Nice to see how this is done. Polished rocks are some of the treasure I find as a garbage man. Some I keep. Some I give away. And some go into the driveway with the river rock that is there. Lots of the ones I put in my drive only stay there for a little while. Not unusual to hear a slight gasp and exclamation of awe and the rock goes to a new home. Also when an adult picks up a rock, I like to tell them it's an antique. Then the predictable expression before they tell me "Of course it's an antique!" :)
Amethyst is such a beautiful mineral and you are such a talented roller. Amazing work! It takes time, patience, and proper measurement skills to perfectly roll these pretty stones. Again, amazing work!!! I really enjoyed this video!!! Much love from Georgia. 💖
Thanks for the kind words. Honestly, amethyst is very forgiving. The only real secret is to make sure to clean between grits, so not to scratch your stones. It has been a long time since I visited Georgia, but I like it there.
I love amethyst because of the purple color of the stone. It's my favorite semi-precious stone. I think that the mineral might help with your body's natural bio-electric field and may balance it out to allow for wellness. The most soothing part is the color and the aesthetic appeal to my mind I get from wearing it.
Are you like me and prefer the looks of rough amethyst over polished? I've had a rough amethyst keychain for 40 years. And it's caused its fair share of scratched cellphone screens and holes in pockets from the sharp edges :)
Oh man! That first round really worked wonders for rounding the edges. Really love the info dropped in there too about the history etc. Just quality man 👌👌👌 They look beautiful and shiny 😍 I also realised Another thing I’ve been doing wrong!!! I’ve been putting 3 table spoons in!?!? I never even realised just because it’s a 3 pound tumbler that it only has about 2 pounds of rock hahaha! Oh man, seriously, this is why I am a rookie 😂😂😂 Thank you again my tumbling guru!
I have done fluorite, but it is difficult because it is soft. My advice if you try is start with stage 2 grit and check it often. I have had stones wear down in as few as 3 days. I will try to post a video about it.
Me.miner, me too. I wear Amethyst and several other gems that are beads in bracelets and watermelon tourmaline strand necklace. You should be in for a great dig and look forward to watching it as it unfolds my friend. Well Bill's to pay late was in bed all Sat. And Sunday. Feel better today. Will be catching up on some older videos I havent seen later. 🤗🐶😉
Nice work looks beautiful.Gee looks like not bad weather there at all ...Sweet..... Cheers hope you had a wonderful Christmas ( in the hot sun ) refering to last video lol my husband liked very much .Thanks for keeping up the great videos .
I read about how to make an industrial tumbler out of a rear axle of a big semi truck with the rims and tires in place. You want to cut an opening in the highest part of the rim to load rocks. The article said a cover is not needed but I always thought if I was going to do one I would have a hinged door sealed with inner tube rubber. The idea is to set up a motor geared down so the tires rotates slowly and all the rocks stay in the lowest part of the tire at all times tumbling over each other. Each tire can hold about 100 lbs of rocks and you have 4 tires going at all times each one with a different grit. Always use same tire for the same grit. You rotate the rocks once a week and you have a 100 lbs of polished tumbled stones each week. I have been wondering if you could use quartz sand as grit for the first stage to do the rough rounding off? I am posting this on all videos about rock hounding to spread the idea, if this is you channel and you do not like that let me know. The fact that the tumbling will all take place in a rubber tire should help keep the noise down. The rocks should never touch the rim. I have suggested to people that they make a sound proof shed just big enough to be practical so the noise will be minimized. Plus the rubber in a tire is thick and should absorb a lot of the noise. Also you should have a small fan on the motor to keep it cool. A high quality motor will be a must as it will run 24 hours a day. I am no expert but with the proper gearing the motor should not be under too much stress. I would sell the tumbled stones. Once tumbled, you grade them by quality and type. Some would be really valuable. I bet you could average $10 usd per pound with just good found material and more if you have high grade material. Definitely not for the weekend rock hound but if you sell stones or want to, what a cheap way to start. You could tumble other people's rocks for a fee or shares too. You could make one with car tires for a smaller scale operation. There has to be a lot of people with a 30 year in the making, 3 ton pile of rocks out behind their house. With this they could see results from all that collecting.
meMiner , I'd love to show you my collection of " candy " rocks and gems but I've never done a video on my channel ( that I've had for years, by the way ) . Don't know how to and not very interested in having my old face seen by the world. Plus, I don't have enough content to keep a channel going nor to keep the public interested but I do and have in the past collected many beautiful minerals and petrified wood and other interesting things. Oh and yes, they aren't good for your teeth! 😉
Cerium Oxide is nice stuff and gives a slightly better polish. Expensive, so I would save it for really good rocks or a competition tumble. The nice thing about any polish. is it can be reused. It does not break down like grit does.
