Will Yooperlites Still Glow after Polishing?
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- Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2020
- Several people have asked me if Yooperlites can be tumbled and if they would still fluoresce after polishing, so I threw some in the tumbler to find out.
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At 8:45 you questioned why syenite samples differ greatly among themselves. There is a continuum between granite and syenite where granite has a lot of quartz. Once quartz percentage (by volume) drops to 20%, the rock changes name from granite to quartz syenite. When quartz reaches as low as 5% or less by volume, rock's name changes again to syenite. This means that most rocks that the average person will call syenite, geochemist will call them quartz syenite. Only few samples of yooperlite in the market are actual syenite. Rather, they are quartz syenite (from 20% down to 5% by volume of the total volume of the rock).
One other noteworthy thing is the prominence of alkaline feldspars (orthoclase "pinkish red" & sodalite "dark blue/bluish black") as opposed to plagioclase "white" in syenite and quartz syenite. Thank you
Thanks for that explanation, Mohamad. I appreciate you taking the time to teach me and the other viewers something.
@@MichiganRocks I love your channel, and I wish I can one day scout the great lakes shoreline like you and collect samples. I live in Saint Paul, MN, and I did several runs at lake superior in Duluth and the north shore. Yet, most shores I visited have been thoroughly combed by collectors and rockhounds....There isn't really anything left to collect there. Your show provides me with a golden opportunity to see and investigate pristine shores. Thank you
@@mohamadanwar4209 Getting away from the crowds is the key to finding good rocks.
Thank you for this great information.
@@MichiganRocks As well as taking some risks for the more sketchy areas that the average person is not willing to explore.
Looks like polishing helped them shine brighter ! Great collection ! Thanks so much for showing us ! Stay safe stay healthy stay happy ! GO BLUE !
I think it was more that my video at the beginning was pretty poor quality. For some reason, I didn't take close up video like I usually do.
@@MichiganRocks plus the background lighting obscured what the uv light was shining on ...but they still were pretty !
Wow! I agree with you on the constellation rock. Those look amazing before and after.
I really didn't think I'd get that excited about these, but they're really fun.
Beautiful Rocks!!! Thanks for sharing the three steps, finding the rocks, polishing the rocks, and then cutting layers in the rocks!! I am excited to see what you make out of those cut pieces of this neat rock!! Thanks for sharing!!! 😊
Wow, these are gorgeous. Some of the prettiest rocks I've ever seen. Such a shame they don't light up without the UV light. I wonder how they were made over the years. Definitely made me think of space or burning embers in a fire. Thanks for sharing
I sliced some of these up and my son in law cut them into space themed fridge magnets. They turned out really nice.
@@MichiganRocks that does sound cool. I bet they're even cooler looking inside
Why is that a shame? It's like a secret. I love it.
Those yooperlites look amazing polished and the way they glow. Love the constellation patterns with the unusual blue specks in them. Beautiful rocks Rob.
Unfortunately, the blue specks are just dust. They wipe right off, but there's plenty of dust in my shop.
Gorgeous rocks as always! I hope to get out there one day to collect my own.
The world of rocks is absolutely amazing. Thanks for showing us a piece of it.
You’re welcome!
They came out really nice. All of it looked great. Really cool how the rocks glowed. Was fun to watch. Great video
Wow!! Totally enhanced!!! Nice.to know they wont lose their mysterious nightglow so freaking cool!!
Maaaan those stones turned out BEAUTIFUL 😍!!! That tumbler is AMAZING!
Amazing! Now I have another type of rocks to look for when I go to the great lakes, besides Petoskey stones. Some of those rocks have blue specks along with the orange. So gorgeous!
The blue specks are dust. These mostly occur in Lake Superior, although I've heard they can be found in the other lakes too. I looked twice in Lake Huron with no luck.
I love those, the one that looks like constellations is beautiful. Thanks again sir.
You're being pretty formal with the "sir" language. I do like all the patterns in the sodalite. It's fun that you can't tell what it's going to look like until you light it up.
