Tumbling Moonstone - From Start to Finish! | Rotary Rock Tumbling Tips & Techniques

[@ReikiGemWellness]

Thank you for watching! If you have any questions, about tumbling, gemstones, or about anything in the video - please ask below, I will answer!

[@hollygamble15]

Where might I find info about the type of tumbler you use/where you get your rough (if you don't mind sharing)? 🙂 You must've been tumbling for a long time - you're excellent!

[@hollygamble15]

Cancel that, you already covered it all in the description. Silly me!

[@karencanda4839]

Why do you remove the fragile ones? If they break will they hurt the other rocks? Thanks

[@catherines107]

Rainbow moonstone

[@ashleyanderson3900]

Hi there! Do you have any instructions on indigo gabbro?

[@paulcarder5907]

How did you know I had some Salmon Moonstone coming from Gems By Mail? Ha! This video will be invaluable when I put them in the tumbler. Thanks again and keep up the great videos.

[@ReikiGemWellness]

Thank you so much! Moonstone is so pretty and can get such a great shine - I hope you enjoy it!

[@whknee]

Great video! I started a batch of moonstone I collected with my daughter. I did however only use 1/2 oz per lbs of barrel capacity of coarse grit. It's been a few days, should I just pop it open and add another ounce of grit, or wait until the week is finished?

[@stacyjv_4982]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Can’t wait to polish mine that I found rock hunting! 😍

[@ReikiGemWellness]

Polishing 'found' rocks is the best! So satisfying! 👍

[@niccoleholmes567]

What type of polishing machine did you use to polish the moonstone? I'm debating which polisher to buy, a barrel type that is on rollers compared to the vibrating type polisher.

[@timcarver5492]

Nice job! I have three pounds of rough moonstone waiting in the queue. I certainly will refer to this video as I go. Thank you Shannon. I have been using a higher concentration of grit and polish in my tumbles. Do you find that "more is less"?

[@ReikiGemWellness]

I love how we rock tumblers have a queue of stones we want to polish :-D It's hard to say about the grit - I use by weight and many people measure by Tbsp. Do you have excess grit left over at the end of the week? If it has all been worked through, then it's probably safe. If you have alot of grit still left then you might want to scale back - at the very left to save costs :-D

[@kennymichaud5366]

My first load of rocks was what I thought quartz but the more I looks at your rocks they look the same. After my last step the rocks looked like they were pounded together, all these tiny chips on the ends. I was used plastic pellets about 3/16 wide. I’m not sure if I’m using the correct media. Any help would be appreciated.......I’m not sure how to send photos to show the chipped rocks

[@ReikiGemWellness]

If they're getting chipped up then that means they are still able to crash into each other. I would recommend even more filler pellets. Have about a 60% rock to 40% filler ratio, and fill to about 80% full so the rocks can move around in the grit but not crash against each other. Best wishes!

[@cameronl401]

Hello, I have been running one load of blue and one load of mixed moonstone, and they looked pretty good through medium and then in polish, they all look like they got bashed up and cracked, I am bummed as this is getting harder to get right now and it's expensive. I will try to increase the amount of ceramic with the medium and polish cycle. My question is what can I do with the cracked up runs?

[@atmaramsalunkhe30]

Moon stone very good stone....

[@mollysalvage6367]

I’ve recently gotten into rock tumbling. There’s a beach near by called moon stone beach because it had moon stones. Not as bIg as the ones in your videos. I’m having a hard time telling what’s what as far as raw moon stones. I have a rock scanner app but who knows if it’s legit.