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Verde Antique Serpentine
Verde Antique Serpentine
This stone was found in Gunpowder River, MD. July 2020. It has been polished with 300, 600, 1200, and jewelers rouge grits (last pic). This piece is also magnetic.
Schist w/Garnets
Schist w/Garnets
This was found in Gunpower River, MD. July 2020. The tiny dark spots are garnets. The shiny flakes are mica.
This is the stone when it is wet
Stone when dry
Stone under a small magnifying glass
Need Help Identifying
Need Help Identifying
These are some stones that still require identification.
Misc. Polished Stones
Misc. Polished Stones
Some befores and afters as well as between polishing on the lapidary machine.
Before
This is also a stone from Gunpowder River, MD. July 2020. It is another sedimentary stone, fairly soft with rusty red dots sprinkled through it. This stone has been polished (right). I can't remember if the dots were like the nodules on the rock above where you could really feel them stick out before I polished this. The picture isn't very good, but the before pic (Left) you can see the dots. They look almost like rust. Could be teeny tiny garnets. It's hard to see, they are so small.
After
Before
Quartzite w/Quartz
After
Before
Schist
After
Before
Verde Antique Serpentine
After
Before
Schist
After
Before
Mica Schist
After
Before
Schist
After
Feldspar
After
Quartz and ?
After
No Idea
After
Dalmatian Jaspers. The left side has been polished with jewelers rouge and the right side is out of a rock tumbler. Both tumbled and provided by Carol Ann.
Below are some Opals in various stages of polishing. These were provided by my cousin Nick,
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