Those turned out beautiful, as well as the guitar picks and crosses. Look like wonderful upcoming Christmas presents to me. But, that banded chert blew me away, it was awesome 🤩
Really good banded chert is hard to beat. That one is great.
Super cool! Agree they look like constellations! 💫
You're so cool. I do so appreciate your passion for rocks. We are fortunate to have you as a Michigan Rockhounder Guy!
I'm fortunate to be a Michigan rockhound! I love living here.
My god, it looks like your looking into space with those yooperlites! Beautiful. Guess you got me started on a new hobby. Thank you
You're welcome! It's a fun hobby.
Very cool! From this perspective, they seem to have a 3-D look! Gonna have to get a light and go hunting! Thx
Do some research and get a decent light. I have a $10 light that doesn't make them look all that great. My $70 light makes all the difference. It's a Convoy S2 with a filter on it.
Loved the Yooperlites! Great job! I have yet to tumble my Lake Michigan rocks, been too busy Rockhounding for more! Last week went to a Georgia quarry with blue crazy lace agate. Would love to send you some! Hope to be back with a trip to find some copper in the Spring!
With winter quickly approaching, you should have some time for tumbling. The blue crazy lace sounds cool. Do you have a link to the quarry, so I can see some pictures?
@@MichiganRocks William D Patty Quarry, Summerville, Ga
You can see images there, but I picked up pieces especially to tumble, and you can Message me through Facebook for my pics.
Man I honestly was thinking “I wonder if they tumble?” The first time I saw a yooperlite and I love that you made this!
The banded chert! And the picks are amazing! I’ve just packed my tumbler and won’t be opening it until we get to the new place but now I wish I hadn’t... haha!
They really turned out beautiful Rob. Just really enjoy what you do. Never change mate. Just love it.
The one at 10:49 looks like a galaxy! 😳✨
I had several people ask about tumbling them, so I figured it might make a good video. I knew they'd still fluoresce after tumbling, but I wasn't sure if they'd all get shiny. I'm very happy with the results.
Where are you moving? New house in the same area, or new town too?
Whoa I love those guitar picks! The yooperlites are stunning too :)
Thanks!
Those are fun for sure! Just got back from western Lake Superior. Just got done tumbling them. They came out nice and shiny. I skipped step one and went straight to the lot-o. Saved on grit and time. They came out nice. They were very beach worn. It’s always nice to save on grit and time.😊
I like that perfect look, so I rarely skip the first stage. But if you want a more natural look and don't mind a few holes and cracks, the Lot-O will do the trick.
@@MichiganRocks I only do the ones that don’t have any cracks or holes. The rest I put into the rotary first.
So cool! Thank you for showing they can be tumbled!! ❤️
You're welcome!
Awesome, how cool! They look like hot pieces of magma!
They sure do. They look a lot like a glowing ember in a fire too.
Your crosses and guitar picks are beautiful! Love the yooperlite rocks. I ordered one online last week. Michigan has cool rocks!
Yes, we're blessed with quite a variety of rocks. Do you have a decent U.V. light to make your Yooperlite look its best? I have a cheap U.V. light and it lights them up, but not nearly as well as my good light. I have a Convoy S2 with a special filter.
@@MichiganRocks no I don't have a light yet. Thank you for telling me what is a good one to get. Appreciate it!
@@wyomingadventures There are several good brands of UV flashlights, including the Convoy, I have a Convoy S2 pocket-sized light (I spent $33 for mine) and plan on upgrading to something more powerful very soon. The MOST important thing when shopping for a uv light is that you buy a 365nm light, NOT a 390 or 395 nm. Those $10 uv flashlights in your local hardware store barely illuminate the yooperlite stones.
@@robertflowers6621 thank you Robert!
These are so cool! My friend just got back from Michigan but wasn't able to find one for me, unfortunately. It's even cooler to learn they still glow after being polished!
They are pretty cool. I also slabbed some and my son in law cut some into fun fridge magnets.
Slabbing Yooperlites: ruclips.net/video/xJUMoIpOhoo/видео.html
Making Yooperlite Fridge Magnets: ruclips.net/video/ejpOt6Ru2jk/видео.html
Absolutely amazing! Thank you for the enjoyable education!
