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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Nov 13, 2017 21:46:05 GMT -5
Not a whole lot of rocks in this batch but there are some cool ones. 1 (front) 1 (back) 2 (front) 2 (back) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 brazilian backs with eyes 12 Laker 13 14 15 16 A few more batches with similar stuff coming soon Chuck
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Post by MsAli on Nov 13, 2017 21:48:55 GMT -5
Chuck, you have given me reason to be more patient with my bots...thank you!! What is #15?😍
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fishnpinball
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Post by fishnpinball on Nov 13, 2017 21:49:50 GMT -5
Some real beauties there. A couple remind me of starlit skies.... rare in agates.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Nov 13, 2017 21:51:33 GMT -5
A lot of lookers in that batch. 2,3, 6/7 are sweet. I'm a fan of the eyes on the back of those Brazilians also. Looking forward to the rest of them.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Nov 13, 2017 21:53:31 GMT -5
Chuck, you have given me reason to be more patient with my bots...thank you!! What is #15?😍 Thanks- #15 is a moss agate. Might be from the Rio Grand in Texas. Chuck
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Post by MsAli on Nov 13, 2017 22:00:15 GMT -5
Chuck, you have given me reason to be more patient with my bots...thank you!! What is #15?😍 Thanks- #15 is a moss agate. Might be from the Rio Grand in Texas. Chuck I'm getting a real fondness for those.....🤔
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Post by aDave on Nov 14, 2017 2:10:35 GMT -5
Great stuff Chuck. You've been getting some great material lately. I love what you've been turning out. No particular favorites, as it all looks good.
Dave
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Post by fernwood on Nov 14, 2017 5:59:49 GMT -5
Very nice selection
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Post by jamesp on Nov 14, 2017 6:38:18 GMT -5
Sweet tumbles Chuck. Swell job on the Brazilian skin.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Nov 14, 2017 6:43:26 GMT -5
That’s a nice bunch of rocks, Chuck. I #6, th eyes on the Brazilians, and the moss agates the best. Thanks for posting them.
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Post by snuffy on Nov 14, 2017 6:45:47 GMT -5
These made me want to dust my tumblers off and get rolling again!
snuffy
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Post by MrMike on Nov 14, 2017 7:02:35 GMT -5
Great batch of tumbles Chuck, live the Brazilians with the eyes. What is #1 ? Unusual with the dash line fortifications & white inclusions.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Nov 14, 2017 7:07:38 GMT -5
Great batch of tumbles Chuck, live the Brazilians with the eyes. What is #1 ? Unusual with the dash line fortifications & white inclusions. Thanks- Number one is a Botswana agate. Chuck
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Post by orrum on Nov 14, 2017 7:11:35 GMT -5
Those bots are worth the money that the rough costs!!! Wowser Chuck!!!
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Post by youp50 on Nov 14, 2017 8:26:24 GMT -5
Nice. 16- Prairie?
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Nov 14, 2017 8:37:16 GMT -5
Cant be sure about #16. I was guessing RIO Grande just because I have a bunch of that at the moment. Chuck
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Post by tkvancil on Nov 14, 2017 11:47:51 GMT -5
That's some sweet eye candy there. A fine job on all. The moss in #15 is amazing.
Couple questions if you don't mind ...
Brazilians have become a recent favorite of mine. Where did you get yours?
Your pics are so good I can see fine details. So not meaning to be critical at all ... the small crescent shaped whitish marks, pretty evident in #2front and #7 ... Is that lint or small conchoidal fractures? I see a lot of the small conchoidal fractures in my tumbles. Wondering if it's just a tumbling thing or if something is off in my process.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Nov 14, 2017 13:16:18 GMT -5
That's some sweet eye candy there. A fine job on all. The moss in #15 is amazing. Couple questions if you don't mind ... Brazilians have become a recent favorite of mine. Where did you get yours? Your pics are so good I can see fine details. So not meaning to be critical at all ... the small crescent shaped whitish marks, pretty evident in #2front and #7 ... Is that lint or small conchoidal fractures? I see a lot of the small conchoidal fractures in my tumbles. Wondering if it's just a tumbling thing or if something is off in my process. The last show I went to had a booth selling brazilians of all sizes at $2 per pound so I sent my kid over and told him to grab all of them that were smaller then 2.5" inches. Good eye. Crescents are a result of agates crashing into each other. I need to do a better job of listening to them. I recently moved my rotaries right next to my loto's so hearing whats going on in the rotaries is difficult. Might need to rearrange again. Now I need to know how many weeks in 46/70 it would take to remove the crescents from the ones I really want perfect. EDIT: I have this batch of rocks sitting on my desk here at work and just looked them over in bright lighting. I could not find any of the crescents by eye. I think I'll leave them as is. The macro setting on the camera can see things that I cannot. Chuck
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Post by tims on Nov 18, 2017 21:42:28 GMT -5
gorgeousness and gorgeosity. #10 made me smile, i would hug it and pet it and call it george.
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