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Post by deb193redux on Jul 8, 2012 17:55:19 GMT -5
I've had this chunk fo green rock for about 7 years now. Moved it twice. Finally cut it. Got 5 nice slabs and some endcut. Already traded away one slab, but here is the rest: It cut easy, and gave the oil a kind of lt green-gray cloudy look. It might be slightly softer than jasper, but it is hard stuff. Possibly it is a jasper - just never seen this color and pattern before. I really like the dark gren breccia inside of even darker green stripe. It is all solid with no pitts or cracks. I will need to cut fairly large shapes to make best use of the pattern. I may set this aside and think a while before i trim - but not as long as I took to slab it. LOL. I do have some rock that I've had a little longer, but not much. I started building the rockpile in 2000-2001. Before that just a few slabs and preforms. Anyway, if anyone has a good ID, I'm all ears.
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deedolce
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Post by deedolce on Jul 8, 2012 17:58:35 GMT -5
No clue, but what a striking pattern! I'm curious too...
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Don
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Post by Don on Jul 8, 2012 18:06:58 GMT -5
the colors are spot on for kababa jasper, but the pattern is off.
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Post by deb193redux on Jul 8, 2012 18:34:02 GMT -5
The Kamamba has more of a black - or at least an even darker green. Also, the lt green usually has tiny grains in it and has a yellowish cast. Still, this could be from that area, except I got it from a small ebay seller I have not seen in years and he only did local things. It also sheds water a little different from Kabamba - dries a bit faster.
This did have a tag with a number code on it, and I got the impression it had come out of an old collection.
I bought it for the dot in the lt green, and thought the dark green was black. For a few years I was very keen to buy agate or jasper that had a bold black in the pattern. I did not even realize it was really dark green until I cleaned off the cutting oil.
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itsandbits
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 8, 2012 21:43:20 GMT -5
reminds me a lot of this material I find around here which is 5-6mohs also but works like butter and takes a fantastic shine. I call it a jasper but? Attachments:
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Post by Pat on Jul 8, 2012 21:49:46 GMT -5
I'd like to know what that is, too. Cool pattern.
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Post by deb193redux on Jul 8, 2012 21:53:09 GMT -5
reminds me a lot of this material I find around here which is 5-6mohs also but works like butter and takes a fantastic shine. I call it a jasper but? yes. it looks like a match. where do you find it?
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Post by tandl on Jul 9, 2012 13:02:13 GMT -5
Daniel - If Yours would have been softer i would say ricolite serpentine . But i say green schist -greenschist properly , itsandbits - by your description, i say the same . Both are beautiful, greenschist aint no shit . coin, happen to be cutting some i found last week at this very moment , will post later
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Post by digdug on Jul 9, 2012 13:07:01 GMT -5
itsbit is finding it in BC. I have a couple of them also i cant wait to get on the lap.
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Post by NatureNut on Jul 9, 2012 13:07:46 GMT -5
I just received the trade slab from Daniel and just had the opportunity to cut it and am now cabbing it. It cuts like Kambaba, real firm. From seeing the patterns up close, it reminds me of a stromatolite. Just my input. Jo
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Post by deb193redux on Jul 9, 2012 13:09:42 GMT -5
it looks more like the ricolite serpentine, but not as banded. In looking at images for greenshist online, I don't think the visual match is a good.
I will do some more formal hardness tests and report back.
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Post by digdug on Jul 9, 2012 13:21:14 GMT -5
Great! looking forward to seeing your cab.
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Post by tandl on Jul 9, 2012 13:41:19 GMT -5
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riverbendlapidary
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Post by riverbendlapidary on Jul 9, 2012 14:20:34 GMT -5
epidote?
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Post by deb193redux on Jul 9, 2012 17:11:46 GMT -5
that one slab does look right
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