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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 22, 2019 17:14:31 GMT -5
What is the difference? I have never seen a pastelite cab for sale... at least, I don't remember one. They must be commonly called something else. Maybe, jasper?
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 22, 2019 17:34:35 GMT -5
Yes, it is a jasper. www.mindat.org/min-27170.htmlThat is why I was surprised when I had a couple of people refer to the slabs I sent you as pastelite since it is a mix of purple agate holding the whitish inclusions together. This is an example of what I would think is pastelite from Burro Creek. 20190318_013659 by James Sloane, on Flickr
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 22, 2019 17:44:32 GMT -5
Yes, it is a jasper. www.mindat.org/min-27170.htmlThat is why I was surprised when I had a couple of people refer to the slabs I sent you as pastelite since it is a mix of purple agate holding the whitish inclusions together. This is an example of what I would think is pastelite from Burro Creek. 20190318_013659 by James Sloane, on Flickr OK, thanks. I get it. Yes, I have seen that material you posted as pastelite. But, I COULD call it a jasper.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 22, 2019 20:20:28 GMT -5
Or pastelite jasper since there are so many forms of jasper a more specific name helps differentiate it.
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Post by Tommy on Apr 22, 2019 21:03:41 GMT -5
I see a lot of selling confusion on the subject. I often see the brown/pink brecciated jasper that I love to work with so much being sold as 'pastelite.' It's almost as if it's from Burro Creek and it's not agate it gets called pastelite. I'm not much into mineral composition so I just keep bumping along calling this stuff jasper until someone takes a stand and proves it otherwise to me.
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 22, 2019 21:08:32 GMT -5
I see a lot of selling confusion on the subject. I often see the brown/pink brecciated jasper that I love to work with so much being sold as 'pastelite.' It's almost as if it's from Burro Creek and it's not agate it gets called pastelite. I'm not much into mineral composition so I just keep bumping along calling this stuff jasper until someone takes a stand and proves it otherwise to me. OMG! That second one is awesome! Haven't seen that before. Reminds me of some Clay Canyon variscite almost. Yeah, I think calling it jasper is fine since it is jasper. Just technically a pastelite jasper.
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Post by Tommy on Apr 22, 2019 21:27:55 GMT -5
This is the thread where I posted that photo - it's got photos all up and down both pages including this one of the base rock where that slab came from. I bought this at a garage sale lol Anyway, other than showing off I'm still making the point that I see this material being sold all the time on Facebook groups as pastelite.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 22, 2019 22:39:44 GMT -5
What is the difference? I have never seen a pastelite cab for sale... at least, I don't remember one. They must be commonly called something else. Maybe, jasper? I looked around and only found a couple of cabs listed as pastelite.
Looks like the term pastelite is mainly being used for rough and slabs and the cabs being listed as Burro Creek agate or Burro Creek jasper.
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Apr 23, 2019 9:44:23 GMT -5
Yeah, maybe some of the folks who've been doing this longer than I have can weigh in on the "Pastelite" name. It's been used for a long time, and it seems like one of those trade-name type deals used just to give a jasper from a certain area a catchier name.
As others have said here, pastelite is the name attached to any Burro Creek jasper that isn't primarily purple. Here's one we posted a while back from an old collection - identified as pastelite by the previous owner.
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