Re: [meteorite-list] Tumbling Weathered-up Stony Chondrites

Hi Tom, I think I saw some of those same Ghubara tumbled fragments on eBay not too long ago. It's part of what gave me the idea. I wish I had taken before photos of the UNWA before I tumbled them. But, it's pretty easy to imagine what they looked like - these were extremely weathered-up and ugly

Re: [meteorite-list] Tumbling Weathered-up Stony Chondrites

Hi Mike, I bought a few Kg. of small Ghubara fragments that were tumbled. The before and after results were cool! They looked awful before tumbling. I have never tried it myself but I have put dirty samples in walnut shells in a brass tumbler dry for cleaning. My call on the water would be t

[meteorite-list] Tumbling Weathered-up Stony Chondrites

Hi Listees! I have a Lortone Rock Tumbler (QT66 with two 6-lb barrels) and I decided to put some very ugly and extremely-weathered up UNWA stones into it - just to see what the result is. They have been tumbling in coarse grit for 6 days now - tomorrow night I will open the barrel, check them, an