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LEARNING GUIDE
ROCK TUMBLING
Rock tumbling is the hobby of collecting a wide range of rocks and turning
them into beautiful gemstones you can use to make jewelry, crafts,
decorations, or just to collect for fun, lt's a pretty simple hobby that can be
enjoyed at home by the entire family. All you need is a tumbler, some rocks,
and a few other inexpensive materials.Have you ever picked up a rock on
the beach or a river bed that was perfectly rounded and smooth to the
touch? That's a rock that has been "tumbled" by mother nature (water and
sand) over the course of hundreds and even thousands of years.
Rock tumbling as a hobby is the exact same process. The thousand years
it would take nature to tumble a rock can easily be done at home in a
matter of weeks.
What Can You Do With Polished Stones
People love rock tumbling for a number of reasons. While many folks just
love collecting a wide range of rocks to hold and display proudly, there are
lots of other reasons why people get into rock tumbling.
Here are some of the more common uses for tumbled rocks"
Jewelry making
Various craft making
Vase/planter filler
Holiday decorations
Key chains
Magnets
Paperweights
WHAT MAKES A ROCK GOOD FOR TUMBLING?
Most rocks you'll find in nature are not suitable to rock tumbling and it can
be a big,disappointing waste of time to attempt using them. Additionally, if
even one of the rocks you put into your tumbling batch doesn't meet
acceptable standards it will almost certainly ruin the entire batch!
You can't tumble every type of rock. There are four criteria that rocks
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