You're welcome. I had fun learning too.
Those are really neat. I was hoping to eventually see them all polished up when you got them on the beach with Sam. They came out well. I like the ones with the patterns too. I have some sodalite jewelry and had no idea that it glowed like that. The crosses and guitar picks looked great too.
Thanks Christie, these were fun to find and fun to polish. Both were new experiences for me.
“Might not give it back to em” I love that line it does look epic
Oh my God! They are gorgeous! I'm new to this and collected a bunch of beach rocks in Maine. I think I might have a couple of Yooperlites, not sure. I can't wait to find out. Thanks for the info. Love your videos 😃
I don't know if these can be found in Maine or not. It's worth checking though.
Amazing results!
Yeeeeaahh !! Outstanding well worth the wait for this video..that is soooo cool they tumble just awesome..that's amazing art..I'm gonna have to get some Yooperlites..well I'll have to buy some on the internet that is..no Yooperlites here in western Pa..lol..and I just love the crosses..do you sell them online ? Thank you so much for sharing so cool..Tumbled Yooperlites would have been a farout addition to my man cave way back in the 70s with all the black light posters and incense..lol..have a blessed day
I think these things are really cool. I've had a ball with these from hunting right through tumbling them. Next up is slabbing them and making something else.
I sell the crosses in a local shop. They will ship them to you if you contact them. olivetbookandgift.com
@@MichiganRocks cool beans..thank you so much..ill be in touch with them to buy some..thank you thats awesome..👍
As usual great video, never miss for the Mrs and I.
Your tumbled rocks look shiny and brilliant, ours not so much. We are new and have had a few batches all the way through the process. Rocks that are a variety including those that you get to shine so well.
If we are putting too many rocks in is that the problem? The rocks are all smooth and look great wet.
We'll keep trying, we love it as two retirees.
It's really hard to help you without a lot more information. There are a lot of variables to consider. I assume you've watched my videos on how to tumble. Could you answer these questions?
1. What kind of rocks?
2. What kind of tumbler? Rotary or vibratory?
3. What were the stages you did? For each stage, what was in the barrel and how much of it? Rocks, water, grit size and type (silicon carbide 220 or aluminum oxide 500), plastic or ceramic media, anything else in the barrel, such as borax
4. How long was each stage run for?
The more details, the better. Another thing that I'd recommend is posting pictures along with the answers to the above questions on the Rock Tumbling Hobby forums. forum.rocktumblinghobby.com
@@MichiganRocks We have watched all fo your videos.
We've tried all types of rocks including Jasper, Chirt, Agates and various hard type rocks. You'd think some would be brilliant. I've even tried to polish them using the levi cloth and try buffing using a Dremel. Also tired Ivory soap in addition to the powder polish.
I hand do Petoskey stones which come out rather well.
@@alczek Could you answer my questions above so I can try to help you?
@@MichiganRocks Various type but all are hard rocks. Jasper, Chirt, agate,
@@alczek The type of rocks aren't the problem, so it must be something else, but I have no idea what you've done so far.
I know nothing about rocks really, but wow that banded iron stuff looks beautiful. This is a weird question I realize but, do you think if a person made knife grips/scales out of that stuff, it would hold up to any use? It's so striking that I immediately wanted to incorporate it into some daily items for decoration.
I think banded iron formation varies quite a bit. Some tumbles really well and others is pretty soft. It's not the hardest stuff out there. If you got a good, solid piece it would probably hold up ok.
I do like the speckled/splattered ones better then the ones that are mostly orange.. Beautiful!!! Thanx for sharing
The really orange ones are fun to find on the beach because they show up better, but the ones with more a pattern, rather than solid color are just more interesting.
We just spent a few days in the U.P. on family vacation and found some great ones too! I was wondering if tumbling would make them lose their luster, thanks for answering my question with such a great video!
You're welcome, I'm glad to help.
Now THOSE are the real Galaxy Stones! BTW, I really liked Bill's chert!
