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Post by paulshiroma on Mar 22, 2017 22:23:18 GMT -5
… that’s what this batch turned into. The proverbial paint job that looks good from six feet away. Get any closer and all the imperfections show up. Most of this got bagged and my wife is taking it to school for her first graders. They’ll have fun with them. Top left – Rios and other Texas Agates. Top right – Agates from Yermo and Calico area. Bottom Left – Petrified Wood from Arizona. Bottom right – miscellaneous stuff from … everywhere else. Petrified Wood from Arizona and one piece from Texas (courtesy of txrockhunter ) Miscellaneous bits and pieces: Tiger Eye that actually came out okay: An interesting Rio from Mel ( Sabre52 ). The agate in this one was mixed with what looked like quartz. There’s a small quartz crystal pocket just above my thumb. Don’t recall where this came from: I had high hopes for this one but it turned out way too soft. The white areas were too soft to take a polish. The green areas might have but were compromised by the white areas. This came out of the Parker Lake area in the Eastern Sierras.
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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 23, 2017 9:15:07 GMT -5
Those are great! Everything doesn't have to be perfect to be looked upon as beautiful! Her 1st graders will oooo an awww over them as she gets to explain where some came from and how they were made. You never know... that batch may just inspire future geologist!
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Post by Garage Rocker on Mar 23, 2017 9:23:13 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing! The kiddos will love them. That's a nice chunk of tiger eye.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Mar 23, 2017 9:55:10 GMT -5
I've got some AZ pet wood rolling too, anxious to get that finished up.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 23, 2017 10:15:20 GMT -5
Beautiful rolls!!! Many colors,I like it all!!!
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Post by ChicagoDave on Mar 23, 2017 11:30:12 GMT -5
Just curious why you didn't throw stuff back into the course grind if you weren't happy with the outcome. Were you just tired of the batch and wanted to start new stuff? The longer I keep at this tumbling hobby, the more selective I get of the material that gets to stay in my barrels. I usually give everything a chance, but after a few weeks it's pretty obvious if something is going to turn our well. I have a bucket of "rejects" that I look thru every now and then and bust up some of the stuff and give it a second chance.
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Post by paulshiroma on Mar 23, 2017 21:33:45 GMT -5
Those are great! Everything doesn't have to be perfect to be looked upon as beautiful! Her 1st graders will oooo an awww over them as she gets to explain where some came from and how they were made. You never know... that batch may just inspire future geologist! The kids enjoy the rocks, that's for sure. I got to drop by a present to one of the other first grade classes in the past they get a real kick out of it. A couple (twins) got into the hobby and were dragging their parents around to visit different local sites. My wife, who has an interesting sense of humor, will say that "... the rocks were made by my husband in the garage ..." LOL
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Post by paulshiroma on Mar 23, 2017 21:36:31 GMT -5
Just curious why you didn't throw stuff back into the course grind if you weren't happy with the outcome. Were you just tired of the batch and wanted to start new stuff? The longer I keep at this tumbling hobby, the more selective I get of the material that gets to stay in my barrels. I usually give everything a chance, but after a few weeks it's pretty obvious if something is going to turn our well. I have a bucket of "rejects" that I look thru every now and then and bust up some of the stuff and give it a second chance. I probably should have but, as you mention, I just needed to get this batch out of the way. Some may make their way back via the rejects pile. About 50% of the batch got packaged and sent to school. They're good enough for the kiddies. Interesting how some of the rejects eventually come out pretty good. Often, I use them as filler rock if I need some extra.
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Post by johnjsgems on Mar 24, 2017 12:30:48 GMT -5
Look like you got great polish. When I sold my house I had quite a fair amount of tumbling rejects. I needed to replace some fence posts and the rejects are now entombed in concrete. Maybe 20 years from now someone will replace the posts again and marvel at the pretty aggregate.
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Post by paulshiroma on Mar 24, 2017 18:47:58 GMT -5
Look like you got great polish. When I sold my house I had quite a fair amount of tumbling rejects. I needed to replace some fence posts and the rejects are now entombed in concrete. Maybe 20 years from now someone will replace the posts again and marvel at the pretty aggregate. LOL ... I love it.
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