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Post by drocknut on Mar 6, 2023 15:42:50 GMT -5
realrockhound, are you sure you got the material in the bucket from the Luna agate location? The more I look at your photos the more I think what you could have is Jasperella since the claim was located in 2001 and was last active in 2020. I know some material from that claim was most likely sold in Quartzsite at some time. I don’t know where it exactly came from. If the mine was located in 2001, then I know for certain the material in the bucket was in there far before 2001. Most everything I obtained came from my grandpa. Where I pulled that bucket from, I remember all that stuff being stuffed away and buried when I was still very very young. I just know the mine was located in 2001 but it could have been a known rockhounding area from who knows when. I know I was told about it from a guy who had rockhounded the area and picked up material before it was a claim. It sure looks like the same material to me. Online there are a few references to Jasperella material from Arizona. The few references to Red Luna Agate seem to have a different look to them. What makes me think it's Jasperella is the green "rind" for lack of a better word on the outside of your pieces. Almost all the pieces (and there aren't a lot) that I have found or seen from that site had the green. It seems like Luna is more on the blue/purple or brown outside of the nodules. Just my take on it. |
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Mar 6, 2023 15:58:46 GMT -5
I don’t know where it exactly came from. If the mine was located in 2001, then I know for certain the material in the bucket was in there far before 2001. Most everything I obtained came from my grandpa. Where I pulled that bucket from, I remember all that stuff being stuffed away and buried when I was still very very young. I just know the mine was located in 2001 but it could have been a known rockhounding area from who knows when. I know I was told about it from a guy who had rockhounded the area and picked up material before it was a claim. It sure looks like the same material to me. Online there are a few references to Jasperella material from Arizona. The few references to Red Luna Agate seem to have a different look to them. What makes me think it's Jasperella is the green "rind" for lack of a better word on the outside of your pieces. Almost all the pieces (and there aren't a lot) that I have found or seen from that site had the green. It seems like Luna is more on the blue/purple or brown outside of the nodules. Just my take on it. I’m definitely not ruling out jasperella. It very well could be. I’d rather it be identified correctly than label it otherwise. So I appreciate your input on it. |
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Post by drocknut on Mar 7, 2023 15:01:39 GMT -5
I’m definitely not ruling out jasperella. It very well could be. I’d rather it be identified correctly than label it otherwise. So I appreciate your input on it. You're welcome. I'm with you about wanting things identified correctly. |
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