How do you polish thundereggs?

Just dip the attachment into the cerium oxide polish and slowly buff out the agate portions of the thunderegg. Keep following the process until there is no noticeable change in the rock after a buff. Once you have the final, polished, and geometric thunderegg half, find an adequate place to display your work.
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How do you make thundereggs shine?

For thundereggs, I recommend using cerium oxide. It's a great polish for agate, jasper, and other hard cryptocrystalline materials. What is this? For hand polishing, get your rag or chamois a bit wet, poke it in the powdered cerium oxide, and get to work on the surface.
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How do you clean thunder eggs?

The quickest and the easiest way to clean your geodes or thundereggs is to just wash them with plain old soap and water. I'll usually take a soft bristle scrub brush to them as well, to get all the dirt out of the cracks and crevices.
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Are thundereggs worth anything?

How Much Are Thundereggs Worth? A value of a cut in half and polished thunderegg depends on the size and its fillings and range from a few to a hundred dollars. Specimens with scenic moss or plumes looking like plants or flowers are among the most valuable eggs and can cost up to $200.
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How do you make geodes shiny?

EASY METHOD: Simply wash the geodes in plain water with a bit of laundry detergent (or dish soap), then let them soak in a tub of water with 1/4 cup of ordinary household bleach for two days.
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How do you sand and polish geodes?

Use coarse sandpaper moistened slightly with water. Rub this over the geode to sand out any rough patches. Keep sanding the geode until it's as smooth as you want.
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Are geodes and thundereggs the same?

Thunder eggs, which are technically known as lithophysae are typically found with solid or near-solid cores of chalcedony or agate, whereas geodes are relatively hollow inside with thinner layers of quartz crystals.
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How do you break open a thunder egg?

Thundereggs are very dependent on gravity, and guessing what is on the inside is made much easier by knowing the orientation that they have formed in. So, when you pick the eggs out of the host rock, the best practice is to put an “x” on the horizontal position of the egg, and a “-“ on the vertical position.
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Can you clean geodes with vinegar?

Another way to clean geodes is by using a vinegar and water solution. Soak the geode in a container of vinegar for 24 hours. Do not forget to rinse it with water afterwards. This will help to clean off any built-up mineral deposits that are usually located on the outside of the stained geode.
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What do you do with thunder eggs?

Thunder Egg is used in the spool of the Sewing Machine to create a Shirt. It can be used in dyeing, serving as a purple dye at the dye pots, located in Emily's and Haley's house, 2 Willow Lane.
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How do you polish crystal rocks?

Shine the crystal with vinegar. Soak one end of a cotton swab in white vinegar and use it to rub down each faceted side of the crystal or clump. Follow each stroke from the wet swab with a stroke from the dry end to remove the excess liquid. This process will remove water spots.
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What are thunder eggs made of?

Thunder eggs are spherical objects which form in some types of silica-rich volcanic rocks (e.g. rhyolites). As the volcanic lava cooled, trapped steam and other gases formed an expanding bubble.
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What kind of saw do you use to cut geodes?

Use a rock or tile saw – something with a diamond blade – to create a clean cut down the center of the geode.
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How old is a thunder egg?

“Thunder eggs are gas bubbles that formed in a rhyolite formation between thirty and forty million years ago,” noted Casey.
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What is thunder agate?

Thundereggs are agate-filled nodules found in various parts of the Western United States. They range in size from 1/4 inch to as large as 5 feet in diameter. Generally, they are about the size of oranges. All are similar on the exterior, but no two are alike in pattern, design or color on the inside.
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What causes thunder eggs form?

Formation. Thundereggs are found in flows of rhyolite lava. They form in the lava from the action of water percolating through the porous rock carrying silica in solution. The deposits lined and filled the cavity, first with a darker matrix material, then an inner core of agate or chalcedony.
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How do you polish a geode with a Dremel?

Secure one rock in a vice clamp and use progressively finer sandpaper and a Dremel sanding attachment to polish it.
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  1. Switch the Dremel bit to a polishing wheel.
  2. Dip the polishing wheel in rock polishing compound.
  3. Buff the compound into each surface of the rock until it is shiny.
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How do you shine river rocks without a tumbler?

Use food-grade diatomaceous earth as it contains the finest particles. Buff the pebbles with the diatomaceous earth to make them shine. You can also put the DE in a small plastic food storage box together with the rocks and shake it. The container should have five times as much DE as rocks.
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How do I make my pebbles shine?

Toothpaste has proven to be a good cleaning tool, like vinegar, so it's possible that it's able to remove enough impurities on your stones to make them look shiny. Give this one a shot, but do not forget to floss them too!
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