Finally, getting around to polishing my " Kenoshan Ocean " rocks...

[Jerry Casper <gremlingts@xxxx>]

 I bought a cheapie rock tumbler/polisher from Harbor
Freight about 6 months ago, and finally got all the
necessary pieces in one place together tonight with my
2002 100th Anniversary show rocks I pulled out of Lake
Michigan after the show was over on Saturday. I will
remember that trip for the rest of my life, what a
sweet time it was seeing all the cars and meeting all
the Internet people finally....anyway, I intended to
polish the rocks sometime, so looks like now is the
time. One of my uncles used to do rock polishing 30
years ago, he's long since deceased, but I remember
the rocks, and still have a few somewhere. I was
always fascinated by what an old ugly plain rock could
turn out to be on the inside once properly polished to
a high sheen. :) Hopefully my " Rambler Rocks " will
be as nice. Several show interesting details and
materials embedded in them, I'd love to have a
mineralologist inspect them and tell me what they are.
Several have indentations with darker polished specks
in them. Not sure what that is. 
Anyway, the Tumbler is a'tumblin' tonight, and
hopefully after 4-5 WEEKS of near-constant friction
with varying polishing slurries, they'll appear bright
and shiny. I can only wait and check on them now, I
was surprised how long it actually takes...but then
again, nature takes years sometimes to polish rocks to
only a smoothness, not polished to mirror finish, so I
guess I can wait. :D All from this rock-hound for
now,

Jerry in VA, rockin' the night away...



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