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Post by gingerkid on Apr 14, 2012 2:13:56 GMT -5
Wanted to share a pic of a polished Deschutes slab (along with some reflection, lol) that I received for cabbing some materials for a good friend with y'all. Here's a zoomed in shot of it: Thanks for looking!!
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Post by helens on Apr 14, 2012 2:25:12 GMT -5
That's a beauty!!! I LOVE picture rocks!!!
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 14, 2012 2:39:50 GMT -5
Thank you, Helen!! I have a couple of other picture slabs, such as Vistiate, that I received for the trade that I'll post later. The sand man is coming around the bend.
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Post by roy on Apr 14, 2012 10:07:15 GMT -5
thats blue biggs jasper !
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Post by Pat on Apr 14, 2012 10:58:00 GMT -5
Looks like storms a-coming! Biggs has always been a favorite for the scenes.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 14, 2012 11:59:51 GMT -5
Hi, y'all! Now y'all have me wondering.... LOL!
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 14, 2012 12:04:40 GMT -5
Looks like storms a-coming! Biggs has always been a favorite for the scenes. Thank You, Pat!! ;D I really like the scenery on the slab, and it does look like a storm a coming.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 14, 2012 15:05:35 GMT -5
Shew, found out that the slab is Deschutes and not Blue Biggs. The slab came from the heir of the mine owner (Mr. Hoot's daughter, Ms. Judy), although I would not mind at all if it were Blue Biggs. ;D From what I understand from my friend that lives in Bend, the Biggs from the late 60's and 70's were often mistaken for Deschutes, and vice versa. Deschutes is more silicified and/or harder than Biggs, and is also more intricately tightly layered, and the coloring and rinds also differ slightly.
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Post by roy on Apr 15, 2012 11:06:54 GMT -5
your right i sould have looked at the bands not the blueish billows on top the bands on biggs are farther apart! but then again i have never seen those kind of billows on deschutes either !
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 15, 2012 13:57:25 GMT -5
Hi, Roy, no worries. You also mentioned another way to differentiate Deschutes and Biggs that I didn't know; that the banding seen in Biggs is further apart. I noticed you live in Oregon. Imagine I could get myself into a lot of trouble in Oregon when it comes to rocks. I love the materials that come from Oregon. I asked my friend to make sure that it was a Deschutes slab, and he said Ms. Judy, Mr. Hoot Elkin's daughter, might pop in on the forum. ;D She's "Rock Royalty!!" ;D ;D
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Post by Woodyrock on Apr 15, 2012 23:44:21 GMT -5
For those that truely love Deschute jasper, the time is now for getting the best from Judy Elkins, of Elkins Rock Shop in Prineville, Oregon. Judy will be closing the shop at the end of this year. Judy still has the creme of the Deschutes material on hand. Woody
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2012 13:42:16 GMT -5
Yep, best time to get there would be during the Prineville Rock Pow Wow June 21-24 (and hit 'em both). She still has lots of treasures in the huge piles of 10-cent and 25-cent per pound material. Plus still quite a selection of various woods, Maury Mt., Stinkingwater, eggs, Rocky Butte, northwest obsidians, jewelry, mineral specimens, etc. If I had a front-end loader and dump-bed, I'd take a whole pile. It'll go fast.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 18, 2012 2:56:42 GMT -5
;D Hi, R2D!! Very glad to see you joined the forum!!! Sure wish I could go to Ms. Judy's store; I'd be the person driving the dump truck and filling it slam full of Oregon beauties (rocks!! ) !!
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Post by xXxAlisha91xXx on Apr 18, 2012 14:14:49 GMT -5
Wow, those are pretty. I really like all of the patterns on it...
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