I'm waiting for a call from Bill tomorrow because I didn't tell him it was done yet. I thought that one was really cool.
Yes we are here for all of this, loved the crosses and guitar picks !!! You cut them out ? Love your videos I am just starting out
Yes, I have videos on how to make both guitar picks and crosses if you're interested.
@@MichiganRocks do you sell the crosses?
@@dally8399 Yes. I sell them at Olivet Book & Gift. I'm bringing a few more over there tomorrow. They don't have an online store, but give them a call and they'll help you out. ruclips.net/video/VDoZL4MiPgQ/видео.html
Yes, they are amazing. I could see some blue spots in a few of the rocks. Loving rocks from Ohio.
The blue is just dust. Dusty shop.
You did a great job. Oh how He loves us, He makes such cool rocks.
These are really impressive! They glow like lava or fire. We have a rock club member in town here who has hundreds of varieties of fluorescent rocks. He showcases them at rock shows using a special tent, and different lights.
That fluorescent stuff gets expensive in a hurry. I was just looking at shortwave lights the other day and decided that was not something I need to get into right now. Did you see the video where we collected these? ruclips.net/video/5wiAY3vVFws/видео.html That was a lot of fun.
Once hooked, it's hard to resist fluorescent specimens...
Really freaking awesome, totally enjoyed and got see something i never have before! ❤❤❤❤
It was really fun hunting for them too. It's the only rock hunt at night I've ever done. Did you see that video? ruclips.net/video/7xzNiQmKpEw/видео.html
@@MichiganRocks, not yet but planned on it with my cup of coffee after work! I live in Pittsburgh and havent had much luck finding anything too cool. I did find a geode a few months a go and a nice chunk of amber! It would be a dream to walk along the great lakes up your way! I know how excited i get over any kind of cool rock so its awesome to see there are other people out there like me!!
@@susiecraddock3147 Don't worry, you're not alone. There are a lot of us rock nuts around.
These are incredible! I think i have picked up a cuople of them wayyyyy back when i was 15 or so in the UP. Now i have to get a uv light and double check.
These look a lot like a many other rocks in normal light. I think I was pretty lucky to find one without actually looking for it.
This was a cool video. It looked to me like the Yooperlites had a bit of pitting, which I noticed only because of how picky you are with your tumbling. I've watched so many of your videos where you point out the flaws that it gets me to looking extra hard now. My rocks don't tumble quite so nice because most of them have cracks or pits before I start. 🤨🥴
I can't remember, but they might have had some really slight pitting, but nothing bad at all.
It's so much beautiful i love this job
That last yooperlite reminds me of a satellite view of a city. My wife and I have been hunting yooperlite for about 3 months and have found about 60 lbs. Super fun to hunt. But the best part is that I am learning about all the different types of stones at the lake.
What do you do with all of them? I brought a few home the first time, but now I leave most of them on the beach.
@@MichiganRocks Great question! I really want to make a couple of bookends with 2 of the larger ones I have. Some of my favorite ones are part of a display I am making. It's a display that sits on my in-wall bookshelf. The others are either sitting around waiting for friends to visit while some of them I throw onto the beach when I see newcomers hunting and they clearly are not finding any. I learned this from a guy a few months ago and thought it would be nice to do the same thing. My favorite stones entice me almost every few nights to sit and stare at them. But part of the excitement is simply walking the beach and wondering what's watching me! There are lots of wolves around the Little Girls Point area.
@@reddirtwarriors4846 Sounds like you've figured out more things to do with them than I have. I have also thrown them around closer to campgrounds after hauling them back from farther away. I like thinking about other people having the thrill of finding them.
Really nice!
Cool! Never heard of a yooperlite before!
Bravo sir, Bravo!!!! Favorite video so far.... cheers
Wow, I've made quite a few videos, so that's saying a lot. Thanks William!
I sure that a backyard landscape will look 👀 good with the rocks.
Well now we know !!!!! I could see some blue specks on a lot of those I don’t know if you could see them or not. Thank you for the demonstration !!!