Really nice am trying my best to find the grits but there are non in my country and if there is they are so expensive for some reason i made my own tumbler since my dad have a workshop i found lots of geodes and i want to polish the non hollow ones after breaking them into good pieces
Good question! The coarse grind shapes the rocks faster, but sure wears down the rocks. Probably, the better way to do it (if you want to save rock), is to shape individual rocks by hand with a flat lap or grinder and then tumble. In this case, I wanted to show "tumbler ready" rocks that were bought and how they turned out. I have a run right now with moss agate and am doing the same thing. When that is completed, I have some rose quartz to tumble, but will probably shape some or all of them prior to tumbling.
Very nice job on the purple eye candy. I see Borax used as a burnishing agent also, do you think one is better than the other? Thank you for posting this.
Oh my me.miner I had not watched the tumbled amethyst and glad I did. They looked like jelly candy so pretty and shiny. I'm going to have to get my son or hubby drive me around to basement so I can get my tumblers going again driving me nuts with them sitting in what ever stage they were in Enough.right! All because I cant drive or do stairs well. What a bummer. Anyway thank you for the tutorial on the amethyst. K
Hello again MeMiner, I understand it is not a good idea to stop a rock tumbler during a tumble cycle as the slurry can set up, is that true do you know, and if so is there a safe time you could do so? like 20-30 minutes or so. Please let me know and thank you.
Hi, MeMiner, Love your videos. I'm confused about how much grit (and polish) to use. (I'm using 3 pound barrels in rotary tumblers). Is 2 Tbsps enough of Coarse, Medium and Fine grit? For the Polish? Also, I'm seeing bruising. I have added ceramic media to all steps (even coarse) to avoid bruising. Is this right? Further, since I've already bruised some quartz by tumbling it without media, will taking it back to step 1 remove the bruises (cushioning it with ceramic media) or are the bruises too deep? Lastly, I have some Blue Lace Agate that I love. Does this stone need media to prevent bruising? It was costly rough and I don't want to mess it up. Thank you again for the videos. You make rock tumbling fun. :)
You should not add brand new ceramic to stage 3 or 4. Better to let it run in stage 2 for a little while to smooth out any sharp edges that might scratch your rock
Have you ever tumbled chrysocolla? I just got some rough pieces, and know it's pretty soft. But a few of these have a little quartz on them so I'm hoping that they'd tumble ok. Any tips? Thank you!
I tried some once that was self collected and they did not turn out very good. I would like to try again. It is difficult to tumble rocks of various hardness. I will try to let you know if I give it another try. Let me know if you are successful.
Oh thank you so much for showing this to all of us how beautiful. Where do you find where do you find crystals in minerals like that that would be an awesome Hobby just beautiful thank you
I bought this bag of amethyst. The best place that I know to collect similar is Thunder Bay, Ontario, which is a 17 hour drive for me. Thanks so much for your nice comment.
Yes! Amethyst Mine Panorama about 40mins from Thunder Bay(my former hometown) is amazing. Was just there over the weekend hence why I found your video. I’m going to try tumbling the amethyst we collected with my 10yr old son. We are very excited!!
I only add additional grit if the slurry gets thick like oatmeal. In that case, I clean off the rocks and add fresh water and grit. You could add more grit when you have a peek in a long run like 3 weeks, but I don't because I am cheap. It would certainly make the tumble a bit faster.
