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thewiz has rocks in the head "What good is money if you don't spend it" Member since January 2004 Posts: 735	before polish Jul 9, 2004 22:44:16 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by thewiz on Jul 9, 2004 22:44:16 GMT -5

BearCreekLapidary In Memoriam Member since May 2004 Posts: 1,232	before polish Jul 9, 2004 23:02:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by BearCreekLapidary on Jul 9, 2004 23:02:40 GMT -5 BOY HOWDY! Those are going to be gorgeous ... I like the Tiger Eye - very nice! Great work, John
	I have seen paintings in the sky, created by the hands of GOD.

sandsman1 In Memoriam RIP John "sandsman1" Member since December 2003 Posts: 11,341	before polish Jul 9, 2004 23:05:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sandsman1 on Jul 9, 2004 23:05:40 GMT -5 lookin good wiz great shape cant wait to see the polish i realy like the blue tiger eye im gonna hafta get me some
	GOT TO KEEP THE LOONEYS ONNNN THE PATH john-- NOMAD--- U.S.A. -- IN GOD WE TRUST

rockyraccoon no longer being taken for granite Member since December 2003 Posts: 7,980	before polish Jul 9, 2004 23:55:08 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockyraccoon on Jul 9, 2004 23:55:08 GMT -5 what all do you have in there - get that itch to dig through there like when you are looking in the halloween candy bucket. what's that green and white spotted one? can't wait to see the results! kim

cookie3rocks
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before polish Jul 10, 2004 0:14:33 GMT -5

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Post by cookie3rocks on Jul 10, 2004 0:14:33 GMT -5

Wiz,
Didn't you tell me your tree agate was not polishing as well? I can see it. Go to polish, I think, Then bring it back to polish again.
I'm bringing my last batch of tree agate back through pre polish right now. I'l let you know.
Everthing else is great! ;D

cookie

If you hit the speed bumbs really fast, you hardly feel them at all.

James freely admits to licking rocks Member since October 2003 Posts: 876	before polish Jul 10, 2004 1:58:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by James on Jul 10, 2004 1:58:15 GMT -5 Did you do those in your homemade tumbler? They're looking good.
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creativeminded still telling self it's just a hobby I am a crazy crafter. Member since January 2004 Posts: 4,524	before polish Jul 10, 2004 13:04:12 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by creativeminded on Jul 10, 2004 13:04:12 GMT -5 Where are you all getting the different colors of Tigereye, I would love to get some of that, I have one piece of red tigereye and of course many gold tigereye? Tami
	Necessity is the mother of invention

rockyraccoon no longer being taken for granite Member since December 2003 Posts: 7,980	before polish Jul 10, 2004 18:01:12 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockyraccoon on Jul 10, 2004 18:01:12 GMT -5 tami - i got my gold and blue tigers eye at the rock shed. my understanding is that the red is heat treated gold but i've not tried that. kim

krazydiamond Global Moderator Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far. Member since June 2004 Posts: 9,636	before polish Jul 10, 2004 18:46:28 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by krazydiamond on Jul 10, 2004 18:46:28 GMT -5 those are great, better than great..... KD
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cookie3rocks has started giving rock gifts Mother Nature is a grand old gal! Member since April 2004 Posts: 3,059	before polish Jul 10, 2004 19:44:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cookie3rocks on Jul 10, 2004 19:44:24 GMT -5 Maybe Wow,... but no, Great cookie
	If you hit the speed bumbs really fast, you hardly feel them at all.

donwrob has rocks in the head Member since June 2003 Posts: 509	before polish Jul 10, 2004 20:44:52 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by donwrob on Jul 10, 2004 20:44:52 GMT -5 OH yeah, lookin super Wiz! If they look like that before polish, they will be drop deads when finished, cheers, Don

thewiz
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before polish Jul 10, 2004 22:29:32 GMT -5

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Post by thewiz on Jul 10, 2004 22:29:32 GMT -5

thanks all
the tiger eye is from the rock shed "blue and golden". i don't know what the green ones are but it's the one the wife likes the most. the multi colored jasper "left of the tiger eye in the first pic is hard to polish seems to have hard and soft spots. i have all my stones so mixed up i don't know what is what any more. plus with summer here the boys are in to swimming in the pool all day and not worried about the rocks any more. in the first pic right side under the blue tiger eye is the turreilla agate that i said was hard to polish because the shells wear away leaving holes. rocky was working on a batch of this but i have not heard from her on how she made out

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rockyraccoon
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before polish Jul 11, 2004 9:18:44 GMT -5

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Post by rockyraccoon on Jul 11, 2004 9:18:44 GMT -5

wiz some of my turritella has been in 60/90 for 2 weeks - recharged it yesterday so it's going on its 3rd week. it still has long way to go and i still have a lot of rough that i haven't begun yet. but i do finally have something that went to polish yesterday and a batch in 1000 a.o. no turritella in those though.

kim

creativeminded still telling self it's just a hobby I am a crazy crafter. Member since January 2004 Posts: 4,524	before polish Jul 11, 2004 10:20:47 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by creativeminded on Jul 11, 2004 10:20:47 GMT -5 Thanks Rockracoon. Tami
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thewiz
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before polish Jul 11, 2004 22:20:57 GMT -5

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Post by thewiz on Jul 11, 2004 22:20:57 GMT -5

these have been in each stage for weeks and weeks i checked them last night after one day in polish and they looked great. the extra time spent in each stage was worth it. tried to post pics now but the lady next store to me just gave me some grain alcohol and i can just about type let alone use the camera so i will post some pics another day "just got my digital camera last week"

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before polish Jul 11, 2004 23:23:47 GMT -5

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Post by llanago on Jul 11, 2004 23:23:47 GMT -5

That's a good lookin' bunch of rocks, even without polishing! They are going to be beautiful when finished. That blue Tiger Eye is really nice - can't wait to see it polished. It's going to be a beauty!

grain alcohol

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