Rock Exchange with Justin - Pic Heavy

[chris1956]

"Search" wasn't working tonight so I couldn't get back to the original thread.  These are some rocks I got from hplcman (Justin).  Thanks Justin!   Here is a before and several after photos.  There may be a few others that snuck in along the way but I think all the closeups are rocks from Justin.   I really like the blue/green pastel ones.    The blue lace agate is really nice but noticed after it dried that there are a couple cracks.  May have to take care of that and retumble. 

realrockhound, no Rocky Butte Picture Jasper was hurt during the picture taking.   I am about ready to cut a cab or two and see how it goes.  

Unpolished rocks.





Polished rocks.  Some cracks and holes but the patterns are great.  
























Thanks for taking a look,

Chris

[hplcman]

Those turned out great Chris!  That polish is very nice!  These beach rocks can be frustrating, often they have fractures that just go on forever. 

I still haven't gotten to your rocks!  They're still sitting on rock desk, waiting their turn in the QT66!  I'll be sure to make a post like this when I finish them up.

[pebblesky]

The polished stones look great!

[rockjunquie]

I love before and afters. You did a great job with a nice variety of material.

[chris1956]

Jul 17, 2024 10:07:35 GMT -5 hplcman said:

Those turned out great Chris!  That polish is very nice!  These beach rocks can be frustrating, often they have fractures that just go on forever. 

I still haven't gotten to your rocks!  They're still sitting on rock desk, waiting their turn in the QT66!  I'll be sure to make a post like this when I finish them up.

Thanks.  There were a lot of fractures but still turned out nice.

Jul 17, 2024 11:53:32 GMT -5 pebblesky said:

The polished stones look great!

Thanks.

Jul 17, 2024 12:20:13 GMT -5 rockjunquie said:

I love before and afters. You did a great job with a nice variety of material.

Thanks.   I should have taken them out of the box when I got them to give a better before and after comparison.   

[jasoninsd]

Good looking polish on those Chris! That Blue Lace is a stunner!!

[chris1956]

Jul 17, 2024 19:02:59 GMT -5 jasoninsd said:

Good looking polish on those Chris! That Blue Lace is a stunner!!

Thanks Jason.  I have to say that the Blue Lace is my favorite of the bunch.   

[python]

Those look awesome!

[dshanpnw]

So some of these are beach rocks? They look very good. I like the red one, second photo after the group photo. Thanks for sharing the joy.

[chris1956]

Jul 19, 2024 0:25:10 GMT -5 python said:

Those look awesome!

Thanks

[chris1956]

Thanks dshanpnw.   I think the blue/green ones were from the beach and also the red/yellow jaspers may have been from the beach (I believe from California, north of SF).   Here are a couple pictures hplcman (Justin) sent of the beach rocks he typically finds.  A few, the blue lace and seam agates were from other areas.