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Post by Starguy on Feb 12, 2024 1:10:28 GMT -5
I finally finished my first batch this year. Here are a few photos. I’ve taken better pictures. The color is a little off somehow. the towel photo. Swali, Swazi, Mozambique agates. Alimajo agates Bots glass cutter / slabs These are some of my favorites. Snakeskin agates from ashley and TeePee canyon agates from jasoninsd. These caught my eye as being kind of special. Thanks for looking.
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ashley
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Post by ashley on Feb 12, 2024 8:53:22 GMT -5
Beautiful batch as always Brent! I really like the first shot, zooming in on it and looking at all the variety!
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dshanpnw
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Post by dshanpnw on Feb 12, 2024 8:57:46 GMT -5
Great looking batch of agates! The Swali, Swazi, Mozambique are stunning. I love the reds and oranges. The snakeskin is awesome too. Thanks for sharing.
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chris1956
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Post by chris1956 on Feb 12, 2024 9:18:40 GMT -5
Those all look great. Especially like the last one.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 12, 2024 12:42:53 GMT -5
As always, beautiful stones! Is that a lonely Bruneau in the 8th pic?
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Post by Starguy on Feb 12, 2024 13:18:27 GMT -5
Beautiful batch as always Brent! I really like the first shot, zooming in on it and looking at all the variety! Thanks Ashley. That first picture shows colors more life-like than the photos on paper towels. The pictures on black denim are pretty close too. There is a lot of different stuff in my tumbler feed bucket. Great looking batch of agates! The Swali, Swazi, Mozambique are stunning. I love the reds and oranges. The snakeskin is awesome too. Thanks for sharing. Thank you. I’m enjoying tumbling the Mozambique agates. They really polish nicely and there is a lot of variety. The wacked out colors in the photo are way off. A lot of them are pink. Some of them are full of tubes. Those all look great. Especially like the last one. Thank you. That last one is kind of “meh” until you backlight it. Then it looks like it’s full of bubbles. I think it was a heel sawed off a larger Brazillian As always, beautiful stones! Is that a lonely Bruneau in the 8th pic? Thanks Robin. That’s my “shark fin” Bruneau. I don’t tumble much Bruneau but I couldn’t figure out what else to do with the piece so in it went.
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pebblesky
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Purchased another UV mini bowl for tumbling
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Post by pebblesky on Feb 12, 2024 14:20:05 GMT -5
Wow they are such a treat to the eyes!
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Post by velodromed on Feb 12, 2024 14:55:47 GMT -5
I finally finished my first batch this year. Here are a few photos. I’ve taken better pictures. The color is a little off somehow. Thanks for looking. Wow! Your tumbles are impeccable, thank you very much for sharing. That last one… good grief it’s amazing! What is it exactly?
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Post by Starguy on Feb 12, 2024 16:21:36 GMT -5
Wow they are such a treat to the eyes! Thank you. Tumbling is so much fun. I finally finished my first batch this year. Here are a few photos. I’ve taken better pictures. The color is a little off somehow. Thanks for looking. Wow! Your tumbles are impeccable, thank you very much for sharing. That last one… good grief it’s amazing! What is it exactly? Thanks. I’m pretty sure that last one is a heel cut off a Brazillian agate.
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Post by velodromed on Feb 12, 2024 17:20:11 GMT -5
Wow they are such a treat to the eyes! Thank you. Tumbling is so much fun. Wow! Your tumbles are impeccable, thank you very much for sharing. That last one… good grief it’s amazing! What is it exactly? Thanks. I’m pretty sure that last one is a heel cut off a Brazillian agate. Thanks!
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 14, 2024 17:14:54 GMT -5
Brent, the color might be off a little...but the polish is spot-on...like always! DANGIT! Those dang fractures in the Teepee Canyon Agates! Those are a good example as to why, when you get a non-fractured specimen, it's SO amazing.
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Post by Starguy on Feb 14, 2024 18:22:34 GMT -5
Brent, the color might be off a little...but the polish is spot-on...like always! DANGIT! Those dang fractures in the Teepee Canyon Agates! Those are a good example as to why, when you get a non-fractured specimen, it's SO amazing. LOL. Teepees are sure tough to tumble. They are so cool though. The cracks are the most obnoxious thing about them. They’re not like most cracks. Cracks in teepee only turn ugly in polish. Before that they don’t look too bad. I’ve been running 4+ days of Tripoli between pre-polish and polish. It definitely makes the final polish better.
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doublebluff
having dreams about rocks
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Post by doublebluff on Feb 15, 2024 7:54:04 GMT -5
So impressive to me. The shine is just plain better than I ever achieve. My goal is to get rocks to look like that!
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