Rough Rocks

Here we show what rough rocks we have

Small Rough Rock Slabs

Small Rough Rock Slabs

Due to the size of our rock saw which has a blade diameter of 200mm or 8 inches we can’t cut very large rough rock slabs. Then take into account the vice on the saw  and the size of the slabs reduces by about another 10mm or so. Even though using the vice decreases the […]

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Green – Blue Fluorite

Green – Blue Fluorite from Mexico is available to buy from our Rough Rock Shop. Here you can see a small piece of green – blue Fluorite rough which has been polished on our diamond polishing wheels. The purpose of this video is to show the high level of polish that can be achieved on […]

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Calligraphy Jasper Rough for Tumbling

Calligraphy Jasper Tumbling Rough

Rough Calligraphy Jasper for tumbling is available to buy in our Rough Rock Shop in 100 gram packs. Calligraphy Jasper has a hardness rating of 7 on the MOHS scale. I put one polished face on a piece of Calligraphy Jasper to give you an idea of how well it polishes. Have a look in […]

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New Rough Rock Stock

Two new additions to our rough for tumbling stocks have been added today, they are: Calligraphy Jasper and Cobra Agate More information: Calligraphy Jasper Cobra Agate

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Rough Rock Shop August 2015 Update

Hi, this last week has been quite busy for us with the Rough Rock Shop! We have a few changes in the Rough for Tumbling section: Additions: Green Aventurine Red Aventurine Yellow Jasper   Extra Shipping Option: We have introduced an additional Shipping option that offers very favourable rates to destinations in Europe. This will […]

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Thunder Bay Amethyst Radio Interview

I can’t believe that I haven’t shared this so far. The day we launched our http://www.thunderbaycrystals.co.uk web site, Shalini tweeted about it. The very next morning there was a call from CBC Thunder Bay asking if we would be willing to do a radio interview with them, of course we would. So the next day, […]

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Thunder Bay Crystals Shop Goes Live

We are proud to announce that our latest on line shop, catering solely to a range of minerals and crystals from Thunder Bay, Canada has now gone live. At this time there is a quantity of Chevron Amethyst available which you might also know as being called Auralite 23. It’s available in all shapes and […]

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The Rough Rock Shop goes Responsive

The Rough Rock Shop now on Mobile and Tablet The brains of our outfit, Shalini has just spent the last week rebuilding the Rough Rock Shop into a responsive site, this means that it is now much easier to use on a Mobile Phone or Tablet and of course it still works on your desktop […]

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Thnder Bay Chevron Amethyst, also known as Aurarlite or Aurarlite 23

Thunder Bay Chevron Amethyst

Thunder Bay Chevron Amethyst, also known as Auralite   A while back a friend of our who is a Crystal Healer asked us if we could source some Chevron Amethyst from the Thunder Bay area of Canada, in fact he called it Aurarlite, I said sure, but I must admit at that time I didn’t […]

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