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Post by MrMike on Sept 13, 2016 18:47:23 GMT -5
Can silicified oolite be tumbled (successfully)?
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 13, 2016 19:44:03 GMT -5
Sure can! The agatized type is plenty hard for tumbling. The calcite form which is also found, especially in the west, is too soft to get more than a satin finish, if it polishes at all....Mel
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Post by MrMike on Sept 13, 2016 20:12:09 GMT -5
Great, I'll give it a go. Thanks Mel.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 14, 2016 9:17:35 GMT -5
I would have to find it,but I tumbled some last fall... It turned out great!! Good luck!!
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Post by MrMike on Sept 14, 2016 17:58:15 GMT -5
Thanks
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Post by orrum on Sept 14, 2016 18:12:45 GMT -5
Finished pic please?
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Post by MrMike on Sept 14, 2016 18:23:50 GMT -5
Hope your talking to Fossilman, mine will be a while....I keep waiting for Jamesp to offer some free preforming services...
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 15, 2016 9:35:59 GMT -5
Hope your talking to Fossilman, mine will be a while....I keep waiting for Jamesp to offer some free preforming services... I'm trying to find the photos,if I took any...Its like trying to find a needle in a haystack-LOL... Found the sliced slabs...
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Post by MrMike on Sept 15, 2016 21:35:59 GMT -5
Gonna have to work on your filing system. I usually file everything under M for Miscellaneous....
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Post by orrum on Sept 16, 2016 6:44:23 GMT -5
We wanna see finished oolite!!! Now??? Anybody got a pic???
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 16, 2016 9:45:20 GMT -5
Got a photo or two,but trying to rifle through a few thousands photos online,isn't fun.....
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Post by fernwood on Sept 21, 2016 17:51:49 GMT -5
I am saving lots of oolite for eventual cabbing/tumbling, so finished photos would be great.
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Post by orrum on Sept 21, 2016 18:03:03 GMT -5
X2 Fernwood.
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