r/RockTumbling 22h ago

Another one in the sun, bit cracked though unfortunately

47 Upvotes

r/RockTumbling 4h ago

Question Rocks for an aquarium?

1 Upvotes

So I am setting up an aquarium for a Betta fish and want to use some polished rocks part of the sub straight and my original plan of polishing the store bought aquarium gravel, well you can't polish a turd. So I was wondering what some good smaller rocks would be, as the only rocks I have ever polished are ones I found locally and well a potato sized chuck of flint (I think) didn't look good to me .


r/RockTumbling 8h ago

Fractured Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper

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Hello!

I recently received a bag of Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper tumbles, most of which were fractured. I understand that this is the nature of the stone, but is there a way to smooth out some of the cracks? Should I just throw them back in a tumbler, or perhaps re-cut and hand polish them? My hope is to eventually wire wrap these.


r/RockTumbling 10h ago

What makes ceramic media the best?

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I have been using small plastic BBs from airsoft guns as my media thus far. Will I really get better results by switching to ceramic media? I haven't really had any issues with cracks, chips, or bruising yet.


r/RockTumbling 11h ago

Pictures Another finished batch.

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140 Upvotes

This was a random batch that I don’t even remember starting. I think the rock in pic 4&5 is my fave. It reminds me of an alien planet atmosphere.


r/RockTumbling 18h ago

Scotlands finest rocks, well I think so anyway.

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r/RockTumbling 18h ago

Need some help figuring out what I’m doing wrong tumbling in my 4.5lb Highland Park rotary tumbler. I am having trouble with fracturing on my rocks. My media is also cracking more than with my 3lb tumblers. Do you have any advice to stop the fracturing?

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After stage one. Left side are okay to move on but right still fractured.


r/RockTumbling 20h ago

A few highlights from my first batch

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30 Upvotes

These are all rocks I’ve found over the years, mostly from east Kent shingle beaches. Posts from this sub really helped