There are three stages of ginding and polishing to go through in order for your rock to look nice. There are two stages of grinding to be done and three stages of polishing. This project took a lot more time than it could have because I had to wait for other people to finish their rocks and there was only one machine. In the picture you can see examples of a rough cut of each rock and the finished product of each rock. Through out the process of grinding and polishing I witnessed small victories and defeats throught the whole process, for example half way through grinding down my rose quartz part of the point broke off due to the natural cracks already in the stone. Through out the whole process I did get a lot of praise by my classmates because my rocks were turning out so nice.
I ended up making two necklaces and both are still being fixed.
I ended up making two necklaces and both are still being fixed.