itsandbits
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Post by itsandbits on Sept 23, 2012 23:10:54 GMT -5
I found this one day this summer and I don't even remember where but local to me within 100km. It was a kind of nondiscript pebble but I thought it had something but just threw it in the bucket and only found it this weekend when I was exploring the smalls pile. Thought I'd give it a quick shot and this is what showed up. There is the residue of two islands that used to be off the coast of California piled up in our mountains here but allso a lot of upthrust from the tectonic plates colliding and so could be from that too if some ocean bed got pushed up. That's if it isn't something else. size is about 1 inch long Thanks for looking Lloyd Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2012 14:04:27 GMT -5
OJ or Ocean Jasper is the common name given to a form of poppy jasper found in Madagascar. So, that is not very likely.
I am told by an agate scientist that the poppy jaspers are found when three seismic faults connect. This certainly looks like one of those.
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Post by gingerkid on Sept 24, 2012 14:53:51 GMT -5
Nice find, Lloyd!! Love the orbs in it!!
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itsandbits
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Post by itsandbits on Sept 24, 2012 14:55:06 GMT -5
thanks, now that I know the name to look for I see what you mean. They are or seem to be named after the area or something about where they are found. Considering that this may be the only one found here, I may have to come up with a good one ;D
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Sept 25, 2012 6:47:51 GMT -5
Pretty awesome looking rock!
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