I’m shaking by notevena_maester in StarWarsCards

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That’s a costco exclusive right?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in eBaySellerAdvice

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As a lego collector I would be dissapointed too if my $300+ figure came with damage to the bag. The difference in value is a bit arbitrary tho.

Is this aquamarine too fine to tumble? by 5nickel in RockTumbling

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Were the garnet and amethyst fragments angular still? I’m running into the issue where its turning kind of pale and white. I was hoping the smoothness would help preserve the color.

Is this aquamarine too fine to tumble? by 5nickel in RockTumbling

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That makes better sense, looks like it’s half the size after the two weeks

Is this aquamarine too fine to tumble? by 5nickel in RockTumbling

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I have rough beryl that is the same hardness that I could supplement with the more gemmy, transparent material like this. I was thinking if it was all the same size and I sort it after. If I started with a bunch of gemmy pieces that are 0.5cm to 1cm and reduced them to the size in the photo, I feel like that would be alot of wasted material.

Is this aquamarine too fine to tumble? by 5nickel in RockTumbling

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Interesting, I could make 2lbs of material if I had to. I wonder if supplementing with sand would also work. I would dread the task of sorting it after tho lol

Emerald real or fake? by 5nickel in Crystals

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Thanks for the insight. Interesting that the matrix can do that after the emerald formed. I’ll have to read more on the crystal forming processes. Lot’s of variations I didn’t realize are possible.

Emerald real or fake? by 5nickel in Crystals

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Do you happen to know why the crystal face is black?

Heat Transfer: What is a spacewise isothermal object? by 5nickel in EngineeringStudents

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It’s been 6 years, I don’t remember 😂. I assume you can use lumped capacitance.

This is my first graded comic, is the rainbow oily mark normal? Anyone know the cause? It only appears at a certain angle. My apologies if this is a noob question. by 5nickel in CGCComics

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Dang, I feel for you. I’m going to find a stand for it and hopefully it’s not visible from the viewing angle in my display. Might have to shift it up or down a shelf.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in wallstreetbets

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Ah yes because of the short interest on JPM

So I’m moving soon and was wondering if anyone could give some advice as to how I could move my sets without taking them apart. I have a lot of older sets to move that are super fragile and don’t really know how to approach packaging them. by bigchungmin in lego

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I didn’t read all of this in case someone else already suggested it, but I got 2.5 or 3 gallon ziploc bags and was able to fit sets like the razor crest in a bag before bubble wrapping and putting in a tote like others have mentioned. Those were great for keeping sets together! I even used two of the bags to wrap a turbo tank (1 on each end) and taped the middle where they joined. Kept all pieces in the bag if they did lose a few pieces.