Shane

Radical Rocks

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We talk about gems and minerals, rocks, lapidary, rock hounding, mining, jewelry, silversmithing, field trips, mineral identification, Gold smithing, treasure hunting, all things related to radical rocks! See our links for social media at the bottom of any one of our blogs located at radicalrocksusa.blogspot.com

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Shane

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Lapidary saw equipment basic use and maintenance 07.01.2020 10:48

Today we go into the basic use of lapidary saws, We also go into the basic daily maintenance for lapidary saws. We are going to talk about trim-saws then we go into larger size how to properly anchor the rock and we also go into some specialty saws that are used for other purposes. Please remember always to follow the owners manual of your equipment with its safety recommendations operation instru...

Jade- who is the queen, Nephrite or Jadeite? 04.01.2020 7:50

Today we look at the differences in these in the similarities how are you can tell them apart which one is more valuable little bit of history little bit of science will have a good time real quick and hopefully you can brush up your skills and add Jade to your collection