The blue specks are dust. They brush off.
@@MichiganRocks I thought that might be the case. Black Friday is a good day to hunt rocks !!! To me they kind of remind me of pictures of the sun that reveals the sun spots.
Yooperlites never heard of them before thanks for sharing, they are quite spectacular.
Yes, they're really fun. Did you see the video where Sam and I found them? ruclips.net/video/7xzNiQmKpEw/видео.html
They are all beautiful 🤩.
My 6-year-old son Geremiah calls them lava rocks .
Beautiful, we hope to go hunting for some this spring .
🙏💚🙏
They do like like glowing embers, don't they?
So very cool! Thanks for sharing
You're welcome!
i really like this video. I have a UV light for curing resin during 3D printing. It is interesting that a number of cleansers have UV reactive brighteners in them. Nearly all fluoresce blue. Mr. Clean products for example are intense.. Also some soaps such as Irish Spring with Aloe glows intensely. Some toothpastes with brighteners also glow. I mention this because it is possible that the one rock you had with blue fluorescence may have soaked up some chemical brighteners on the surface if it was rinsed in a laundry sink.
Now I'll have to go shine my light on a bunch of household products. The blue spots were there on the beach. That's why I picked it up. I tried to wash it off, but it didn't wash off. My guess is that it was part of the rock and I ground it off. Since there were only a couple specks, I thought maybe I just didn't uncover any more deeper in the rock. I wonder if I put it back in the coarse grinding stage if I might uncover more of whatever the blue mineral is.
Thanks for posting the info about the UV light reactions on different products. The rocks are really interesting as well. This channel along with some of the comments has really educated me on some really neat things.
Thanks for sharing! That was awesome!
You're welcome, Paul.
Is it my imagination or did you not lose as much rock when tumbled as you do with other rocks? They looked fantastic and just about the same size as they started out! So glad you showed us this,thank you!
That's not your imagination. Most of these were only in coarse stage for a week. Coarse stage is where the most grinding takes place, so I didn't remove much material. After the first stage, the grit gets finer and finer, so it doesn't remove very much material.
This was my favorite video yet!!!
I wonder if you’ll like the video where I sliced a couple of them up? The video is done, but I’m not sure when I’ll release it.
@@MichiganRocks if it it will be a learning experience for the audience it would be awesome to share. I love how educational your videos are. I watch them in the evening. My husband loves listening to the sound of the lakes as you rock hunt. Helps him sleep while I learn what to look for. The polishing of your rocks I envy and hope to be that good someday. Today I finish my very first batch of stones, Golden Quartz and Amazonite. I can't wait to unveil my finished product!
Constellations! YES!! Gorgeous!
It looks like the earth at night from a satellite view with all the lights around the globe and I agree that one looked like a constellation, thank you for sharing!
Several people pointed out that it looks like Earth at night, and I agree. I just sliced two of these up the other day, including the last really cool one.
I love rocks that do tricks!!
We have agates that flourese green (some brighter than others).
That's cool. What kind of agates?
@@MichiganRocks they are a faintly yellow kind. Light banding. Wish I could post a picture for you!
@@stephanierocks8503 You can always post a picture somewhere else and put a link here.
@Michigan Rocks ok! Come check out these fluorescing agates! Watch "Agates that Fluoresce!" on RUclips
ruclips.net/video/mgCPPRCWtc4/видео.html
I bet that the guitar 🎸 picks are gorgeous! Thanks for the great video. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.
Glad you liked the video. Thanksgiving was different, but fine. I hope yours was good too.
WOW!!!😍 Those are amazing.
They're pretty cool, aren't they?
Awesome! And I was wondering if they'd take a polish. Now I know.
I was surprised at how well they did.
* The banded chert is Stunning.. Tumbled extremely well.. It is surprising how different the Yooperlites look after tumbling.. but still not orange removed.. Cool..
Nice. I tumble polish them often, most all take an excellent shine and some appear to glow a bit better after too, maybe more contrast or something. Another batch should be done in the next week. Would be neat to slice some for pendants, maybe.
