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Post by tribeunited on Jun 19, 2024 20:22:03 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 19, 2024 20:28:41 GMT -5
printstone cherry creek outback blue mountain (very nice)
You have a bunch of really nice ones there. That rhodo and royal aztec are super!
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Post by Pat on Jun 19, 2024 20:29:18 GMT -5
What a lovely collection! I like all your presentations—- a real feast for the eyes!
I could name only one—- rhodochrosite.
PS: I generally avoid kitchen sinks!
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Post by jasoninsd on Jun 19, 2024 20:31:10 GMT -5
 *Had to chuckle at the "hounding" in the kitchen comment! LOL Those are all AMAZING specimen pieces!! I "think" Unknown 4 is Blue Mountain... |
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rockinrenn
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Post by rockinrenn on Jun 19, 2024 20:31:26 GMT -5
Indian Paint Stone is from Death Valley.
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Post by tribeunited on Jun 19, 2024 20:31:48 GMT -5
rockjunquie - you're rivaling realrockhound for speed ID's. You two should be in a contest! Thanks for the compliments lady! I've got other rhodochrosite that looks like pink eyes and some that are lacy looking, I like this bacon the best though. 
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ThomasT
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Post by ThomasT on Jun 19, 2024 20:33:19 GMT -5
Wow...! What a collection.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 19, 2024 20:33:52 GMT -5
rockjunquie - you're rivaling realrockhound for speed ID's. You two should be in a contest! Thanks for the compliments lady! I've got other rhodochrosite that looks like pink eyes and some that are lacy looking, I like this bacon the best though. The eyes are more valuable- depending on the quality. They are bull's eye stalagmite or stalactite, I can never remember which. |
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Post by tribeunited on Jun 19, 2024 20:36:20 GMT -5
Pat - If you avoid sinks, then my mine is Pat-Proof! Thank you for the compliments, always a pleasure when you chime in. rockinrenn - Thank you, that settles another question I had. jasoninsd - LOL *sink - a throwback to my, "I'm not lazy," post of yesteryear when you were MIA. That's where I find all of the best specimens! Thanks Jason!
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Post by jasoninsd on Jun 19, 2024 20:37:46 GMT -5
Pat - If you avoid sinks, then my mine is Pat-Proof! Thank you for the compliments, always a pleasure when you chime in. rockinrenn - Thank you, that settles another question I had. jasoninsd - LOL *sink - a throwback to my, "I'm not lazy," post of yesteryear when you were MIA. That's where I find all of the best specimens! Thanks Jason! Trying to play catch up on the forum now...I'll find it!! LOL |
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Post by tribeunited on Jun 19, 2024 20:37:49 GMT -5
ThomasT - It's a good haul today right??!! Treasures!
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ThomasT
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Post by ThomasT on Jun 19, 2024 20:50:43 GMT -5
ThomasT - It's a good haul today right??!! Treasures! You got the right stuff... |
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 19, 2024 22:05:43 GMT -5
I just realized that Cherry Creek Jasper might be the same material I have recently tumbled ( this and this). To me they don't have the feel of jasper but rather baked clay. They look very colorful when wet, but won't have a glossy finish for cabbing. I like them for tumbling though - they round up quite fast. I was trying to figure out which "Cherry Creek" or "Red Creek" the name refers to in China but failed. Only found some "Cherry Creek Mine" in the United States? In a research paper written by Chinese Geology scholars jogg.cug.edu.cn/en/article/id/761e121b-d784-4514-bd1e-116be3d73354?viewType=citedby-info the stone is named "Ruyuan Colour Stone". The exact origination of these stones is Ruyuan, Guangdong Province of China. |
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Post by tribeunited on Jun 19, 2024 22:19:17 GMT -5
I'm approaching this as a real novice pebblesky. I have read before that Cherry Creek is from Red River, but I have no knowledge where further than that. Red River might not even be an accurate location, it doesn't sound like foreign location. I've also never heard the term, "Ruyuan Color Stone." I wonder if this stone is only called Cherry Creek in the US? I looked at your pictures, to me looks like the same material. I especially love the bright red one! You're right about the feel of the stone being almost clay like. Some of the fine jaspers do have a distinct feel that this stone does not have. However, wet the colors pop like crazy! Thanks for posting that link, and for adding your knowledge to this thread. I appreciate it, thank you! |
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 19, 2024 22:20:10 GMT -5
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Post by tribeunited on Jun 19, 2024 22:23:38 GMT -5
Thank you, another new name from you today! I just looked up Nguni, you are probably right. Where is Nguni? |
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 19, 2024 22:27:48 GMT -5
I'm approaching this as a real novice pebblesky . I have read before that Cherry Creek is from Red River, but I have no knowledge where further than that. Red River might not even be an accurate location, it doesn't sound like foreign location. I've also never heard the term, "Ruyuan Color Stone." I wonder if this stone is only called Cherry Creek in the US? I looked at your pictures, to me looks like the same material. I especially love the bright red one! You're right about the feel of the stone being almost clay like. Some of the fine jaspers do have a distinct feel that this stone does not have. However, wet the colors pop like crazy! Thanks for posting that link, and for adding your knowledge to this thread. I appreciate it, thank you! Yeah these Chinese stones usually don't have an official English name. That "Ruyuan Color Stone" seems to be a direct translation from the Chinese name. The English-speaking middlemen and merchants might have given the stones a name good for marketing. |
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Post by pebblesky on Jun 19, 2024 22:32:32 GMT -5
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Post by tribeunited on Jun 19, 2024 22:39:38 GMT -5
They are like twins in some photos! I'm leaning this way too. Hopefully I will find another labeled one as I keep digging!
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Post by rmf on Jun 20, 2024 11:35:41 GMT -5
Unknown #1 is printstone from Australia
Unknown #4 is morrisonite jasper
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