Let’s dive into the unique beauty of Gemstone Beach jaspers, which I always keep an eye out for while fossicking. Types of Jasper Jasper, along […]
Batch 82: Slices and Hydrogrossular Garnets
Slicing Stones Equipment A while back I purchased a wet tile saw from Mitre 10, swapped out the blade for a diamond blade (180mm diameter, […]
Batch 74: Gemstone Beach Readies
Batch 74 stones came from the Gemstone Beach readies drawer having previously tumbled in F60grit in the QT12 barrel. As the 12lb barrel is so […]
Batch 72: New Grit Supplier
There’s a new grit supplier in town! (Unfortunately not in my town though!) Mr Grit (MrGrit on FB) has just started out as a lapidary […]
Batch 68: Enough Slope Point Readies
It’s been quite hard to make a batch but I finally have enough Slope Point readies! Many of the stones have been sitting in the […]
Batch 64: Using Less Silicon Carbide Grit
One of the smaller tweaks I have been making to my whole tumbling stones process has been using less silicon carbide grit in my barrels […]
Batch 65: A Load of Hydrogrossulars
This load of hydrogrossulars put into one of my 4lb tumbler barrels were all found on Monday, June 3rd – King’s birthday long weekend. I […]
Batch 59: Gemstone Beach Mix of Colour
Batch 59’s stones have all come from Gemstone Beach and the mix of colour plus the various types of stones that one can find here […]
Batch 61: Readied for Polish in the QT12
The stones for Batch 61 were readied for polish in the QT12 tumbler. They had previously tumbled in F60grit and 220grit so were waiting in […]
Batch 56: Changing the Process for Tumbling Stones
I am trying something a little different by changing the process for tumbling stones. As a result of not being happy with the final polish […]