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Post by tribeunited on Jul 22, 2024 15:14:01 GMT -5
Hi everybody - missed you last few days. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) It's been ages! So here's my first one. I feel like its dendritic opal something or other. If someone made me guess, I would say yellow tree, only because that's where my head went, not from research. This is a piece of rough with oranges and reds and dendrities #1 Australian Dendritic Opal - Thanks hummingbirdstones ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dosm6sdda/image/upload/v1721678871/5EPikJHLQEOGvkCMcG_2pg_ftcsub.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dosm6sdda/image/upload/v1721678871/hfSULSQvSs-DLf2mjr4aug_ssjo0z.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dosm6sdda/image/upload/v1721678871/x6mf6QMCQ_O1Ffn0MWphDg_g473dr.jpg) My second piece I want to guess Owyhee sunset but then I say to myself, "I've never seen that clay color in owyhee before." #2 Mahagony Jasper - Thanks rockjunquie![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dosm6sdda/image/upload/v1721679048/Br6Pk0HoSJmFStbaiIoKVA_wmewsj.jpg) Third one - I guess at Carrisite or Morrisonite. This is a job for Super-hound! I mean realrockhound . I'm showing 2 photos because it looks totally different outside. #3 Morrisonite - Thanks realrockhound ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dosm6sdda/image/upload/v1721679221/YciWc1BdQZGxbhZIhALSjg_bwbw72.jpg) That is all, thanks peeps!
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Post by pebblesky on Jul 22, 2024 15:42:40 GMT -5
Not able to identify any but they look gorgeous. Thanks for sharing!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jul 22, 2024 19:35:33 GMT -5
First one is definitely yellow dendritic opal. Not sure where from. It could be Australian or US. ETA I'm guessing Morrisonite on the 3rd & 4th ones. We'll see if I'm right.
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tribeunited
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Post by tribeunited on Jul 22, 2024 19:38:27 GMT -5
Thanks pebblesky - I aim to please and get ID's hummingbirdstones - After doing some research today I too thought Australia. Thanks so much my dear ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by vegasjames on Jul 22, 2024 19:45:51 GMT -5
For the first one, opals usually have a glossy look, but not always. One of the better identifiers to opal is the lower density than chalcedonies like jasper. Therefore, an opal will feel much lighter than an equal sized piece of chalcedony.
Although, opals convert in to chalcedonies eventually, and therefore a stone can be a mix of opal and chalcedony if in transition. This makes it harder to determine as it will be too heavy for opal and too light for chalcedony.
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 22, 2024 20:00:02 GMT -5
I’ve went back and forth on that jasper. The small bit of grey host has me leaning morrisonite.
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tribeunited
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Post by tribeunited on Jul 22, 2024 22:04:22 GMT -5
Thanks realrockhound and hummingbirdstones on the Morrisonite. I gave you both credits where credits are due. vegasjames - Thank you for that info on the opal. I will start comparing my specimens by comparing their weight to similar size pieces in the future! Sorry to hear about the spider bite vegasjames - That's so scary. I hope you are back on that foot again soon.
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 22, 2024 22:45:44 GMT -5
Thanks realrockhound and hummingbirdstones on the Morrisonite. I gave you both credits where credits are due. vegasjames - Thank you for that info on the opal. I will start comparing my specimens by comparing their weight to similar size pieces in the future! Sorry to hear about the spider bite vegasjames - That's so scary. I hope you are back on that foot again soon. Don't worry. He'll come back from this better than ever. Will gain some spidey senses and be able to locate new deposits 20 feet under the ground.
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Post by choochoorocks on Jul 22, 2024 23:34:12 GMT -5
Wow love that morrisonite/carrasite. What will you do with it?
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tribeunited
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Post by tribeunited on Jul 23, 2024 14:21:10 GMT -5
lol Spidey senses, hope they can detect good hounding locations for him! choochoorocks - Thank you! For right now, It's going into the pile with the rest of the morrisonite. I haven't decided what I'm doing with those yet. That one is a chunk of rough with a flat side, maybe slab it, maybe leave it. I'm just happy we know what it is now. I'm pretty sure the next time I look for it, it will be missing. I see the husband "shopping" through the ID'd rocks all the time....
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 23, 2024 18:14:09 GMT -5
2 could be mahogany jasper.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 23, 2024 18:18:30 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 23, 2024 18:22:48 GMT -5
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tribeunited
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Post by tribeunited on Jul 23, 2024 18:23:28 GMT -5
rockjunquie - I think you're right! That looks just like it. Even has the dark outline part - Thank you so much!
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Post by tribeunited on Jul 23, 2024 18:24:10 GMT -5
Oh that looks great in that pendant - your work is always so elegant. Love it and you. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 23, 2024 18:24:46 GMT -5
rockjunquie - I think you're right! That looks just like it. Even has the dark outline part - Thank you so much! I remember seeing it in a book, too. It's not real plentiful. I believe it is an Owyhee area rock.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 23, 2024 23:13:21 GMT -5
I was just going through my little bag of Morrisonite last night. That piece definitely looks like it. What's fascinating about Morrisonite is there's a pretty wide diversity in it...
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tribeunited
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Post by tribeunited on Jul 24, 2024 14:57:34 GMT -5
I was just going through my little bag of Morrisonite last night. That piece definitely looks like it. What's fascinating about Morrisonite is there's a pretty wide diversity in it... fascinating and also frustrating! And hard to tell with some if it's carrisite! Even harder when he wrote both names on the specimens! AAAUUGGGHHHHH! rockjunquie - Owyhee area, not surprising. Add another variety to my known Oywhees, only 83 more to learn LOL
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