realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on May 24, 2023 21:05:06 GMT -5
In another thread we got to talking about black bruneau jasper. So just a lil while ago I decided to go out and dig through a couple buckets and crates of Bruneau I knew were laying around. Managed to find a mix of some stuff. Green and black. I did find quite a few nodules of the black, But i'll have to cut them to see if they have orbs. Here was a few I pulled out that were showing signs.  This one is more of a green  Getting close to the black  Black with a smidge of green  |
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Post by dillonf on May 24, 2023 21:39:05 GMT -5
Nice!!
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Post by hypodactylus on May 24, 2023 23:25:57 GMT -5
🎶 We don't talk about Bruno.... 🎶
Sorry, I couldn't help myself (Yes, I have kids) 🙂
Nice rocks though! I didn't realize Bruneau Jasper came in other colors. Thanks for sharing the photos!
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on May 24, 2023 23:33:07 GMT -5
🎶 We don't talk about Bruno.... 🎶 Sorry, I couldn't help myself (Yes, I have kids) 🙂 Nice rocks though! I didn't realize Bruneau Jasper came in other colors. Thanks for sharing the photos! I should’ve grabbed a couple other nodules out there, because apparently it comes in red too. First I ever seen or heard of red. Bruneau was written on it and it was in the bruneau crate. |
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Post by Starguy on May 25, 2023 0:44:30 GMT -5
🎶 We don't talk about Bruno.... 🎶 Sorry, I couldn't help myself (Yes, I have kids) 🙂 Nice rocks though! I didn't realize Bruneau Jasper came in other colors. Thanks for sharing the photos! I should’ve grabbed a couple other nodules out there, because apparently it comes in red too. First I ever seen or heard of red. Bruneau was written on it and it was in the bruneau crate. Goodness! Those are amazing. They’re a pain to saw but that makes the results even more satisfying. I don’t think anything polishes better. Thanks for showing. It’s eerily quiet on the forum. I wonder why. |
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Post by jasoninsd on May 25, 2023 8:08:27 GMT -5
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Post by hummingbirdstones on May 25, 2023 9:56:19 GMT -5
realrockhound I don't believe I've ever seen red Bruno. Please posts a pic so I can drool like Jason.  Those are some awesome pieces you posted!
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on May 25, 2023 10:07:03 GMT -5
realrockhound I don't believe I've ever seen red Bruno. Please posts a pic so I can drool like Jason. Those are some awesome pieces you posted! I’ll go pull them out tonight when I’m off work. I’m still not convinced they are bruneau, even though one had bruneau written on it (my grandpa wrote on everything 😂). However… if I remember correctly, they have the same host on them and the jasper texture is the same as bruneau. But they are an actual red, not that brown red I’ve seen. Didn’t see any orbs, but once cut open, who knows. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on May 25, 2023 10:08:57 GMT -5
realrockhound I don't believe I've ever seen red Bruno. Please posts a pic so I can drool like Jason. Those are some awesome pieces you posted! I’ll go pull them out tonight when I’m off work. I’m still not convinced they are bruneau, even though one had bruneau written on it (my grandpa wrote on everything 😂). However… if I remember correctly, they have the same host on them and the jasper texture is the same as bruneau. But they are an actual red, not that brown red I’ve seen. Didn’t see any orbs, but once cut open, who knows. Thank your grandpa for writing on everything. It's a total PITA to have rocks that you can't remember what the heck they are or where they came from. Looking forward to seeing the red ones! |
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Post by Rockoonz on May 25, 2023 10:16:24 GMT -5
Yeah, red.
Show us red.
In my collection, probably quite small compared to yours but with a few nice ones, I notice the mid and deeper browns have a pretty wide range of the spectrum between green and red in the brown part of it, would have loved to see the geology out there and guessed what all that came from.
As an aside, for a social meeting at the club in Portland they played the BLM produced video on the claim. When they got to the part where they said the claim owners had "voluntarily" reclaimed and returned the claim the room literally erupted. Other than that the video was pretty good, might be on youtube.
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Post by Rockoonz on May 25, 2023 10:24:07 GMT -5
I have a Jakes Place Morrisonite nodule chunk somewhere that I thought was Bruneau when I was bidding against Tim Fisher to get it, there were 3, he got 2 and he made me pay to get it for sure, at least in 10 years ago rock dollars. Colors in it were definitely a lot less muddy, and without him there to tell me mine would be labeled as Bruneau.
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on May 25, 2023 10:26:24 GMT -5
Yeah, red. Show us red. In my collection, probably quite small compared to yours but with a few nice ones, I notice the mid and deeper browns have a pretty wide range of the spectrum between green and red in the brown part of it, would have loved to see the geology out there and guessed what all that came from. As an aside, for a social meeting at the club in Portland they played the BLM produced video on the claim. When they got to the part where they said the claim owners had "voluntarily" reclaimed and returned the claim the room literally erupted. Other than that the video was pretty good, might be on youtube. There is a whole documentary on bruneau I’ve watched with gene anthis, one of the main miners and claim owners. Shows how he mined it as well. Here’s the link. |
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Post by realrockhound on May 25, 2023 10:30:55 GMT -5
Oh…. In one of the buckets, I also found a nice chunk of black batcave that had black orbs in it too. I need to cut and polish it to get the orbs to show. So I’ll post that at some point too.
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Post by Starguy on May 25, 2023 14:19:02 GMT -5
realrockhoundThanks for posting the video. The display of Bruneau in there is impressive. Being from Idaho, Bruneau has been a favorite of mine for a long time.
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Post by realrockhound on May 25, 2023 14:21:31 GMT -5
realrockhoundThanks for posting the video. The display of Bruneau in there is impressive. Being from Idaho, Bruneau has been a favorite of mine for a long time. I love Idaho. I used to live in eagle outside of Boise, then up in new meadows just down the canyon from McCall |
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Post by Starguy on May 25, 2023 14:39:13 GMT -5
We’re east of Coeur d’Alene. I got in a lot of garnet digging in my younger days.
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Post by realrockhound on May 25, 2023 19:15:42 GMT -5
Heres one of the two nodules of red that was in one of the crates. One of the two had bruneau written on it. Doesn't look like bruneau to me but it does have that same grey host on it. Shown wet  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on May 25, 2023 22:45:21 GMT -5
Dayam! Have you tried rubbing on it on your wheels? I'm wondering if that red is as tough to grind as the orange, green and black. If it is, I'd call it Bruneau. Beautiful red color, too. That's definitely a keeper forever.  |
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Post by realrockhound on May 25, 2023 23:06:13 GMT -5
Dayam! Have you tried rubbing on it on your wheels? I'm wondering if that red is as tough to grind as the orange, green and black. It it is, I'd call it Bruneau. Beautiful red color, too. That's definitely a keeper forever. I’ll cut it and report back |
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Post by Starguy on May 26, 2023 0:16:32 GMT -5
Looking forward to what you find.
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