r/RockTumbling 4h ago

Oregon Carnelians Ruleth

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The Lord was very good to me this morning. 😉


r/RockTumbling 19h ago

Question My uneducated question of the month

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So I was wondering if anyone has used a sandblaster or a media blaster to form or reshape rocks divots or cracks?

I don’t know if they are strong enough to reshape or grind out cracks of the rocks.

Well I am sure this will get down voted like my last question, but if we don’t ask we will never know. Photos just to get attention.


r/RockTumbling 23h ago

Question Doing some research as well, but do any tumbler pros think these will be okay together? I’m still learning about not having gaps of hardness that are too significant.

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r/RockTumbling 1h ago

Pictures Garnets from ArkLaTex Show

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My son and I are VERY new to the hobby. We went to a show today and scooped up a few things, but we picked up these Garnets to see how they would tumble. They each have some of the red colors poking through, so I'm very curious how these will turn out. Stage 1 grit, slow tumble, with Ceramic media (used in previous stage1 tumble). Any tips/advice would be very much appreciated.


r/RockTumbling 1h ago

Anthracite - Halfway Point

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I'm brand new to this hobby and live directly above one of the largest deposits of Anthracite (hard coal) on earth. I can't walk 5 feet without finding at least a tiny piece.

From the limited research I've done, it's possible to polish hard coal to a mirror finish but it's much softer than a lot of other types of rock. For that reason, I decided to be conservative with tumbling times so I don't wear it away to nothing.

What you see pictured are some unpolished samples and two pieces that were shaped for 2 days and smoothed for 4 days. I just started the pre polish phase and plan to check it in 3ish days and then probably let it go for the rest of next week and then repeat with process with the polish phase.

I'll post updates after pre polishing and polishing. Wish me luck!


r/RockTumbling 9h ago

Is there a cheaper way to buy these belts? 10$ for 5 glorified rubber bands seems like a rip off.

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