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<blockquote data-quote="Dihusky" data-source="post: 631057" data-attributes="member: 10304"><p>Best material to play with is stuff like quartz jellybeans, cheap and readily available, but really good to develop your polishing skills, another fun material is glass marbles, they can produce some amazing results. </p><p></p><p>The most important item to buy is a quality 10x magnifier, most professional and serious facetors use this one: <a href="https://www.pilbarageology.com.au/products/Belomo-10x-Triplet%2C-Hand-Lens-%7B47%7D-Loupe.html" target="_blank">https://www.pilbarageology.com.au/products/Belomo-10x-Triplet,-Hand-Lens-{47}-Loupe.html</a> Not cheap but exceptional optics and when one compares to another type of 10x the difference is staggering <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> and you quickly realise how poor the cheapies are. :awful:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dihusky, post: 631057, member: 10304"] Best material to play with is stuff like quartz jellybeans, cheap and readily available, but really good to develop your polishing skills, another fun material is glass marbles, they can produce some amazing results. The most important item to buy is a quality 10x magnifier, most professional and serious facetors use this one: [url]https://www.pilbarageology.com.au/products/Belomo-10x-Triplet%2C-Hand-Lens-%7B47%7D-Loupe.html[/url] Not cheap but exceptional optics and when one compares to another type of 10x the difference is staggering :o and you quickly realise how poor the cheapies are. :awful: [/QUOTE]
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