Newbies, Some Inspirational Tumbles, Start On Pg 2

[stefan]

Hey Jimmy!!! Great to see ya again!

[jimrbto]

When I try to view these past posts, alll I get is (image) instead of the actual photo. This happens on all of these posts. What is the answer to being able to see the pictures?
Thanks
Jim

[rollingstone]

Jim, you aren't doing anything wrong. The account where these photos were hosted was ended (expired?, cancelled?, out of business?, who knows) in late August, so none of the links have worked since then. I'm not sure why this thread is still pasted at the top of this section as it is now just a collection of links that don't work. But you aren't doing anything wrong, the photos are just gone. Too bad, there were some amazing pics.
-Don

[grannyb]

Granny B is disappointed also! Can someone recommend some more premium tumbled stone picture links? Thanks!!

[MyNewHobby]

Have you tried Photbucket?

I love it!! I have had no problems at all and when done right, it resizes for you at the time you upload from your computer.

As always
Julie

[88pathoffroad]

Someone might want to un-pin this, the pics are all gone.

[rollingstone]

No pretty pictures in here anymore it seems, so let me post some old ones. I've completely restructured my photobucket account to organize everything by year, so all my old links in RTH are probably broken. But going over some old pics, here's some tumbles from 2005 and 2006...
-Don

This is agatized red horn coral:




This of course is Arizona petrified wood (rainbow wood):




Carrasite jasper:




Wildhorse picture jasper:


Flint ridge flint:








Canadian river plume agate? (not sure)




Tahoma agate (jasper?), from the Pacific NW:


That's enough for one post!

[rollingstone]

And some more from 2006...

Snowflake obsidian:




Limb cast (rough courtesy of Ed (Stoner):
www.flickr.com/photos/157096169@N08/shares/T72Ut1

www.flickr.com/photos/157096169@N08/shares/qv2EoV

Oregon carnelian:




Laguna agate:










Rutilated quartz:




Labradorite:




Enough for this post!
-Don

[rollingstone]

And here's yet more from 2006! (the last of them)
-Don

My local petrified wood:


Montana agate:








Lake superior agate:




Petrified wood from Texas (I think):


Crazy Lace agate:


Botswana agate:

[NorthShore-Rocks]

Good Lord Don... those are fabulous! Both posts, all of them! Thanks for for going back and reposting these for those of us haven't had the pleasure of viewing yet. Wow!

[superioragates]

Ok, I almost had a heart attack! Those are just freakin awesome! Man o man!!!!!!

[snuffy]

I bow down.Wonderful.

snuffy

[rollingstone]

Haha, thanks! I'll try to sort some from my 2007 file soon...

[akansan]

Hey Don - can you find your pics of the OJ tumble? That's one of my top favorites of yours.

[rollingstone]

Akansan, thanks for asking. I never re-organized the OJ photos so the old links should still be fine for those. There were 3 threads from two separate batches that I recall.

Starting with the first batch, in 2006:
andy321.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=trtphoto&action=display&thread=21974

And then in 2009 I ran another batch:
andy321.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=trtphoto&thread=32059&page=1

I also posted a separate thread of close-ups from the 2009 batch:
andy321.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=trtphoto&thread=32060&page=1

Enjoy!

[rollingstone]

Oops, found a few more 2005 photos of some Brazilian agate tumbles hiding in my default photobucket album (now moved to my 2005 album). Anyway, I'll add them here as they show how tumbing can work its magic.

From this rough:


To these tumbled stones:


And from this rough:


To these tumbled stones:




As a footnote, I'm really surprised at how few Brazilian agate pics I've seen on this board over the years. The stuff is plentiful and cheap and takes a fantastic shine. Maybe it's because the rough tends to be large and must be broken up before tumbling, which is a lot of work and means you are starting with really rough stuff like in these photos? (I broke this rough up myself with a hammer and chisel.) Who knows, but it does seem to be the "ignored" tumbling material.
-Don

[rollingstone]

A selection from 2007....

Imperial jasper:




A big chunk of Stone Canyon jasper, tumbled with the garnets in the photos below. The pea-sized garnets balanced out the palm-sized piece of jasper, and tumbler barrels alway like balance. ;D Someone named this the "Earth Heart" -- me like!




Garnets (originally from India I believe, but in this case from Ron's Rocks):
In the rough:


After tumbling:




Turritella agate. This material is really variable and can have lots of soft spots. I hand-picked some nice rough from a rock shop in Arizona, while on vacation there:

[rollingstone]

More oldies from 2007:

Brazilian agate:


Botswana agates:










Whitcomb Creek agate:


Rose quartz and amethyst:




Rhodonite:




Tahoma jasper:




Vaquilla agate:




That's it for 2007. Are 2008 pics oldies or newbies??? ;D

-Don

[NatureNut]

Oldies... we wanna see 'em again in this thread! ;D

[rollingstone]

Okay then, here's a bunch of "oldies" from 2008....
-Don

Crazy lace (hand picked rough from a rock shop in Arizona, while on vacation -- it was a real steal at just $2 or $3 per pound!):






Laguna agate (ebay):




Starburst Jasper (actually a rhyolite I think, with a mohs hardness of 5 or so)...rough courtesy of Desertdweller:


Biggs jasper (ebay):






Moss agate from US or Mexico (I bought this rough cheap in Arizona, at $1 per pound or less):


Plume agate (this is a very specific type, from Wyoming I think, but I don't recall the name right now...):






Queensland agates from Australia (well, from ebay for me ;D):


Stone Canyon jasper from California (ebay purchase):




mix of amethyst (purple), rose quartz (pink) and chrysoprase (green)... chrysoprase is the expensive one!




Riviera (Rivera?) plume agate (ebay):




And that's my 2008 tumbling in a nutshell!
-Don