![]() ![]() separate all of the varieties of crystalline quartz out and tumble those together using the recipe found on any of their pages. You can tumble these materials separately or as a group, using the instructions from any of their pages linked above.Ĭrystalline Quartz and Other Varieties of Quartz: In your bag, you might find them to include: dalmatian stone, sodalite, unakite, and silicified magnesite. We suggest that you start with these easy-to-tumble materials.Īnother easy group of materials are those that are slightly softer than Mohs 7, resist bruising, and shape in a shorter amount of time than the materials above. You can tumble them together using the instructions on any of their pages linked above. All of these have a Mohs Hardness of about 7, resist bruising in most tumblers, and shape nicely. ![]() (We have photos that might help you identify many of the rocks you might receive at the bottom of this page.)Įasy-to-tumble materials that might be in your bag are: red jasper, picture stone, kambaba, and petrified wood. We would separate them into these groups. This will allow you to get the best results possible for each piece as well as conserve size. The best way to tumble this material is to sort it into roughs of similar Mohs hardness and tumbling characteristics. These roughs often sell for about $10 per pound. Big pieces of rough require extra time tumbling in coarse grit for shaping and smoothing. Rough of this size tumbles best in a six-pound or larger capacity barrel, but it can be successfully tumbled in barrels down to 3-pound capacity if you are patient, include small pieces (or media) in the barrel, and are willing to run the coarse grit step at least twice. Many of the pieces range from between 3/4 inch and 1 1/2 inches - just the right size to make nice tumbled stones. The size of this rough ranges from about 1/2 inch up to about 2 1/2 inches in maximum dimension. A bag purchased today will likely be quite different from a bag that you purchased last year. ![]() If you purchase a bag today and another bag next week, the composition of the stones might be similar or it could be very different. See identification, sorting and tumbling suggestions at the bottom of this pageĮvery bag of this rough is different. Here is a list of some of the roughs that are typically found in a bag of this mix: banded amethyst, gold tiger's eye, red jasper, picture stone, green aventurine, rose quartz, sodalite, aventurine, unakite, magnesite, kambaba, dalmatian stone, leopard skin, petrified wood, turritella, and white/clear quartz. Your bag of rough will contain a colorful mix that includes several different materials - similar to the photos on this page (photographed wet to show full color). Rocks were photographed wet to show full color. Every bag of SuperMix tumbling rough is different! Shown above are photos from a few random bags so you can see how the materials may differ from one bag to the next. ![]()
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