The opal feels very plastic. There are a couple rocks that are suspiciously the exact same size and shape and feel like resin to me. I'm not upset though, I got what I paid for.
@LizRocksAndStuff it is super soft, MOHS 5 and needs kid gloves even more so than obsidian. I may try again now that I have a bit more experience, the 1st time was like my 3rd or 4th batch ever, and tears were shed lol
@LizRocksAndStuff that is another I would like to try, when they do turn out they are stunning, I am finding myself being drawn to soft stones and wanting to come up with some ways to get good finishes more often than not, basically a giant science experiment in our geology based hobby 😂🤣
As far as I know, howlite is usually passed off as turquoise by dyeing it blue. I'm almost positive that turquoise is turquoise and howlite is howlite. I've tumbled howlite but not turquoise. It's very soft so it needs started out with stage 2 grit for stage 1. Some people say they can't get a shine but I've not had a huge problem 😊
@LizRocksAndStuff totally worth it ...they're really pretty with the black/grey marbling 😊 I like to put them in mason jars with fairy lights. I pepper in other colored rocks ( just did one with rose quartz peppered throughout the edge) so it shows the colors off. Cool little night light...
I think you got the Mookaite correct, the mystery rock could be fancy jasper.
That's probably right. It does look a lot like jasper.
That Opal is definitely not real. A pretty good set of rocks for the price though. The Ruby Zoisite even had some ruby showing!
The opal feels very plastic. There are a couple rocks that are suspiciously the exact same size and shape and feel like resin to me. I'm not upset though, I got what I paid for.
I'm not surprised to see the apatite was in the rough, early on in my tumbling experience I tried to tumble some and it was a disaster lol
I've not tumbled it, and I don't know much about it. Maybe I'll try as an experiment.
@LizRocksAndStuff it is super soft, MOHS 5 and needs kid gloves even more so than obsidian. I may try again now that I have a bit more experience, the 1st time was like my 3rd or 4th batch ever, and tears were shed lol
I know that feeling! I tried flourite in one of my first batches and I can't get the courage to try again.
@LizRocksAndStuff that is another I would like to try, when they do turn out they are stunning, I am finding myself being drawn to soft stones and wanting to come up with some ways to get good finishes more often than not, basically a giant science experiment in our geology based hobby 😂🤣
As far as I know, howlite is usually passed off as turquoise by dyeing it blue. I'm almost positive that turquoise is turquoise and howlite is howlite. I've tumbled howlite but not turquoise. It's very soft so it needs started out with stage 2 grit for stage 1. Some people say they can't get a shine but I've not had a huge problem 😊
Good to know! I was pretty sure that they were different. Maybe I'll give it a try, I've got a few tricks for shining softer rocks.
@LizRocksAndStuff totally worth it ...they're really pretty with the black/grey marbling 😊 I like to put them in mason jars with fairy lights. I pepper in other colored rocks ( just did one with rose quartz peppered throughout the edge) so it shows the colors off. Cool little night light...
That sounds really cool! I'll have to try that.
Feral children?? How very dare you??? 😂😅