I didn't notice a difference in the glow before and after tumbling, but there might have been a difference. My next project is to slab some and make pendants or something.
WOW those are gorgeous
I've got a couple pounds of Yoopers', I can't wait to put them in the Modle B and the UV-10! I've ordered some display cases (thanks for the Rock Shed lead) and some top-mounted UV lights to display at home and in my office.. 1st-year rookie, so I followed and will learn more from your posts... #RockOn
Sounds like you're all set up for making a really nice display!
Fascinating rocks! The guitar pick with the bluish dot looked like a bird on a wire. 👍
I didn't notice that about the guitar pick. I'll have to go take a look at it again.
Sherry, I thought the same thing!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing...
Sure thing, Dan. Something else to pick up on your trip to Superior.
Awesome! These are so cool.
Doesn't look like you lost much in the size, that is great. The rocks came out looking awesome. That is really cool about the Yooperlites. Learned something new.
They were pretty smooth to begin with, so they didn't spend too long in the coarse stage.
The constellation one is awesome. The chert..picks and crosses are amazing too.
Thanks Karen!
Pretty spectacular results!
Yes, I was very happy with how these turned out.
They turned out great!
The last one also looks like it could have been a night shot of the U.S. shot from the ISS.
I guess I had it backwards, I was thinking of looking up at the sky, not down from the sky.
That is exactly what it looks like!
@@MichiganRocks looking up, or looking down, it’s a heck of a picture. 👍
Those are beautiful! And amazing. God's creations are always spectacular! Thanks for sharing
So so awesome! I'm still shocked that I haven't found them on this side of Superior, but I'll make it to your side after the spring thaw. Love the picks and crosses. Are the banded iron magnetic?
I don't think the banded iron is magnetic. I'd have to check to be sure, but I believe hematite is not magnetic. Magnatite is magnetic though.
Very cool! Now I will have a new reason to go rockhounding at Lake Superior and maybe get my nephew thinking I am the Cool Aunt again🤣🤣🤣♥️
You would definitely be the cool aunt if you took him out for a night time glowing rock hunt.
It also looks like she's giving the peace sign 😊
Looks like the sun from a satellite camera, the glowing light like the glowing sun. Great final product! I'll take them all, lol!
Awesome!! Beautiful!! Amazing!!
Amazing. I liked seeing the crosses, i liked the quartz ones the best. I also really liked seing the guitar picks, i have two guitars at home , but i don't really know how to play them. The yooperlites wre very mesmerizing, and i loved the one at 10:51. I think i can see the big dipper in it. 😍🥰😇💜💙💚👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I make more crosses than anything else except tumbled rocks.
@@MichiganRocks Cool, have you ever made a rosary? 😍🥰😇💜💙💚👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@@Indyanas_ocean_view No, but I'd like to. Actually, I did make two rosaries. I bought a kit from a group who may rosaries. It came with the cheapest possible beads. I was planning to make one with stone beads, so I used the cheap ones to practice on. This was a rosary with chain that I made using special pliers. I tried several things to make stone beads, but I was never happy with how they turned out. It's really difficult to make small spheres. I didn't even care if they were perfect. I tried cutting small cubes and then tumbled them, hoping they would get roundish. They just ended up looking like cubes with rounded edges. I should try again.
@@MichiganRocks I would love to see you make a rosary 📿 ❤. 😍🥰😇💜💙💚👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@@Indyanas_ocean_view Don't hold your breath for that one. It might happen, but probably not soon.
I was going to ask you on a current video if you can. I stopped and said. You know I bet he already has. Good work.
A lot of people asked about polishing them after I found my first ones, so I made a video.
Awesome, like always
Hola Amigo!!! Muy interesante el video, y la explicación!!! Mil gracias por todo que aprendemos con usted!!!
De nada. ¡Me alegra que te guste!
Cool guitar picks
We got two small pebbles of yooperlite at a Tucson gem show venue (convention center show held by TGMS) last month. Fluorescent minerals were the theme of the 2022 TGMS show and the displays of fluorescent minerals were just amazing! My wife and I want to come to the U-P and rock hound for yooperlites as well as Petoskey stones and puddingstones.
