Slapton Sands, Part Six: The Beach Stones Polished

The 59 stones from Slapton Sands were put through the usual five-week cycle of tumble smoothing and polishing – one week each of tumbling with 100 grit, then 220 grit, then 320 grit, then a tin oxide pre-polish, then a tin oxide pro-polish:

Comparing some of the polished stones with what they looked like “in the rough”:

See also the following Tumblestone Posts: Slapton Sands, Part One: A Visit, Mid-2016; Slapton Sands, Part Two: The Protective Significance of the Shingle Beach; Slapton Sands, Part Three: The Historical Significance of a Shingle Beach – The 1943-44 Evacuation; Slapton Sands, Part Four: The Tragedy of “Exercise Tiger”; Slapton Sands, Part Five: Beach Stones in the Rough.

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