Stone and crystal raffle

morticia monroe

Hey everyone it's that time.

I'm still having a blast with the tumbler, and just finished my second batch of stones. I am finding that it takes longer to tumble them than I had thought, but that could be because the stones I started with were very ragged and sharp instead of already having a little shape to them.

These stones have NOT been tumbled to round, smooth perfection. I prefer them to retain a bit of personality in their shape, I think they make better specimens this way. JMO. So they are imperfect, but beautiful.

There are about thirty of them here, I have identified petrified wood, rose quartz, agates, jaspers, tiger eye, calcite, unakite and what I believe to be bloodstone,,,also two pieces of tumbled milky quartz. The rest are anyone's guess :). I will also include a rough piece of larger quartz from the mine that I think looks better untumbled.

All in all, I'm pleased with the way they turned out and now addicted to the tumbling (my OH has challenged me to tumble the entire driveway, lol, The man thinks I've lost it. :))


There is a photo here of the stones you will receive, most are 1-3 inches across.

http://groups.msn.com/aeclecticstuff/shoebox.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=67


I have the Tarot of Gemstones and Crystals, so I thought that might be a good one to use for the drawing. I have listed the Major Arcana. Choose a card, and I will draw have my son draw next tuesday for the winner. I don't mind incurring shipping, so the contest is open to anyone worldwide.

Good luck!

Fool-silex Wonderwoman

Magician-herkimer diamond Keavy McGee

High Priestess-aventurine faerylvr

Empress-emerald nanab

Emporer-purpurite silverwings94

Hierophant-diamond bluefairy

Lovers-ruby franniee

Chariot-sugilite elnor

Strength-onyx Alta

Hermit-lapis lazuli Kahlie

Wheel of fortune-alexandrite inanna_tarot

Justice-rutilated quartz RufusJ

Hanged Man-aquamarine missycab

Death-amethyst Cielo

Temperence-rose quartz AJ

Devil-snowflake obsidian Sebavin

Tower-calcite memries

Star-moldavite aaquwaa

Moon-moonstone doreen

Sun-sunstone annabubble

Judgment-ametrine afrosaxon

The World-watermelon tourmaline Chronata

Ace of Coins-dioptase Azarial

Two of Coins-chrysocolla HearthCricket

Three of Coins-rhodonite tarot4fun

Four of Coins-blue tourmaline FantasyWorld

Five of Coins-citrine celticnoodle

Six of Coins-heliotrope Debra

Seven of Coins-lepidolite wumpkie

Eight of Coins-spinel Dancing Bear

Nine of Coins-turquoise grizabella

Ten of Coins-tiger's eye MsRubyRain

Page of Coins-sodalite bodhran

Knight of Coins-platinum willowfox

Queen of Coins-agate sinduction

King of Coins-amber angelegg

Ace of Cups-rutile quartz SuzanneMoon

Two of Cups-dumortierite

Three of Cups-pink coral Marina

Four of Cups-magnetite kmartin60

Five of Cups-charoite

Six of Cups-azurite

Seven of Cups-sapphire TomTom

Eight of Cups-malachite fina

Nine of Cups-chalcedony

Ten of Cups-copper Lewen

Page of Cups-rhodochrosite

Knight of Cups-olivine

Queen of Cups-gem silica bershka

King of Cups-labradorite
 

RufusJ

Oooh, those are lovely!!! If I may ask, what kind of tumbler do you have? I'd love to tumble some of the stones I've found but I have no idea what kind of tumbler would be best or even if it's a lost cause to try.

rufusj
 

nanab

Oh, I told you I would love to have some of these. So here I am. I choose

Empress-Emerald

Beautiful work BTW.

nanab
 

aaquwaa

Those are beautiful. I'll pick the Star (moldavite)for my daughter
aaquwaa
 

morticia monroe

Rufus, the tumbler I have is called thumlers tumbler. I bought the kit that came with the machine, the barrel, two rubber rings, grit, and a few stones.

You can google it and probably find it anywhere. It's pretty heavy duty and made to run for ages. Nothing is ever a lost cause,,if you think you'd like it, you should go for it! And when you run out of your own stones, you can buy boxes of rock for tumbling as well.


P.S. Don't you want to choose a card?
 

Cielo

Wow, the stones look amazing, great work!!!! And how generous of you! :)

Hmm...I will choose Death, since I'm in such a stage of transition in my life right now! :):)
 

Keavy McGee

Hi, MM, those are gorgeous and make me want to go find some rocks and a tumbling machine!!

Thank you for the contest!!

I choose the Magician, please.

XOX

Keavy:heart:
 

doreen

Thank you so much for this,
I would like to pick the Moon for my brand spanking new grandaughter.
Love and Luck,
Doreen
 

franniee

OH WOW I have to get a tumbler! These are so lovely!!! Thank you for such a wonderful offer.

I would love to pick the Lovers - Ruby :)