

Disappointed in my polished Petosky
My husband and I went to Petosky a month ago. We are new to hounding and tumbling. We didn’t see any obvious rocks. Another couple pointed out a few that had potential. When we got home we cut them open and found that one indeed looked like a Petosky.
I tumbled 1/2 in my tumbler through all the stages including 22000 micro alumina. The other I have begun handing polishing the other half. I wanted to see the difference in the results. I posted photos, one with them dry and one wet.
First, I was shocked at how much was lost in the first stage of tumbling. The two rocks in the photo are the two halves. Is that normal?
Second, the tumbled rock has gone through the entire process including 22000h grit micro alumina. It doesn’t look much better than the half I started hand polishing. Why?
I’m nervous now that I might ruin both halves.