I like your approach

Wow - some real beauties! I also live in Washington state. I am a rockhound and so is my fun and sweet 78-year-old Mom. I know that there are gorgeous stones to be found in our great state. I am going to take my Mom out adventuring for some soon...

I take the smaller ones and put them into those glass bottle necklaces. They really make great gifts.

If you make a 24" x48" light table using frosted glass/or white acrylic, it will increase your haul as well as make it go faster. '

Montana is amazing😍💎

@LionPunchForgeLPF

3 жыл бұрын

I know right!

You could use them as "stone in place" sand casting. It's great fun!

@LionPunchForgeLPF

4 жыл бұрын

All the little ones would be great for that

@deborahgleason7578

4 жыл бұрын

Not sure how to do that...

Got my box today! Haven’t gotten my sifters yet, but couldn’t wait. I’m playing with the dirt now! Found one tiny clear one already!

@LionPunchForgeLPF

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! I can’t wait to see the rest!

Dude, I have never wanted to buy a box of dirt & rocks so bad!

@LionPunchForgeLPF

4 жыл бұрын

Haha! So true right!

Super video 📸 sir

I use a large clear glass pie plate. A handful of gravel, a little bit of water, and a strong light behind the pie plate and a white towel as a background and you will never miss any.

@LionPunchForgeLPF

Жыл бұрын

That’s a great tip! I love collecting the little clear zircon crystals too !

We got two boxes last summer. Had an absolute blast and have several being evaluated for use in a ring (side stone not center)

it's worth mentioning that the folks at gem mountain where this gravel came from, they offer cutting and heat treating services, so if you want to send them some stones and pay the price you can get them heat treated for best quality and have them cut either by them or through a less expensive cutting service outside the USA, your choice

@douglasdobson8110

Жыл бұрын

I'm just getting ready to do a box of this material myself . . .

Do you save your spinel?

What do you do with the little tiny clear ones? I’ve found thousands of them!

@LionPunchForgeLPF

4 жыл бұрын

I will probably find a way to set them rough like cast in place or channel setting

@deborahgleason7578

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if that would work with metal clay...fire in place. I’m gonna try it! How do you measure carat weight?

@LionPunchForgeLPF

4 жыл бұрын

You could measure or just use them like sprinkles

@douglasdobson8110

Жыл бұрын

I wrote Gem Mountain and asked what the little tiny clear ones were; they are zircons, I kept a bunch because that's cool in itself . . .

@LionPunchForgeLPF

Жыл бұрын

That is cool! I presumed they were sapphires

Hello friend, I have a faceted montana sapphire of 26 carts, it is part of my collection, only that he saw my Sapphire and wants me to sell him my sapphire, it has a tone like bicolor padparadsha, can you give me a reference on the price. and there is the unheated sapphire

@LionPunchForgeLPF

Жыл бұрын

Do you know what mine it came from ?

@sergioortega5869

Жыл бұрын

@@LionPunchForgeLPF from montana and I remind you only those from montana can be bicolor this effect is often seen in sapphires from Montana

@sergioortega5869

Жыл бұрын

@@LionPunchForgeLPF and of course it has inclusions it is super transparent

do you just collect or have these faceted?

@LionPunchForgeLPF

3 жыл бұрын

Both- I do my own faceting

@warkmusic906

3 жыл бұрын

@@LionPunchForgeLPF Do you sell them? what is the usual cost for these?

@LionPunchForgeLPF

3 жыл бұрын

I have placed them up for sale before - are you looking for cut out rough?

@strengthchain

3 жыл бұрын

@@LionPunchForgeLPF do you have a video on how to facet? I really enjoyed the video. Also, are there other mines that you can purchase from other than the two listed?

@LionPunchForgeLPF

3 жыл бұрын

@@strengthchain look at the playlist for lapidary!