how the heck,help !!!!!!!!!!!1111

[lonesomebob]

A friend gave me two ags of rocks,well stoes . one labeled rubies the other labeled emeralds. No res or green showing. How the heck do I get rid of the outer shell and down to the real thing? Tumbler ,hammer< ?? Thanks for any and all help. Lonesome bob

 

[Drache]

Let's get this straight, you have raw rubies and emeralds and your want to make them into jewels?

 

[lonesomebob]

Right. I would like to peel the over matrix to see the stone beneath, dremel dont seem to touch it. tumbled with rocks for days no help, maybe the green wheel on a grinder. ?

 

[Atticus Finch]

Listen my good friend. Please do some online research google etc. I spent months learning about the rough to gem business.

Read read and read everything online. Then come back with some photos.

Good Luck,

Cap Z.

 

[lonesomebob]

Thank you Cappy Z. please, how about a starting point on Matrix removal? just want to see if he gave me mud covered rocks as a joke,not going in to the gem hobby. If they are just rocks I have a trebuchet to return them with, Bob

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

first, put down the hammer.

http://gemstones.nl/stukken/groot2/p0203_en.html

http://images.google.com/images?sou...&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=8&ct=title