My question for you is whether yooperlites make attractive cabochons? They generally look like a generic dull gray intrusive igneous rock.
I usually leave them on the beach for that reason. They're really fun to look for, but then what? My son in law cut these up to make fridge magnets. Even then, they look like boring, gray rocks until you hit them with a flashlight. As you can see in this video, they do shine up nice, but there's more to a nice cab than just being shiny.
You're absolutely right Rob. A shiny gray rock is just a shiny gray rock unless the rock's patterns, minerals, or structures are interesting to look at. Petoskey stones are also gray and are not the most colorful rocks around, but their coralline structural patterns make them very interesting.
BTW: I'm telling all my wife's Michigan family members about your great YT channel. 😊
Thanks, Joe!
Saw some of the coolest fluorescent minerals this year at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. A Willemite and Franklinite and sphere the size of a basketball!😮
That sounds really awesome!
Holy Mackerel!!! They are gorgeous. ♥♥♥
They are cool, aren't they? I'll be going on a hunt again next summer.
Just wanted to chime in on the other video I saw you mentioned loving that tigers eye piece. I don’t know if that’s cliche, but they are my favorite as well. I have some dice made of them. Also rock dice are a profitable business on Etsy. They sell for around $100+ that could be a nice side business. Anyways I read that the ancient romans would wear engraved tigers eye to protect them in battle (which I’m sure you know, but is still cool)
I have seen dice made out of rock, but that's beyond my current skill level. I think it would be really difficult to cut a perfect cube from a rock. I'll have to look into what sorts of jigs people use to make them accurately.
7:44 looks like the oak handle i made to fix a friends wood plane. beautiful tiger striping.
Yes, it really does look like wood.
those guitar pics 🤔 reworked as hearts would be sweet an simple 👌👍
How did you polish the guitar picks? Cutting the rocks thin enough to be picks is pretty cool as well. Another interesting video!
Here’s a video on how I make them: ruclips.net/video/9qj6VEkvz64/видео.html
New to rock tumbling, best starter good quality tumbler, thanks
I like Lortone rotary tumblers. My first was a Lortone 33B and I think that was a good choice. You won't find them on Amazon though. There are links to Kingsley North and the Rock Shed in the descriptions of all my videos. Those are two really good places to shop for lapidary products. They both sell excellent grit, too, which is really important if you want to get a good shine on your rocks.
So cool Rob
Those yooperlites turned out well. Iothers are calling them constellation stones? Does that mean they find them in other places? Just asking :).
Also Just want to say “Thank you!!” For the rock hunting videos on beautiful Michigan beaches and the tumbling videos, it’s amazing to see the beauty come out in the rocks. I know you mentioned in another video that you give the crosses to the priest to give out to others; do you ever sell any of your rocks/ crosses, guitar picks?
I have heard that they can be found in places where Lake Superior agates are found. I have also heard they have been found in all the Great Lakes, but I’m not sure if that’s true or not. I looked on two different beaches on Lake Huron with no luck.
I don’t sell anything online and the only things I have in a local store right now are guitar picks and crosses, both at Olivet Book and Gift. They will mail them out if you contact them.
what kind of tumbler and what kind of media to tumble with I am struggling with getting a nice shine. I'm using grit but can change to something else.
I use a rotary tumbler followed by a vibratory tumbler. I use ceramic media in the rotary and I use good quality polish. Here are two videos I think you'd find helpful. The first one shows the process I use for almost everything. The second shows common mistakes that people make.
How I tumble: ruclips.net/video/hz2E0xJYEWY/видео.html
Common Mistakes: ruclips.net/video/RuPtptr7_V4/видео.html
Those would make some really cool pendants and other jewellery for clubbers who might go to places with uv ligings in for parties :)
Maybe, but I'm not sure they would glow very strongly in just plain black lights. It would be fun if they did though.
Beautiful.
I really love your crosses ❤️
I just dropped off a fresh batch at the gift shop today.