That is probably especially true for softer rocks. Sometimes, I have left leave my rocks too long in step 2 and unnecessarily lost some size. That said, I currently only use rotary tumblers and broke my vibe tumbler without having much experience with it (too much weight from tumbling silver in the vibe. The "experts" that I know usually move their rocks from rotary to vibe in step 3 to save their vibe from the extra wear of the med. grit. More importantly, vibe is faster and tends to be more gentle on the rocks.
If I run it in my basement and close the door to the room, I don't hear it elsewhere in the house. I insulated that room with sound barrier when I renovated. Tumblers can be somewhat noisy if the barrel is less than 3/4 full. If you have thin walls, you will probably annoy somebody.
My name is Brian, using wifes computer because she doesn't let me have anything! LOL! I am having a problem with tumbling my Amethyst to where they have a powdery look after I have gone thru all of the stages. Will burnishing help with this or should I start all over again? Anything will help, thanks.
Don't start over. If you are satisfied with the rounding, but not the polish consider doing stage 3 and 4 again. You probably had grit or a sharp rock in your final stages. You can tell if burnish will be effective if you rub one of the rocks for a short while aggressively on a soft cloth. If that makes it better, then for sure burnish. Actually, I always burnish because it won't hurt and usually helps.
Thanks for this - just got my 4 year old boy a rock tumbler for xmas along with 2 lb bags of amethyst, flourite and labradorite - it would be helpful if you indicated how long you tumbled the amethyst each step - step one you did for 7 days, but what about step 2, prepolish, polish and burnish? I've heard flourite and labradite are not for the faint of heart so we'll be doin the amethyst first, then labradite and finally the flourite.
Amethyst is hard. Put it into step 1 for a week and then take a look. It might need another week if you are not happy with the amount of rounding. The next steps are about a week each. Burnish is at least 3 hours but can be longer (like overnight) and some people do it for a few days. The other rocks are soft and won't take long in step 1 & 2 ... or they will grind away to nothing. Maybe 1-3 days for those steps. Hope you have fun
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You rock rollers people just sound so chill and peaceful. 'I like it a lot'
*Yeah, we are xD*
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Nice to see how this is done. Polished rocks are some of the treasure I find as a garbage man. Some I keep. Some I give away. And some go into the driveway with the river rock that is there. Lots of the ones I put in my drive only stay there for a little while. Not unusual to hear a slight gasp and exclamation of awe and the rock goes to a new home. Also when an adult picks up a rock, I like to tell them it's an antique. Then the predictable expression before they tell me "Of course it's an antique!" :)
Yeah, antique rocks are my favorite. LOL
That sounds really enjoyble 😂😂 And yes fun too!
I love that line "it's an antique" I gotta remember it.
Being around all that amethyst gives you a very nice soft energy sir 🙏🏽
Turned out pretty well. The color seems to be more intense. Nice job and certainty worth doing.
Amethyst is such a beautiful mineral and you are such a talented roller. Amazing work! It takes time, patience, and proper measurement skills to perfectly roll these pretty stones. Again, amazing work!!! I really enjoyed this video!!! Much love from Georgia. 💖
Thanks for the kind words. Honestly, amethyst is very forgiving. The only real secret is to make sure to clean between grits, so not to scratch your stones. It has been a long time since I visited Georgia, but I like it there.
meMiner - No problem! The video was very enjoyable! And yes, Georgia is pretty nice lol!
Turned out pretty sparkly. Hope your Family had a wonderful Christmas and have a joy filled New Year!
Thanks. Happy New Year, my friend.
Omg the amethyst at the end looked like they were glowing!!!😍
I really love to watch all of your videos! Dont ever stop!
Thanks Mike. I will keep doing it while it is fun to do so. Currently, I enjoy it
The ASMR of your gems 😍😍😍
This guy sure does love rocks and polishing
I sure do. ;-)
At 2:22 omg 😍 I have to start tumbling rocks those are perfect
I love amethyst because of the purple color of the stone. It's my favorite semi-precious stone. I think that the mineral might help with your body's natural bio-electric field and may balance it out to allow for wellness. The most soothing part is the color and the aesthetic appeal to my mind I get from wearing it.
Are you like me and prefer the looks of rough amethyst over polished? I've had a rough amethyst keychain for 40 years. And it's caused its fair share of scratched cellphone screens and holes in pockets from the sharp edges :)
@@jwenting I love them both ways, but think it's great we are all attracted back to nature.
