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 Topic: Abrasives repairing polishing crystals |
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| Diamond Replies: 11 Views: 15553 |
 Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Sep 05, 2018 14:23 Subject: Re: Abrasives repairing polishing crystals |
| Basic guide to polishing rocks and minerals:
Use your 150# diamond files to remove the chip completely. For the next steps you *must* use successively finer mesh sizes that no more than loosely do ... |
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| Topic: Abrasives repairing polishing crystals |
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| Diamond Replies: 11 Views: 15553 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Aug 19, 2018 05:12 Subject: Re: Abrasives repairing polishing crystals |
| Anyway to cut it shorter what do you guys use on crystals for chips and a perfect shine as I am struggling at the moment thanks!
Diamond - This isn't really the appropriate forum to ask a question ... |
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| Topic: Abrasives repairing polishing crystals |
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| Diamond Replies: 11 Views: 15553 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Aug 18, 2018 11:14 Subject: Re: Abrasives repairing polishing crystals |
| Hi, all
I do not like repairs at all.... But being an amethyst, I thing you could get the help of someones (well known in minerals, for what I understood... In MR, if I am not wrong....) that &quo ... |
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| Topic: Abrasives repairing polishing crystals |
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| Diamond Replies: 11 Views: 15553 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Aug 18, 2018 11:10 Subject: Re: Abrasives repairing polishing crystals |
| Ah ok well unfortunately I have this one started already so I will have to finish it to the best of my abilities. I do have cross transferable skills and a fair amount of tools but I've only done this ... | |
| Topic: Abrasives repairing polishing crystals |
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| Diamond Replies: 11 Views: 15553 |
Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Aug 18, 2018 07:31 Subject: Abrasives repairing polishing crystals |
| I have a amethyst that was chipped and I thought I would try repairing it and I started with a basic gem tutorial saying use diamonds files for shaping then move on to lapping diamond paste 6 microns ... | |
| Topic: Join us to dig a giant Amethyst geode |
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| Diamond Replies: 41 Views: 234562 |
Forum: Exceptional finds Posted: Aug 18, 2018 07:13 Subject: Re: Join us to dig a giant Amethyst geode |
| It's an alien space craft :O ... But seriously wow what a job as well to sort it out! Nice. | |
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