monna0000
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Post by monna0000 on Jun 6, 2016 9:53:47 GMT -5
Was going to show my first wire wrap ever today but then I spotted these and they are truly beautyfull. I Think I need to practice some more! Nice done and what a patience you must have. You must show yours! And save your first piece. It is always good to look back on to see how much you have improved. I have been doing this for about 16 years now, so you can't compare your first one to mine. I would love to see your fist piece! We all started somewhere. 16 years.... Ok then I'm more calm, but they are still amazing. You got a really elegant design. Thanks for the inspiration.
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monna0000
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Post by monna0000 on Jun 6, 2016 6:18:00 GMT -5
The jade is really pretty, the picture in the middel is that bone?
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Post by monna0000 on Jun 6, 2016 4:57:07 GMT -5
Was going to show my first wire wrap ever today but then I spotted these and they are truly beautyfull. I Think I need to practice some more! Nice done and what a patience you must have.
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Post by monna0000 on Jun 2, 2016 14:10:47 GMT -5
All of them are amazing, can't even Pick a favorit. Realle nice done. I can only hope that I some Day Will be as skilled as you.
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Post by monna0000 on May 29, 2016 15:41:51 GMT -5
Since I'm an etymology freak I looked up porphyry (I'm sure porphyr is from the same root): "late Middle English: via medieval Latin from Greek porphuritēs, from porphura ‘purple.’" I don't think all porphyries are purple though. Sorry, still needs to learn their names and furthermore translate them, But just checked and it said Porphyry in English just like you said. No they don't just come in purple, they come in red, grey, black and yellow like the 2 in the top. And the last picture is also identified as an porphyry www.google.dk/search?q=Rombeporfyr&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMsNrDj4DNAhUCVSwKHazkBd0Q_AUIBygB&biw=1391&bih=683#imgrc=_They don't tumble that well due to the different materials. But I keep collecting them because of the variety, it's not a rock that originates in Denmark, but we got plenty of from Norway and Sweden.
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monna0000
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Post by monna0000 on May 29, 2016 13:06:40 GMT -5
I really like that first one. I've never heard of eye granite before. Sorry, ha could be because it's eye Gneiss and not granite... My mistake
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monna0000
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Post by monna0000 on May 29, 2016 10:55:40 GMT -5
here is no better way to describe it... This hobby shows every mistake you make, and there is no way to hide it. I recently bought a wheel, but it was not love a first sight, so I joined this forum to learn and straight away manofglass spotted a newbie in need of some help so he sent me some great links from this forum and I read every single one several times, but this video made me decide to give the wheel a second chance forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/40548/stonesthatrock-cabbing-video-tutorial It is still not love at first sight, but there is improvement - so I'm hopeful for the future Eyegneiss Porfyr (love the thoughts of this being brought to denmark by the ice from Norway and Sweden) Granite/kvarts ? Really nice grey granite I had to redo after drilling(Yes it's slightly off center - That's one of the joy's of being a newbie) Unsure if this is porfyr, it looks different from the ones I normally finds. Sorry for the crappy Iphone picture, it's really smooth and shiny in real live.
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Post by monna0000 on May 23, 2016 16:01:07 GMT -5
Amazing work and the stones are out of this world. I have never seen anything like it.
Wished I live in a country with colorful rocks like yours. Really nice job!
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Post by monna0000 on May 22, 2016 14:33:21 GMT -5
This is my collection Unknown leopard rock(from the first picture) and in the back Calcite My round rocks (mostly marble from Rhodos) Granite and Gneiss, a bit boring when they are dry but I love them when they are polished Danish Flint and kvarts (takes forever to tumble and I'm sure I will regret hitting it with the hammer) Unsorted
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Post by monna0000 on May 22, 2016 14:17:25 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum. Looks like you are doing great on your collection. The first rock looks like sugar quartz stained yellow by the iron. Thanks, I've no clue about the first one, but it was a rather large rock, but light for it's size and when I hit it with the hammer it broke easy. It's really loose inside and filled with sparkle and when you rub the crushed pieces with your hands dust and sparkel falls of. But it's not so loos that you can't work on the wheel. Does that help, looking forward to learning more about the stones I collected. There are just a handfull of books about the Danish rocks and they are not that great. Looking forward to learning from this forum.
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Post by monna0000 on May 22, 2016 14:08:42 GMT -5
Welcome from north central Wyoming, a hop, skip and a jump from Yellowstone Park. Nice rocks you have there. I do not tumble any more but love the finished product in glass bottles. Answer to your question: It ends with death. Not from the rocks or the hobby but from old age at which time you will have way too many rocks and a big smile on your face. Your pace of picking up rocks will jump up to "gotta have more rocks, gotta have more rocks to feed my machines". Probably not to the point of kicking sand into the face of someone else picking up beach rocks but you may try to talk them into giving it to you. haha You landed here so you are on the right track. No dumb questions here so do not have a problem with asking about anything. Jim Yeah I think you are right, but let's not tell my husband. WOW Yellowstone, I do envy your great nature and rocks We are going on a 6 weeks roadtrip this summer and Yellowstone was on my wishlist, but it ended up to far away from our route and end station. So maybe next time. Question: I love your agats and jasper, but do you have to go into a mine to find it or can it be found everywhere?
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monna0000
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Post by monna0000 on May 21, 2016 17:27:38 GMT -5
Yep! Welcome to RTH! your building up the rock hobby really well that white- red and orangy veined rock-- could be a marble I have some rock that resembles it best in your endeavors mohs Thanks, Yes I think you could be right. Normally when we go on vacation I buy shoes, but a couple of years ago we went to Rhodos, but there was no pretty shoes so I filled my luggage with rocks from the beach instead . They are white and pink/orange/grey and I throw a couple of them in the batch. They are all nice and round so I guess it could be marble.
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monna0000
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Post by monna0000 on May 21, 2016 15:41:14 GMT -5
Just wanted to say hi and share my "Rockstorie" I've been collecting rocks for the past 25 years (mostly at the beach, never bought a rock) for no other reasons than the fact that I just love stones. So 10 years ago my sweet husband bought me an rocktumbler(Lorton 2 x 1 kg) and I spent 5 minuts reading the manual and ran 2 unsuccesfull loads before it broke;0( and the store where he bought it had closed. So the tumbler sat in my garage and rested peacefully for the next 10 years together with my rock collection. One day I spotted a grinding wheel for sale at a place just like craiglist and I snatched it up in a hurry and got a really great deal. Once you have a wheel you also NEED to have a saw, so I bought a use tilesaw for 10 bucks, and it works ok (The blade are a bit to thick in my mind). Been using the wheel and the saw for the last 2 months now, but I find it hard to get the same shine in the polish as in the tumbler and also time consuming. Example form the wheel (crushed unknown rock) So of course I had to get my tumbler fixed and been reading almost every page in this forum, which I found 14 days ago - so hoping to se some great results this time around. This is my first batch at cleanout after 1 1/2 week, been adding grit 80 every 3 days . Still a long way to go. Batch 1 : Danish Flint (The hardest rock of them all, but 80% of all the rocks in Denmark are flint and the shine so nice in the end, just like your agats) Mohs 7 Batch 2 Danish beach rocks (YES I collect rocks but don't know any of their names, but I'm learning ) Mostly to be able to pack the tumbler correct. So I've gone from a broken tumbler and a small rock collection, to having a small workshop in just 2 months. I wonder (and so does my husband) how it all will end.
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