![]() ![]() The rocks should now be smooth and possibly starting to get a slight luster. Again add water to just a little below the top of the rocks. Fine Grit Step:Īfter clean-up, put the rocks back into the barrel using 2 tablespoons of fine grit per pound of material. Our EASY Rock Tumbling Recipe works well for rough that has a Mohs hardness of 7 and has been crushed to a variety of particle sizes under about 1 1/2 inches.īarrel slurry dumped down the drain will harden like concrete. The size range gives the material a good tumbling action and eliminates the need for ceramic media. This ocean jasper has been crushed and sized to perform well in small rotary tumblers such as the Thumler's MP-1, A-R1, and A-R2. That's what happens when a beautiful rough enters the market and rockhounds love it. The two deposits on the west coast of Madagascar have been minded for a couple of decades and will one day be worked out. Ocean jasper rough is getting harder and harder to find. When we tumble a couple of pounds we always find pieces that surprise us. It is pre-packaged in two pound bags, with each bag containing a diversity of color and pattern. The ocean jasper that we are selling has a broad color range that includes whites, creams, greens, yellows, reds, pinks and browns. Many pieces actually contain quite a bit of agate so a better name for this material might be "ocean chalcedony" - but "ocean jasper" is easier to say and spell :-) A few pieces contain small vugs lined with druzy quartz, which sometimes survives through the tumbling process. These produce beautiful round markings on the surface of tumbled stones, beads, cabochons or slabs made from the material. Ocean jasper has become famous and easy to recognize because of the colorful orbs and spheres scattered through the material. (The rough in the photo above was photographed wet to show full color.) It is mined at two locations on the west coast of Madagascar. It is a multi-color chalcedony with amazing orbs and bulls-eye patterns. Ocean jasper is one of the most colorful and beautiful tumbling roughs that we have ever seen. ![]() ![]() No Longer Available Ocean Jasper Tumbling Rough ![]()
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