish mash of chunks, and this type of green jasper Chinese Writing rock on either end. It is really cool stuff, and I have been looking for more of it (though it is rare and hard to find). Wow! Thank you for taking the time to reply and give such great information! It was the only one that I found and have been searching for more clues. This is great info! I have tumbled it through rough grind and waiting for my 12# barrel to become available to move forward. It weighs about a pound, so the vibe isn't an option. I've debated cutting it down, but can't get myself to do it. I have't polished anything that big, so if it doesn't work out, I will definitely cut it up. Now I can move on to figuring out what the yellow is! Btw, welcome to the site! I am very new to this hobby and I am constantly amazed by the knowledge of these members and the willingness to share it! Thanks, again! Jeremy
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