OMG they are absolutely gorgeous!!!!!
Oh man! That first round really worked wonders for rounding the edges. Really love the info dropped in there too about the history etc. Just quality man 👌👌👌
They look beautiful and shiny 😍
I also realised Another thing I’ve been doing wrong!!! I’ve been putting 3 table spoons in!?!? I never even realised just because it’s a 3 pound tumbler that it only has about 2 pounds of rock hahaha! Oh man, seriously, this is why I am a rookie 😂😂😂
Thank you again my tumbling guru!
Extra scoops won't hurt anything, but your wallet. Thanks for the great comment.
@@meMiner that's good to know. I won't worry so much about too much. 🤗
Gorgeous!!! One of my favorites!!!! If you haven't yet, please do some fluorite!
I have done fluorite, but it is difficult because it is soft. My advice if you try is start with stage 2 grit and check it often. I have had stones wear down in as few as 3 days. I will try to post a video about it.
Me.miner, me too. I wear Amethyst and several other gems that are beads in bracelets and watermelon tourmaline strand necklace. You should be in for a great dig and look forward to watching it as it unfolds my friend. Well Bill's to pay late was in bed all Sat. And Sunday. Feel better today. Will be catching up on some older videos I havent seen later. 🤗🐶😉
Glad you are feeling better
Pretty thank you nice tutorial
Nice work looks beautiful.Gee looks like not bad weather there at all ...Sweet..... Cheers hope you had a wonderful Christmas ( in the hot sun ) refering to last video lol my husband liked very much .Thanks for keeping up the great videos .
Thanks Kelly! Happy New Year.
Turned out really nice 👍
Gorgeous color!
Love those. BEAUTIFUL. now I want a tumbler. :)
and I need to get another batch of something started. I was out collecting rocks today and might have some interesting material to polish
@@meMiner Well we are watching sir!
Good stuff! Thank you for sharing I really enjoy every time you post a video
Thanks for such a nice comment. Working on the next video now. Have a few in the hopper to get us thru to spring. ;-)
This looks sooo fun. I can’t wait to buy a rock tumbler. I think I’ll need to get one online. Hopefully I can findd a good store.
Sometimes used ones that were hardly used can also be found. I got my 3 lb(er) from someone who listed it on Kijijji
love your work Mr Miner..
Nice looking all polished up. Take care.
Thanks my friend.
Love your videos.
thanks ross
There is a huge difference between the rough and polished. Thx for your demonstration, nice work.
Terrific job!
Thanks much! It was fun
Yesss there is a store close to my house I am a rock collecter I loved collecting rocks since I was 6
I am kinda glad I have to drive a bit of a distance to get to a rock shop, or I'd be broke in no time. ;-)
I read about how to make an industrial tumbler out of a rear axle of a big semi truck with the rims and tires in place. You want to cut an opening in the highest part of the rim to load rocks. The article said a cover is not needed but I always thought if I was going to do one I would have a hinged door sealed with inner tube rubber. The idea is to set up a motor geared down so the tires rotates slowly and all the rocks stay in the lowest part of the tire at all times tumbling over each other. Each tire can hold about 100 lbs of rocks and you have 4 tires going at all times each one with a different grit. Always use same tire for the same grit. You rotate the rocks once a week and you have a 100 lbs of polished tumbled stones each week. I have been wondering if you could use quartz sand as grit for the first stage to do the rough rounding off? I am posting this on all videos about rock hounding to spread the idea, if this is you channel and you do not like that let me know.
The fact that the tumbling will all take place in a rubber tire should help keep the noise down. The rocks should never touch the rim. I have suggested to people that they make a sound proof shed just big enough to be practical so the noise will be minimized. Plus the rubber in a tire is thick and should absorb a lot of the noise. Also you should have a small fan on the motor to keep it cool. A high quality motor will be a must as it will run 24 hours a day. I am no expert but with the proper gearing the motor should not be under too much stress.
