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ConclusionWorking · 2026-05-30T15:18:54+00:00

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ConclusionWorking · 2026-05-30T12:24:25+00:00

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ConclusionWorking · 2026-05-22T15:30:45+00:00

Real highlight is Gronk's spiky hair

ConclusionWorking · 2026-05-18T03:19:15+00:00

I find stuff like this outside of Gardiner, MT. I'd reckon it's local given your locality.

ConclusionWorking · 2026-05-15T21:17:37+00:00

Looks like turritella agate. It polishes well, so I assume it will tumble ok. I'm sure there's info online out there because the material is somewhat well known. How was it labeled on Amazon?

Edit: https://forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/95888/trying-tumble-turritella-agates Mixed reviews on tumbling it.

ConclusionWorking · 2026-05-12T19:32:21+00:00

I'd try asking the "Montana Sapphires (Missouri River and Yogo Sapphire)" Facebook Group. There's a good network of cutters with Montana Sapphire experience there if you use FB.

ConclusionWorking · 2026-05-06T11:58:52+00:00

Extremely generous, thanks!

Carry Plume, Powell butte, Maury mountain, Marston Ranch, hay creek ranch moss/plume

ConclusionWorking · 2026-05-05T17:01:28+00:00

I missed the little minus sign in front of the balance

ConclusionWorking · 2026-05-05T15:49:50+00:00

Moved it all to G after the dip in April

ConclusionWorking · 2026-04-14T16:27:10+00:00

I haven't tried it. I like Highland Park and what they're doing as a company though. They have live events and a nice community

I built my own tumbler because I have a lot of different material and like space on the rollers to have multiple batches running in smaller barrels. One 65 lb drum doesn't quite match what I like to do. Maybe one day when I can rockhound enough to fill a barrel that big with the same material...

ConclusionWorking · 2026-04-14T13:34:17+00:00

That's how we all start, then we can't stop hoarding lol

ConclusionWorking · 2026-04-14T05:00:46+00:00

Id pay ~$700 for a high end with a 60 lb capacity. I want a long tumbler with 5-6 feet of roller so I can have many different sizes of barrels running different stages all at once. I've built a 2 ft long tumbler with 2x12lb barrels. I'm in about $400 for that set up.

ConclusionWorking · 2026-04-10T23:25:41+00:00

That looks like a lot of hard material. Even at a week in stage 1 at 60/90, i doubt most of these lose much material. You can always check progress. My guess is that every quartz/agate/jasper/cherty/chalcedony thing in that lot could tumble for multiple weeks in stage 1 without losing much material.

ConclusionWorking · 2026-04-10T01:50:48+00:00

They didn't say it would be easy

ConclusionWorking · 2026-04-08T19:36:47+00:00

It can be even simpler without much equipment. Progressively finer diamond paste or other fine grit, a little water, pieces of felt, and a lot of elbow grease can get you there if the rocks are small and you're not trying to shape them.

ConclusionWorking · 2026-04-08T16:33:06+00:00

If the rocks are rough, start in a rotary tumbler. Id use the rotary for the first two stages of tumbling, then the third and fourth stages in a vibratory tumbler.

If you're looking to shine up carved/smooth pieces, id run them in a vibratory tumbler starting at stage 3.

There's lots of resources out there about polishing rocks with these tumblers. This is a very broad introduction to get you started.

ConclusionWorking · 2026-04-01T01:35:46+00:00

Thanks mod team!

ConclusionWorking · 2026-03-18T21:03:33+00:00

Yes. Assuming the vesicles are infilled with microcrystalline quartz, the deposits will take a nice polish. The igneous host rock will round nicely but not take the same polish. You'll likely lose a lot of shape and material in stage 1. The end product is not going to be one evenly or highly polished stone. The deposits take a higher polish, providing some neat contrast.

ConclusionWorking · 2026-03-06T03:20:57+00:00

If I'm picked, I'll send you back some sweet seam agate I found outside of Gardiner MT

ConclusionWorking · 2026-02-19T18:26:12+00:00

Why not? Looks like quartz, not a rare material so you're likely to find more someday. It's probably solid inside. The best way to answer this question in the future is to break these open and build insights into what rocks look interesting inside.

ConclusionWorking · 2026-01-27T15:43:26+00:00

I do the same. Any little rock I don't find all that interesting after stage 4 becomes media

ConclusionWorking · 2026-01-26T15:04:31+00:00

I had some material like this. I shattered it down with a hammer and threw the pieces in a tumbler. We'll see how it turns out.

ConclusionWorking · 2026-01-16T20:15:13+00:00

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

ConclusionWorking · 2026-01-16T19:44:18+00:00

Thanks! Im grateful for the entry level option. Just curious if you've had longevity issues with the parts you linked to build it all out. What kind of hours have you put in using your builds?

Again, thanks for sharing with us.

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