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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 26, 2015 16:26:57 GMT -5
Been meaning to get a pic of this rough posted for some time now.
I had picked up a roughly 2" X 4" slab of this at an estate sale a couple years ago.
Last September, I went to a free rock sale, held by the daughter of the guy that the previous estate sale was for. Make sense? She wanted to thin out the collection of rocks in her back yard, be able to use her back yard again. These were collected over the years, probably most, but not all, from California and other nearby states.
At the "free rock pick."
A pretty good haul.
Somewhere in this load, was this rock here.
What do you think? Same stuff?
Since I've never seen rough of Howardite before, and actually only one slab of it, I wondered if this could be a chunk? Kinda looks like it? Don't even know where it is found. But makes sense that the father and daughter would both have some of it.
Any help appreciated. Jean
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 26, 2015 18:22:17 GMT -5
Hmmm, Don't think it's Howardite. Got to admit though that, Howardite being quite rare, I've only seen a couple of hunks that looked just like your slab, so there might be varieties I've not seen that look like your rough example. Your example looks almost Lavic jaspery to me but whatever it is, it's very pretty.....Mel
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2015 18:58:57 GMT -5
Looks very close to howardite/rattlesnake jasper I have. However, there's been a recent find somewhere in Nevada of a very similar material that's being sold as 'baskinite' and it could be that too.
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 26, 2015 22:23:22 GMT -5
Whatever it is,it's a beauty Jean......
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 26, 2015 22:49:03 GMT -5
Looked up baskinite and it does look similar. Also found a site with a bunch of Howardite pics and now I'm leaning that way for your rough too. Howardite seems much more variable than I thought and your picture is not all that far off some of the pics shown.....Mel
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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 27, 2015 1:33:56 GMT -5
Thank you, Mel and R2D. I know the slab is howardite, the rough picked up later looked similar to me. Baskinite? I'd never heard of it. As mentioned, I don't know where this was collected from, but safe to say it was collected a while back. Sixties or seventies? Anyway not a recent find, it was an old collection.
I also looked up baskinite, the images I saw did not look like this one.
Thanks, Mike, it sure is a beauty. Very fracture free as well. But probably won't be slabbing it. Could make a good sized sphere maybe?? Just kidding, will probably set it aside as a specimen and look at it.
Thanks again for your help!
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 27, 2015 8:58:00 GMT -5
Yeah, I agree. he baskinite had very similar patterns/formations but I could find no pictures that had colors as bright as Howardite. Your rough appears to share a very similar color scheme with Howardite and the patterns were not that far off some of the pics I found.....Mel
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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 27, 2015 10:06:51 GMT -5
Thanks again, Mel. I had seen the similarities in the colors (yellows and pinks), as well as the rod-like pink/blue structures. Wasn't sure how it would look with a flat or polished face.
If we assume the rough is howardite, I should probably not cut it, right?
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 27, 2015 11:03:40 GMT -5
You know, what I usually do with a rare or interesting specimen, is take a slab or two off, in case I want to make a cab, and leave the heel as a specimen. That way you have the best of both worlds and can display the rough alongside a finished cab in your showcase if you like.....Mel
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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 27, 2015 11:24:26 GMT -5
That's a good idea. Taking a slab will need to wait until I get bigger, better-cutting saw. By the time that happens, it will be even rarer more rare.
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Post by jakesrocks on Feb 27, 2015 13:06:06 GMT -5
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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 27, 2015 13:28:49 GMT -5
Thanks, Don. Think I'll do just that! Will put it with my chunk of peanut obsidian, and a few other things. The dust they will gather won'yt hurt them, right?
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Post by jakesrocks on Feb 27, 2015 13:43:46 GMT -5
Thanks, Don. Think I'll do just that! Will put it with my chunk of peanut obsidian, and a few other things. The dust they will gather won'yt hurt them, right? LOL, the dust may even protect them from the elements. Just don't loose them under the dust. I've got a small chunk of that peanut obsidian hidden away too. It's still available, but getting harder to find all the time. Guess you could try convincing your non rock friends & family that your hidden rare rocks are your 401K.
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Post by jakesrocks on Feb 27, 2015 14:32:52 GMT -5
From time to time I pick up a piece of material from some long closed dig site. I tape an ID label to it, wrap it real good, and it goes in a milk crate along with other rare or hard to find material. None of it gets cut. One of these days when I'm too feeble to work with rocks, I'll drag the stuff out and list it on ebay with a high reserve on each piece. There's my 401K. Most of my IRA went towards buying my hot rod, which should at the very least hold its value, and as some of the vintage parts get harder to find could very well go up in value.
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Post by Tommy on Mar 1, 2015 9:59:06 GMT -5
Nice find Jean. I think that fell out of my pocket at Tony's bbq - I'll be wanting it back please. I had never heard of howardite until I stumbled on this thread so I've been doing some googling and found this cabochon that looks dead-on like your side view of the rough.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 1, 2015 10:03:59 GMT -5
Thanks for the link, Tommy. I've seen a few cabs for sale, but all have already been sold. Wonder how much they got for them?
Didja ever cut that cobble from Potholes? Still curious about that...
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Post by Tommy on Mar 2, 2015 9:32:18 GMT -5
Thanks for the link, Tommy. I've seen a few cabs for sale, but all have already been sold. Wonder how much they got for them? Didja ever cut that cobble from Potholes? Still curious about that... Not yet but I did work on it - got the end shaved flat for blade contact and glued it to a board.
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Post by Tommy on Mar 2, 2015 15:46:10 GMT -5
Wonder how much they got for them? I figured out that even though the piece is sold if you click to add it to your cart it will show you the price haha. That one sold for $72 presumably.
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 2, 2015 18:12:16 GMT -5
Hey Jean, I bought a few slabs of the baskinite. Yours don't look anything like it to me. Just throwing that in. I'm voting for howardite. It'll look nice with that peanut obsidian.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 8, 2015 21:58:53 GMT -5
Thanks, Chris. The rough could very well be something as mundane as Lavic (but some NICE Lavic, nonetheless). I only guessed Howardite because the colors, pattern and hardness are all about the same as the marked slab. Since it's the only slab I've seen, and I've never seen any rough, well, just thought it could be a possibility. And it also came from an estate sale (where all the neat goodies come from!), from someone that had collected all over the southwest many years ago.
Your pile of Howardite in Las Vegas sounds intriguing. Can you post some pics?
And welcome to the forum! Jean
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