I would sell the tumbled stones. Once tumbled, you grade them by quality and type. Some would be really valuable. I bet you could average $10 usd per pound with just good found material and more if you have high grade material. Definitely not for the weekend rock hound but if you sell stones or want to, what a cheap way to start. You could tumble other people's rocks for a fee or shares too. You could make one with car tires for a smaller scale operation. There has to be a lot of people with a 30 year in the making, 3 ton pile of rocks out behind their house. With this they could see results from all that collecting.
Darn hello this man has nice smile his face emmits happines n positivity and those are the two things i go by
This is how! So beautiful! 😍
Thank you! Cheers!
So beautiful.
Always love tumbling videos..they pretty!
Thanks. They take so long to pull together and I never start editing until the end, so have no idea how they will turn out.
Good video
Very nice!
If Amethyst is soothing,I'm gona fill my pockets when my grandson visits...lol Love that boy !
LOL He is that active?
@@meMiner He 's in the terrible Two's stage . Then I think back about his Dad ...yep chip off the ole Block. LOL
Michael Kensinger The Terrible 2's stage?
@@S-CB-SL-Animations Yep lol ...will be three in August. :)
I love the result, but may I know what will you do with them after that?
I'll see you buying them and polishing them yourself is more rewarding than just buying them because you're making them your own
held onto an amethyst crystal while having a beer, woke up 2 days later It Doesn't Work! lol
Maybe it only works on Greek wine? ;-)
Amethyst is one of the most beautiful if not the most beautiful crystal.
I agree. Perhaps, later this year I can get to some of the mines in northern Ontario to collect some.
@@meMiner Cool! You should show all of your gems on video! I just love crystals...
My rocks are not all in one place. I need to get more organized, I guess
@@meMiner Same xD Most of my rocks are all around my home xD
I sure wish I had a hand full of those Amethyst. Need some more crystals to add to my collection.
Purrrdy! Does look like candy. 🍭 🍬
Kinda tough on the teeth, though. ;-)
meMiner , I'd love to show you my collection of " candy " rocks and gems but I've never done a video on my channel ( that I've had for years, by the way ) . Don't know how to and not very interested in having my old face seen by the world. Plus, I don't have enough content to keep a channel going nor to keep the public interested but I do and have in the past collected many beautiful minerals and petrified wood and other interesting things. Oh and yes, they aren't good for your teeth! 😉
You can do a video without showing yourself. People always like seeing nice rocks. Give it a try if you have the desire.
VERY SWEET - I like! Shows PATIENCE is a virtue! 👍🐾⛏😊💍
Thanks and yes you need patience. ;-)
I cant believe someone could give this a thumbs down. Sub'd love your videos thank you so much!
Funny thing is somebody always gives me a thumbs down in the first few minutes of posting a video. Might be the same guy. Subscribed but unhappy. LOL
@@meMiner I can't believe it. Even rock videos have trolls. Must be someone who's jealous. Or drunk and hit the wrong key lol.
@@oldgamerchick It's all good. Let trolls be trolls.
Nice little video,
Awesome job 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Magic 🌌💜
Thanks Daniel
I love all stones
Fascinating to watch. I'm curious about ivory soap. It never rinses clean, always leaves film in sink and tub.
I didn't notice that issue in a tumbler. My guess if it happens is a 10 minute tumble in clean hot water would solve that if it occurs.
Thank you for the video. Really soothing to me.
Have you tried cerium oxide for finished polishing?
Cerium Oxide is nice stuff and gives a slightly better polish. Expensive, so I would save it for really good rocks or a competition tumble. The nice thing about any polish. is it can be reused. It does not break down like grit does.
Amethyst is a favorite, good info
I love amethyst. I hope to collect some of my own this summer.
Really nice am trying my best to find the grits but there are non in my country and if there is they are so expensive for some reason i made my own tumbler since my dad have a workshop i found lots of geodes and i want to polish the non hollow ones after breaking them into good pieces
Can you order from Amazon or eBay where you are? Otherwise, there are web sites that ship international. I suspect the best prices are from the USA.
I could not stop watching this lol
Gyönyörű szépek, mint minden ásványkő!
thanks i love rock cristal
Pretty... I thought about trying to tumble but I’m too impatient.
Another great vid! You the man!
