💎 Rock Tumbling SMOKY QUARTZ 💎 From Start to Finish! | Rotary Rock Tumbling Tips & Techniques
💎 Rock Tumbling SMOKY QUARTZ 💎 From Start to Finish! | Rotary Rock Tumbling Tips & Techniques
Welcome! In this video I show you about rock tumbling SMOKY QUARTZ – From Start to Finish! I’ll guide you through the entire process from rough to polished finished product! Interesting in working with Smoky Quartz? I’ll show you how I did it, provide my complete timeline / recipe, and show you the end result.
SMOKY QUARTZ: Tumbling Experience Level = Intermediate
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Can smoky quartz as clear as clear quartz & colourless?
I would like to do this !
Thanks for this video. It came along just in time for the 2 lb of clear quartz rough I’ve been wanting to tumble. Keep the timely videos coming!
I’m shocked by how long it takes to tumble crystals! Never would have imagined it would be such a process.
Also I haven’t a clue what you mean by surface imperfections – they looked so perfect after the first week to me! hahhaa
Also I have rocks that I’m not sure what they are, would you be able to help me if I could some how send you a video of the rocks I found, most are quartz but I think some have other stuff in it but I’m not sure, new to this lol but love it
Do you take requests? I would love a ruby fuchite meditation and property
Interested to know at what stage you begin adding ceramic media, and how much. It looks as if there is little if any in the first coarse grinds. Thanks.
I have been wondering about buying a rocktumbler, as it’s not uncommon to find quartz where I live. What would you say is the minimum size for raw quarts for it to be worth tumbling? (I usually find anything from the size of the first joint of my thumb, to bigger than my fist)
I have a few huge quartz rocks I got from a landscaper that are way too big to tumble, how do I break it into smaller pieces. I tried a hammer and it didn’t break.
Ohhh and your videos are greatly appreciated!!! I watch them often, thank you so much
Great information! I was definitely curious about the toughness of quartz, seeing how my rose quartz is coming along, I was definitely wondering about it, based on the chipping and it just looks a little bit more fragile than I expected for such a hard rock. Definitely will make sure we keep the ceramic media topped up through the rest of our finer stages! (Edit: can i say definitely one more time?)
Very nice.
What do you mean by tumbling the stone?
Thank you for watching! If you have any questions, about tumbling, gemstones, or about anything in the video – please ask below, I will answer!
Are you sure that’s smokey Quartz wasn’t transparent