clownshoes
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Mar 14, 2008, 4:34 PM
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I have recently acquired uncleaned rocks from a Brazilian mine. They seem to have a layer of what I assume is dirt or sediment (or some soft rock) around the gem stones (I assume are in there).
The rocks need to likely be cleaned before they're smoothed and polished.
- My first question is, will a rock tumbler clean off the rock revealing the gem? Or is a tumbler for polishing/smoothing only?
- Secondly, the capacity of my tumbler is 3 lbs. and I think it holds a maximum of approximately 1/2 inch stones. Does this mean the gems inside, or the size of the entire uncleaned rock? Because I assume that after breaking down the soft rock on the only over sized rock I have to clean (2 inches approx.) I would be left with many smaller rocks that would fit the maximum capacity of my 3lbs tumbler adequately.
- So my final question is, can I place a large rock in by itself if it is over the normal capacity, if it's not a solid rock but most likely just hard dirt around gems in order to get the gems out which would be within the acceptable capacity to tumble with my other smaller rocks? Or do I have to buy a larger tumbler? (Keep in mind I'm poor)
Any help would be appreciated very, very much
Thanking you very much :)
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