Thanks
well it is soothing to look at :)
I think their beautiful and would love to have some..💜😉
Would you get bigger pieces in the end if you'd start with a powder that is finer than the first one you used? Great video! Thx! :)
Good question! The coarse grind shapes the rocks faster, but sure wears down the rocks. Probably, the better way to do it (if you want to save rock), is to shape individual rocks by hand with a flat lap or grinder and then tumble. In this case, I wanted to show "tumbler ready" rocks that were bought and how they turned out. I have a run right now with moss agate and am doing the same thing. When that is completed, I have some rose quartz to tumble, but will probably shape some or all of them prior to tumbling.
What do do with all these beautiful little things after the camera go off? Sell them, I'm guessing
so nice and i like color of amethys is my birthstone
Pretty purple candy
Very nice job on the purple eye candy. I see Borax used as a burnishing agent also, do you think one is better than the other? Thank you for posting this.
I still prefer powdered ivory soap, but either work fine.
Oh my me.miner I had not watched the tumbled amethyst and glad I did. They looked like jelly candy so pretty and shiny. I'm going to have to get my son or hubby drive me around to basement so I can get my tumblers going again driving me nuts with them sitting in what ever stage they were in
Enough.right! All because I cant drive or do stairs well. What a bummer. Anyway thank you for the tutorial on the amethyst. K
I plan on collecting some high quality amethyst this summer in Thunder Bay Ontario. I would love to see that tumbled.
Some of those would make fine earrings.
I just put a batch to tumble now. I have stage #1, the 3 week process time. All other round 7 days, And I use Borax lastly
3 weeks is a long time for stage 1, but whatever works...
Just saying it is hard enough nice work came out good thanks !!!; )
very nice
Hello again MeMiner, I understand it is not a good idea to stop a rock tumbler during a tumble cycle as the slurry can set up, is that true do you know, and if so is there a safe time you could do so? like 20-30 minutes or so. Please let me know and thank you.
I don't do that.
Wow I had no idea the running process took weeks. I’ll never complain about tumbled rock prices ever again lmao.
And these were soft (ish) stones. Harder rock like agate typically take longer. ;-)
Amethyst is a "softish" stone? Isn't it about Moh's 7?
Curious what the final weigh-in is. Im guessing 1 pound.
I think my Uncle used to use wheat husks for a final polish.
I have tried walnut shell and corn husk too
Hi, MeMiner,
Love your videos. I'm confused about how much grit (and polish) to use. (I'm using 3 pound barrels in rotary tumblers).
Is 2 Tbsps enough of Coarse, Medium and Fine grit?
For the Polish?
Also, I'm seeing bruising. I have added ceramic media to all steps (even coarse) to avoid bruising. Is this right?
Further, since I've already bruised some quartz by tumbling it without media, will taking it back to step 1 remove the bruises (cushioning it with ceramic media) or are the bruises too deep?
Lastly, I have some Blue Lace Agate that I love. Does this stone need media to prevent bruising? It was costly rough and I don't want to mess it up.
Thank you again for the videos. You make rock tumbling fun. :)
that lovely
Thanks
Came out good.
Good morning! Question on the ceramics - when they are new, is there a prep stage needed for them before adding them to rock?
You should not add brand new ceramic to stage 3 or 4. Better to let it run in stage 2 for a little while to smooth out any sharp edges that might scratch your rock
I have seen the ivory soap thing for burnishing before. But instead of ceramic chunks they used saw dust as a filler.
I haven't tried sawdust. I have tried walnut shell. I prefer plastic beads or ceramic media. Personal preference
Have you ever tumbled chrysocolla? I just got some rough pieces, and know it's pretty soft. But a few of these have a little quartz on them so I'm hoping that they'd tumble ok. Any tips? Thank you!
I tried some once that was self collected and they did not turn out very good. I would like to try again. It is difficult to tumble rocks of various hardness. I will try to let you know if I give it another try. Let me know if you are successful.
Great work
I suppose putting them in my fish tank would be an option. What else do you do with them?
Nice
Supper👍
Hi, why do you not use ceramic media in stage one? I just mined some amethyst and am ready to tumble it.
