hello everyone today I'd like to show you how I process
Druzy Crystals and also
crystal clusters. When the crystals are small or stardust like,
it's called "Druzy." Druzy is a coating
of fine crystals on a rock surface...
within a vug or cavities,
or geode.
pieces of druzy like these I leave as a specimen
for my display cabinet. All I did to it was wash it and clean it
this one when found has already got a hole
or a crack on the surface of the geode and all I did was cut it
and polish the edges. Also this piece here
and that one, both of them came from the same area
so to display this, all I'm gonna do
is, glue the other piece onto that
may be that way or that way.
So it's showing some nice druzy crystals
on them, so it wouldn't be worth my while
cut them into small pieces and turn them into jewlery, so
they're best kept as a specimen. Also, this big piece here
came from a Mooralla.....That showing
the egg or it was a geode as you can see and also the Reverse side there's also some
tiny druzy crystals but
I'm going to display this by gluing a piece
of the mooralla crystal which is a smoky quartz that's got
water inclusion. So that one on the
tip there... you can see that white blob on the tip there.... that's the water inclusion
or enhydro
so I would just glue this
on top of this part, so I think that would look better in my display cabinet
this one is a good example of how the crystals
grew on top of the crystal. If I turn this over
in the bottom, those are green quartz
all through it and
more crystals grew on top
so I'm going to leave this one as a specimen as well
a lot of times when prospecting for crystals you will find pieces that's
already
quite large like this one. If the crystal point
are perfect, then I would just wash these
and put it in the display cabinet but in this case, the crystal points already
been damage. So every single one, as you can see
has been damaged. So with big pieces like these, I would tend
to cut this across... extracting
every single piece of crystal and the big ones
I would polish them up, because it's really difficult to polish this
while still intact. So you won't get a flat surface
like this one here. So with this one
I will still leave this intact the way it is, because although
the tips or the points are damage, I would still be able to polish this.
I just don't know how to show this to you. So say that face there...
as you can see on the side, if i turn it around
you can see that has a flat surface where in
just have to turn this on the edge here... Where in
I could spare this part of the crystal
from being grinded. So if
as you can see that.... So I can put this at the edge
of my flat lap(machine)and polish it
and also that side.... As you can see
So pieces like these, I'm not going to
cut them or separate them. I will leave this one as is as well. So that in the
future, I could just polish this
and still have the points on the crystal surface
Now I'm gonna cut this big piece that I don't really like
but once I cut these, I'd be able to extract the big crystal and polish them.
then I would like them much better.
Now I've cut around the crystal, and there's still a little bit on the center
thats hanging on. So now I'm gonna get my tile snip and
just tap this.....(tap, tap, tap) Just gently...
as you can see..... Now I only got a tiny bit to cut off
So now.... The next step is...
I'll see if I can split them up using a tile snip by just hitting it a little bit
(tap, tap, tap...)......Oppss... There you go!
so now I'm able to extract the big crystal.
Those ones ended up with a cluster... But I'm still able to split that up.
so as I polished this, I will leave the shaft
and that way I've got something to hold on to it when I'm
polishing and grinding this. Now I got another big piece here...
and those ones, I just put it in another container here
and I'm gonna continue hitting this
and I would also advise if you doing this
unless you got really thick calluses
or skin like I do I suggest where gloves
because the crystal fractures are quite sharp
like a needle
so really really sharp. So be careful because you can cut yourself.
Again, gonna hit it....... See how it just crumbles up.
coz I'm after that big crystal here and the small ones
are hanging on. So I'm just gonna snip it.
Two, small ones
There's still another couple here hanging on...
to the big crystal...
There you go. And there's still another one on the side that's just fallen off...
so now I got a bigger piece, that looks like a lollipop
that I can actually polish and
lots of really pointy crystals...
and then that one, snip it off...
So now I got a few large crystals that
I can polish I will show you the future how to polish
crystal faces...... Now this one
is also another example. It's got big crystals
or clusters of crystals. And the points
are also damage .But because of the way it's formed
it is quite attractive to just leave it as the is
for display specimen. Now this ones are clusters
of crystals, which most points are damage
this one I might polish later on. because it's got a nice
clear crystal in the corner here which although it's got a bit of
damage there, I can still polish
the points or the face on this side
like this piece here so i've polish
1234 sides or facets
or face of the crystal and I think that looks much better compared to how it was
when we found it
and this ones are all tumbled up pieces
so there's no definite point on them
and this is ones is similar to them
and I just grinded each
facet or crystal face and polished it
but this ones I would definitely split this up
open to see what crystals I can get out of it
and also that one because I can see a lot of clear
crystals on these which are all or the points being damage
Now this piece, I'm going to cut off on the edge
of the matrix because I want to extract the crystals
but I'm just studying it first up... Because
looks like this a crack here that goes around through there so I might be able
to just snip this off
with my tile snip
just grabbing the edge of the crystal. Ooops...
Excellent! So now i can see
the compacted sand stone where it's sitting on or where it grew on
so now that one, still quite cute
the way it is, but I might just leave that as a little specimen
and I'm gonna work on this one because I'm really after this big crystal here
and to see what else is hidden inside them
So now I'm gonna cut it off.
The matrix is really soft because it's just compacted sandstone where the
crystal
formed... and so now I'm gonna use my snip
My tile snip.
So as you can see, That's got Iron stain inside, all through it.
So now, while I got the camera setup here....Might as well show you how I'm gonna snip this off
and see what I can get...
