Wow - some real beauties! I also live in Washington state. I am a rockhound and so is my fun and sweet 78-year-old Mom. I know that there are gorgeous stones to be found in our great state. I am going to take my Mom out adventuring for some soon...
I use a large clear glass pie plate. A handful of gravel, a little bit of water, and a strong light behind the pie plate and a white towel as a background and you will never miss any.
Hi, your technique is amazing! Thank you for the video. While you were washing the stones the music in the background was also enjoyable and wonder who the artist was?
it's worth mentioning that the folks at gem mountain where this gravel came from, they offer cutting and heat treating services, so if you want to send them some stones and pay the price you can get them heat treated for best quality and have them cut either by them or through a less expensive cutting service outside the USA, your choice
@@LionPunchForgeLPF do you have a video on how to facet? I really enjoyed the video. Also, are there other mines that you can purchase from other than the two listed?
Hello friend, I have a faceted montana sapphire of 26 carts, it is part of my collection, only that he saw my Sapphire and wants me to sell him my sapphire, it has a tone like bicolor padparadsha, can you give me a reference on the price. and there is the unheated sapphire
Wow - some real beauties! I also live in Washington state. I am a rockhound and so is my fun and sweet 78-year-old Mom. I know that there are gorgeous stones to be found in our great state. I am going to take my Mom out adventuring for some soon...
If you make a 24" x48" light table using frosted glass/or white acrylic, it will increase your haul as well as make it go faster.
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I use a large clear glass pie plate. A handful of gravel, a little bit of water, and a strong light behind the pie plate and a white towel as a background and you will never miss any.
That’s a great tip! I love collecting the little clear zircon crystals too !
I take the smaller ones and put them into those glass bottle necklaces. They really make great gifts.
Got my box today! Haven’t gotten my sifters yet, but couldn’t wait. I’m playing with the dirt now! Found one tiny clear one already!
Awesome!! I can’t wait to see the rest!
Montana is amazing😍💎
I know right!
You could use them as "stone in place" sand casting. It's great fun!
All the little ones would be great for that
Not sure how to do that...
I like your approach
Super video 📸 sir
Do you save your spinel?
Hi, your technique is amazing! Thank you for the video. While you were washing the stones the music in the background was also enjoyable and wonder who the artist was?
it's worth mentioning that the folks at gem mountain where this gravel came from, they offer cutting and heat treating services, so if you want to send them some stones and pay the price you can get them heat treated for best quality and have them cut either by them or through a less expensive cutting service outside the USA, your choice
I'm just getting ready to do a box of this material myself . . .
Dude, I have never wanted to buy a box of dirt & rocks so bad!
Haha! So true right!
Very beautiful stones and sir you are very beautiful 🇮🇳
Doing it the hardway😂
We got two boxes last summer. Had an absolute blast and have several being evaluated for use in a ring (side stone not center)
What do you do with the little tiny clear ones? I’ve found thousands of them!
I will probably find a way to set them rough like cast in place or channel setting
I wonder if that would work with metal clay...fire in place. I’m gonna try it! How do you measure carat weight?
You could measure or just use them like sprinkles
I wrote Gem Mountain and asked what the little tiny clear ones were; they are zircons, I kept a bunch because that's cool in itself . . .
That is cool! I presumed they were sapphires
do you just collect or have these faceted?
Both- I do my own faceting
@@LionPunchForgeLPF Do you sell them? what is the usual cost for these?
I have placed them up for sale before - are you looking for cut out rough?
@@LionPunchForgeLPF do you have a video on how to facet? I really enjoyed the video. Also, are there other mines that you can purchase from other than the two listed?
@@strengthchain look at the playlist for lapidary!
Hello friend, I have a faceted montana sapphire of 26 carts, it is part of my collection, only that he saw my Sapphire and wants me to sell him my sapphire, it has a tone like bicolor padparadsha, can you give me a reference on the price. and there is the unheated sapphire
Do you know what mine it came from ?
@@LionPunchForgeLPF from montana and I remind you only those from montana can be bicolor this effect is often seen in sapphires from Montana
@@LionPunchForgeLPF and of course it has inclusions it is super transparent
Company could’ve at least washed them out for you smh
That could cost more
@@LionPunchForgeLPF maybe but what if they are charging more for weight when all that matrix off would be less weight