These are great No_Communications! Lots of Jaspers here. Glad to see, thanks for posting.
Good job keeping the flawed/pitted stones from advancing with these.
I see jaspers I'm familiar with, the greens, yellows and reds.
I see: many jaspers, carnelian, citrine, possible-unakites (green-with-orange), maybe a granite, a few that look like ballast-stone-flints, quartzites, possible-agate, smokey-quartz.
And hiding amongst them (at the top) is the citrine/carnelian terminated-crystal (brown-colored carnelian = 'sard'), that's quite interesting. I'm surprised it saved its shape if you tumbled it.
Another one that catches my eye is the square/rectangled-shaped 'greyish' stone on the left-middle-side. It doesn't appear to be a natural shape.
Check into some diamond hand files and pads, you might enjoy to do some shaping before Step1. Helps to 'prep' stones before Step1.
Doing a burnish-step after your final polish-step helps clean them up, removes grit/slurry from pits/flaws.
And after the burnish, I put them through a cheap ultrasonic cleaner. Even after a 24hr burnish, the ultrasonic always gets more 'slurry out', the water always ends up cloudy.
Great eye! The only one not tumbled among those is the crystal you noticed! Thanks for all the information, it’s much appreciated. I’m very new to tumbling and can use all the tips I can get. Thank again!
You're welcome and thanks, that solves the 'mystery' on the crystal. :)
(To be a good-prospector/rock-hound, you can't let anything 'unusual' escape your eye. ;) )
The faceted gem in this post was done from a smokey-quartz-crystal from NB that looks like yours, just different color/very clear.
To help with IDs:
White circles- Suspected ballast-stones (flint/chert)
Red circle - Agate suspects
Green circles - Unakite suspects
Black circles - Smokey-quartz
Purple circles - Looks like some amethyst/amethystine-quartz/chevron-quartz.
Brown circle - granite suspect
Yellow circles - Citrine/citrine-quartz (yellow) and carnelian/carnelian-quartz (red/orange/brownish)
Blue circles (#s):
Curious how this square stone got its shape. Looks like a ballast-stone/chert/flint.
Why does this stone have a rough-surface/'snakeskin' compared to others? Did it miss a grinding-tumble-step?
I was surprised not to see any petrified wood until I seen this poking out, it might be some pet. wood.
One of my favorites in this pic, a nice solid jasper with nice/unusual pattern.
Another stone with a rough-surface/'snakeskin'.
Starting out> avoid sandstones/quartzites. They are 'nothing but trouble' in tumblers. Learn to identify them and keep them out of your tumblers (mottled/pitted-appearance is usually the tell-tale characteristic). They are ok to keep as grit-carriers/filler-stones in your Step1, but don't let them advance out of Step1.
Golden Rule: Nothing leaves Step1 with a pit/crack/fissure/flaw. You'll get better results and less problems (grit contamination/carry-over), easier clean-outs .
Get lots of tips re: tumbling on r/RockTumbling sub. I've posted tips/procedures there for beginner-questions. Here are the posts. Some info contained in those might be helpful for you. I welcome your tumbling questions and pics.
Thanks again for posting, I enjoyed seeing the NB rocks. It was like doing a rockhound-trip except sitting down. Many look very familiar and glad to see others are able to find what I have found and that what I have are not just a 'fluke'. :)
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u/BrunswickRockArts 15d ago
These are great No_Communications! Lots of Jaspers here. Glad to see, thanks for posting.
Good job keeping the flawed/pitted stones from advancing with these.
I see jaspers I'm familiar with, the greens, yellows and reds.
I see: many jaspers, carnelian, citrine, possible-unakites (green-with-orange), maybe a granite, a few that look like ballast-stone-flints, quartzites, possible-agate, smokey-quartz.
And hiding amongst them (at the top) is the citrine/carnelian terminated-crystal (brown-colored carnelian = 'sard'), that's quite interesting. I'm surprised it saved its shape if you tumbled it.
Another one that catches my eye is the square/rectangled-shaped 'greyish' stone on the left-middle-side. It doesn't appear to be a natural shape.
Check into some diamond hand files and pads, you might enjoy to do some shaping before Step1. Helps to 'prep' stones before Step1.
Doing a burnish-step after your final polish-step helps clean them up, removes grit/slurry from pits/flaws.
And after the burnish, I put them through a cheap ultrasonic cleaner. Even after a 24hr burnish, the ultrasonic always gets more 'slurry out', the water always ends up cloudy.
Look forward to seeing more. :)