They're quite soft and they're just crumbling...
So now the big piece, has got a tiny little broken
crystal on the side and it's got calcification
on the top. And there's actrually druzy on the top of that...
So now, if I just
polished the three faces then I would have something
that I can use for making into jewelry
or a pendant. All the other little pieces as well
even that would actually come out
beautiful as a pendant so just wire wrap it.
And you still you got the nice point.
And this one would actually make into
a nice pendant.... So out of that one piece
I've got a few pieces that I could turn into
jewelries. Probably that other one as well
and this one's, you can see it's got both sides
so as that one........ So this one
I found this as is and did not do anything to it
apart from cleaning it. And this one I grinded the edges.
and I might still cut this on the sides here to make it into a pendant so that
way, it will sit flush
on the chest... To make into a beautiful pendant
So now, I'll just have to grind the back
and smoothen it, but at least now that would sit nicely as a pendant.
These ones here I already grinded and polish them
like this one. This piece in particular
is double sided. So this will make
a beautiful double sided pendant. This one
I've cut it from the matrix...
and this one's are little fragments or little chips.
so there's a couple of crystals in them
I didn't have to do anything to it because it just broken off from the matrix.
So all I did was just wash and clean it.
Again, more examples of the ones I have done...
and this one is also a double sided...
And there's also tiny crystals in the bottom here....
That one, grinded and polished...
Again...Another,
piece that broken off which I didn't have to do anything to
this one is actually an agate egg.
Which I cut in half and you can see some Druzy crystals inside...
and pieces like this... This is the mooralla crystals, which when cut in half,
There's a lot of druzy crystals inside that one there. But it's got that orange dirt...
That's still on them. But this one I'm able to clean much better...
So now, with this little piece here, that's got the protruding crystals on the edge,
I'm gonna need to cut around and grind off.
And also, I've got another piece like
the same Mooralla crystal or Mooralla geode,
but this one has got a big crystal right in the center
and all the druzy around it. Even the bigger crystal there
it looks quite nice so what I want to do is take off
all of these on the edges and so that way I'll just be left with the center
clusters of crystals.
And I've also cut off or trim off the back. Trimming it is much easier and quicker than
grinding it off so I like to trim off everything as much as I can
So now I'll be much quicker to grind it off.
So now this one, I'll show you what it looks like after I cut it off,
or maybe after I grinded the edges.
So now after grinding
See, that looks like an eye.
And the other one with a protruding crystal
and the back of it...Beautiful orange Rhyolite...
another agate...
with amethyst druzy. It's more of a geode with small cavity inside.
And this one, another piece of agate and it's got druzy quartz inside...
And this pieces here...
Are as I've found them. I've only wash them...
Now this piece is quite large, but it will make a beautiful pendant...
and from the side you can see it's quite thick. What I want to do is cut straight
across here
and grind that off. Now up the top here, there's a bit of fracture line so what I'm gonna do
I'm just gonna snip this off
with my tile snip...
still got a bit of druzy in it. Which means I can just grind the back off.
And this one now...If it sits that way just grind of the white part in the corner here,
So cut it off from the back
and that will turn out to be a nice big pendant
Now I've cut off the back and as you can see...
that's still quite thick but I can grind that off
and make it thinner....But this side of it
I'm gonna Trim off and make it sit this way
so which means I have to cut a little off the back here to make it sit
sort of that way...With that point there...
so now after trimming it off...
now that's ready to be grinded.
When your grinding some stones...
never ever grind it on one spot...Always keep it moving...
That way, you don't wear out your wheels...
Now, after grinding and polishing
You can see that is actually a beautiful piece...
So even when it sits on your chest...
from the side there the white and dark matrix
actually gives it a bit more character. That will make into a beautiful pendant...
Now this 3 pieces of crystals are quite large... As you can see that one..
I think it use to have calcifications on the top. Or it might even be druzy,
crystals growing on top but over time
it has been tumbled up
therefore losing a lot of the druzy crystals that
grew on top of this large smoky quartz crystals
so this one I would leave it as is and not do anything to it because that's a
good example
of how you find it in nature
as natural... Also this one's even this one hasgot
a damaged tip coz it came from
an old timers mullock heap.
They were looking for Tin and did not bother with the crystals...
So they threw them all away and we found them through their heap...
and also that one... this ones actually quite
sharp. The points of it. It has a little bit of knock in the corner
but I'm still gonna leave that as is...Coz when you display that, you're only seeing that part of it.
Since it's at the back, it's still worth saving it
and not doing anything to it.
So that's actually like a gradual
transition of how the crystals get tumbled up...
so probably another piece in the front here
of a really sharp crystal would be great.
And to that, show how it gradually transform. So when I display this
I display them as like that and I have to find another
clear crystal that's elongated to go in the front of it
maybe a smaller one.So that just showed a different stages of crystal weathering...
now this piece here, is quite large
and as you can see it's all tumbled up.
There's no definite point on the surface,
So it's all tumbled up. So as you can see the point as well is all stubby and rounded off
and now if I put a light through this one, you can see how clear it is...
now some people would probably just cut this up and
turn it into it a small pieces of crystal and facet it. Or I could actually cut this one up
and facet it and turn it into a big faceted crystal
but I'm not gonna do that. What I'm going to do with this one
You can see, even the tip of it
is very very very transparent once
I polish the surface of this, then
this would be a really really good specimen
for my display cabinet...
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