Polychrome Jasper Tumbling Rough

Selected and prepared for making tumbled stones in a rock tumbler.

This photo shows a two-pound sample of our Polychrome Jasper tumbling rough from Madagascar. The pieces of this rough range between 3/4 inch and 2 1/4 inch, measured across their maximum dimension. They were photographed wet to show their potential polished color. Please click the photo to get a closer view.

Adam Rittenhouse of our staff tumbled a couple pounds of this Polychrome Jasper tumbling rough. A selection of his tumbled stones are shown in the photo above. Look how Adam's careful work changed the rough (similar to what you see in the top photo) into the nicely shaped, highly polished stones in the bottom photo. We don't sell a product and call it "tumbling rough" unless we can make nice tumbled stones from it and give you detailed instructions that will enable you to be successful.

Polychrome Jasper Tumbling Rough

Size:

Mostly 3/4 inch to 2 1/4 inch pieces

What is Polychrome Jasper?

Polychrome Jasper receives its name from its colorful appearance. The name "polychrome" means "many colors". You can see in the photos above that earthy hues of red, brown, yellow, gray, and cream are dominant in this material. Rock from this mine is also sold as Desert Jasper because the rock matches the hues of the desert landscape where it is found.

The Polychrome Jasper being sold here is from the original and best-known source -- mines in Madagascar, the large island off the southeastern coast of Africa. Colorful jaspers are found in many parts of the world, and some retailers have used the word "polychrome" to market rocks from other sources.

Tumbling instructions for Polychrome Jasper

How to Tumble Polychrome (Desert) Jasper

This Polychrome Jasper can easily be tumbled into beautiful tumbled stones. Just click the link below to learn how Adam used a small rotary rock tumbler (Thumler's A-R1s and A-R2s) to produce the wonderful tumbled stones shown above.

Tumbling instructions for Polychrome Jasper

Large Ceramic Media

Large ceramic pellets work great as a filler and for delivering grit or polish to difficult-to-reach surfaces. More information...

Small Ceramic Media

Small ceramic pellets work great when you need small material for better tumbling action or to deliver grit or polish to difficult-to-reach surfaces. More information...

Standard Grit Kit

1 pound of each: coarse, medium and fine grit. 8 ounces of TXP polish. This is enough supplies to tumble up to four three-pound barrels of rocks. Save money with a large grit kit.