Ceramic is good stuff, but I would save it for stages 3-4. Stage 1 will grind it
Dai look good to make hanger
Hello tell me about u do I have stone I want to do
Oh thank you so much for showing this to all of us how beautiful. Where do you find where do you find crystals in minerals like that that would be an awesome Hobby just beautiful thank you
I bought this bag of amethyst. The best place that I know to collect similar is Thunder Bay, Ontario, which is a 17 hour drive for me. Thanks so much for your nice comment.
Yes! Amethyst Mine Panorama about 40mins from Thunder Bay(my former hometown) is amazing. Was just there over the weekend hence why I found your video. I’m going to try tumbling the amethyst we collected with my 10yr old son. We are very excited!!
Thanks for info. How long did you run in the burnishing step? Do you add extra grit during the 3 weeks of first stage? Thanks!!
I only add additional grit if the slurry gets thick like oatmeal. In that case, I clean off the rocks and add fresh water and grit. You could add more grit when you have a peek in a long run like 3 weeks, but I don't because I am cheap. It would certainly make the tumble a bit faster.
meMiner thanks for the help
Burnish is usually about 3 hours, overnight or even a full 24 hours.
Will you get larger pieces at the end if you used a revolving Tumblr for step one and then shifted to a vibrating Tumblr for the rest of the process?
That is probably especially true for softer rocks. Sometimes, I have left leave my rocks too long in step 2 and unnecessarily lost some size.
That said, I currently only use rotary tumblers and broke my vibe tumbler without having much experience with it (too much weight from tumbling silver in the vibe.
The "experts" that I know usually move their rocks from rotary to vibe in step 3 to save their vibe from the extra wear of the med. grit. More importantly, vibe is faster and tends to be more gentle on the rocks.
@@meMiner Thanks for the detailed reply!
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A quel endroitvous achetez ces mineraux?
The place I bought these are no longer in business. Only place I buy now are at rock and mineral shows.
I love amatist
Couldn’t you turn these into beads if you squared them?
They could be drilled as-is too.
How long was the soap stage tumbling for?
I like to let it run overnight, but if I am in a rush find that 3 hours is probably OK
How loud is a tumbler? I have thin walls, can I run one in my flat without annoying the neighbors?
If I run it in my basement and close the door to the room, I don't hear it elsewhere in the house. I insulated that room with sound barrier when I renovated. Tumblers can be somewhat noisy if the barrel is less than 3/4 full. If you have thin walls, you will probably annoy somebody.
My name is Brian, using wifes computer because she doesn't let me have anything! LOL! I am having a problem with tumbling my Amethyst to where they have a powdery look after I have gone thru all of the stages. Will burnishing help with this or should I start all over again? Anything will help, thanks.
Don't start over. If you are satisfied with the rounding, but not the polish consider doing stage 3 and 4 again. You probably had grit or a sharp rock in your final stages. You can tell if burnish will be effective if you rub one of the rocks for a short while aggressively on a soft cloth. If that makes it better, then for sure burnish. Actually, I always burnish because it won't hurt and usually helps.
@@meMiner thanks will try stage 3 and 4 again.
I love amethyst
What type of tumbler do you have? They turned out beautiful!
In this video I used a Lortone. I bought it used from somebody who gave up after a couple of times. ;-)
Thanks for this - just got my 4 year old boy a rock tumbler for xmas along with 2 lb bags of amethyst, flourite and labradorite - it would be helpful if you indicated how long you tumbled the amethyst each step - step one you did for 7 days, but what about step 2, prepolish, polish and burnish?
I've heard flourite and labradite are not for the faint of heart so we'll be doin the amethyst first, then labradite and finally the flourite.
Amethyst is hard. Put it into step 1 for a week and then take a look. It might need another week if you are not happy with the amount of rounding. The next steps are about a week each. Burnish is at least 3 hours but can be longer (like overnight) and some people do it for a few days. The other rocks are soft and won't take long in step 1 & 2 ... or they will grind away to nothing. Maybe 1-3 days for those steps. Hope you have fun
meMiner thank you so much for your super fast reply!
@@wentzr It's the only fast thing you will experience from now on with tumbling. LOL