Tumbling Angelite – From Start to Finish!

Rotary Rock Tumbling Angelite – Process & Techniques

This is one in a series of Rock Tumbling “How-To” videos that I have been posting on YouTube. This video features me tumbling Angelite! Angelite is a lovely, sky blue colored stone that is closely related to Celestite. This is a fairly soft stone (Mohs 3.5) that requires extra checking and attention to make sure the stones don’t grind down too quickly. It also does not take a high shine, so I used the Dry Polishing method for this tumble. Tumbling Angelite is an Intermediate level project.

Check out the video below to watch my entire process and see the final shine of this gorgeous Angelite!

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• Rotary Rock Tumblers
• Lortone 3A – https://amzn.to/2XUzlLY
• Lortone 33B – https://amzn.to/2XRIHYJ
• Lortone QT6 – https://amzn.to/32DZSMf
• Lortone QT66 – https://amzn.to/2LxLQX3 (My Favorite!!)
• Lortone 45C – https://amzn.to/2LwVlpE
• Thumler AR-2 – https://amzn.to/2XRJYit 
  
• Grits & Polish
• 60/90 Silicon Carbide Course Grit – https://amzn.to/2JTB7TB  
• 120/200 Silicon Carbide Medium Grit – https://amzn.to/2JTB9uH 
• 500 Aluminum Oxide Fine Grit – https://amzn.to/2JVST8I 
• 1000 Aluminum Oxide Extra-Fine Grit – https://amzn.to/2JSbPoV 
• Aluminum Oxide Polish – https://amzn.to/2xVCmfu  
• Tin Oxide Polish – https://amzn.to/2LtYmH7 
• Grit & Polish Combo Pack – https://amzn.to/2JQZd1i 
  
• Tumbling Media
• Large Ceramic Media – https://amzn.to/2JRt7T1 
• Small Ceramic Media – https://amzn.to/2Ly9Qtm 
• Plastic Pellets – https://amzn.to/2xYA5Ao 
  
• Burnishing
• 20 Mule Team Borax – https://amzn.to/2SynwoQ 
• Dreft Detergent – https://amzn.to/2XULSPq 
  
• Books
• “Modern Rock Tumbling”by Steve Hart  (The BEST tumbling book out there!) – https://amzn.to/2XUMepe

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