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Post by tribeunited on Sept 24, 2024 10:22:10 GMT -5
Hi Peeps!! I'm calling this one "Some good - All useful" They all came out of a bin labeled as such. I'm still amused by his labeling system. (I'm easily amused.) Ok first one - This has the look/feel of serpentine like jade like substance. There is no flourescense. Shining a white light into the rock you can see the green light from inside (like jade) See pictures, I might be saying it wrong. The rock part is green, though for some reason it doesn't photograph green. 1. Possible Tulite in Zoisite - rockjunquie thank you!    Next - A Thunderegg. Strangely Redder than others I've seen. 2. Maybe a McDermitt Calico Bed - thanks realrockhound Third - Either a Stromolite or an Oolite. You pick. Please? 3. oolite or pisolite - Thank you Sabre52   Fourth - Could this be Olympic Poppy? 4.   Fifth - I first thought this was Butterfly Wing Jasper, and I remember someone saying they came in thundereggs. Searching it came up as Cold Mountain Thunderegg. So is it Cold Mountain, or Butterfly Wing? 5. Cold Mountain Thunderegg - realrockhound Thanks!  I'll keep this one at 5 to make it easier on us all. Thanks! |
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Post by cabby on Sept 24, 2024 12:34:48 GMT -5
Out of curiosity, what does the side view of 3 look like? From the pics it looks like there’s some chipped areas, might get a better idea of the shape of the circular stuff.
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 24, 2024 15:34:22 GMT -5
Black and white one is oolite or pisolite. Those differ in orb size with the pisolite being larger orbs.
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Post by realrockhound on Sept 24, 2024 15:38:42 GMT -5
Cold mountain thunder. You can tell it’s a thunderegg by the way it’s a thunderegg 😂
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Post by tribeunited on Sept 24, 2024 19:44:25 GMT -5
Out of curiosity, what does the side view of 3 look like? From the pics it looks like there’s some chipped areas, might get a better idea of the shape of the circular stuff. I'll get a photo for you tomorrow, I lost my daylight! I know sabre52 ID'd it, but I know how it is to be curious!!! |
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Post by tribeunited on Sept 24, 2024 19:47:53 GMT -5
Cold mountain thunder. You can tell it’s a thunderegg by the way it’s a thunderegg 😂 Look here. You need to be punched in the eye? Cuz that's what I'm hearing! I thought Butterfly wing Jasper also forms in thundereggs. So I wasn't sure which thunderegg it was. Because they look the same.....(C'mon i'm setting you up for the quote here.) Hey - Since you're all over the thundereggs - what's 2? Is it Priday Red Bed? |
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 24, 2024 20:30:31 GMT -5
1 reminds me of some thulite and I think zoisite I had once. I'll need to find a picture and see if I am remembering it right.
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 24, 2024 20:40:38 GMT -5
Found it. I had more than I thought. I really like it. Yours looks a little different, but I think that's what it is. I have more, but you get the idea. The dark is dark green. The pink is various saturations.
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Post by pebblesky on Sept 24, 2024 22:15:18 GMT -5
#3 looks so cool and so unique. I know nothing about thunderegg but the jasper part of #5 looks pretty Butterfly Jasper.
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Post by realrockhound on Sept 24, 2024 22:44:50 GMT -5
Maybe a McDermit calico bed thunderegg
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Post by tribeunited on Sept 25, 2024 13:09:35 GMT -5
rockjunquie - I agree - it's similar to your Thulite - particularly the last one. What's got me crazy is the chrysanthemum shaped inclusions - it's strange, like grandmas curtains. I think you're on to something with a thulite possible zoisite something though. I'm agreeing with you and searching those minerals in particular to see if I can find a slab with that kind of pattern. I have another just labeled thulite. I think it's closer to the ones you showed.  Oh and BTW - thanks for the photos of your gorgeous work. I always love what you show! I have to pick the last one as a favorite of the group though - the way you showed the tricolor stone was perfectly done, in my opinion. 
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Post by tribeunited on Sept 25, 2024 13:12:50 GMT -5
realrockhound - I was going through the index last night and marked the McDermitt for a possible too. I think you're on to something. Thank you!
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Post by realrockhound on Sept 25, 2024 13:19:22 GMT -5
realrockhound - I was going through the index last night and marked the McDermitt for a possible too. I think you're on to something. Thank you! I know Mountain View eggs have a red matrix. But that’s a newer discovery |
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 25, 2024 14:10:02 GMT -5
rockjunquie - I agree - it's similar to your Thulite - particularly the last one. What's got me crazy is the chrysanthemum shaped inclusions - it's strange, like grandmas curtains. I think you're on to something with a thulite possible zoisite something though. I'm agreeing with you and searching those minerals in particular to see if I can find a slab with that kind of pattern. I have another just labeled thulite. I think it's closer to the ones you showed. Oh and BTW - thanks for the photos of your gorgeous work. I always love what you show! I have to pick the last one as a favorite of the group though - the way you showed the tricolor stone was perfectly done, in my opinion. I really like thulite and zoisite, but I never see it anymore. I wonder why? |
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Post by tribeunited on Sept 25, 2024 15:09:01 GMT -5
No clue rockjunquie! The more I search, the more I believe you're right about that first slab. I just wonder where it formed in that pattern (location) On that Thulite slab I just showed you - I don't know what is mixed in with it. I've seen it called thulite and jade, and Thulite epidote. I just left it labeled Thulite. realrockhound - Thanks Uncle Squatch! It's helpful to know what's too new to be one of mine |
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 25, 2024 15:15:05 GMT -5
No clue rockjunquie ! The more I search, the more I believe you're right about that first slab. I just wonder where it formed in that pattern (location) On that Thulite slab I just showed you - I don't know what is mixed in with it. I've seen it called thulite and jade, and Thulite epidote. I just left it labeled Thulite. realrockhound - Thanks Uncle Squatch! It's helpful to know what's too new to be one of mine It is called "jade" as a misnomer, it's not jade. I have only seen it and bought it as thulite and zoisite. I doubt it's serpentine- at least the ones I've cut. If you look at a couple of mine, you can see the crystal formations. Yours is just really pale, which I have seen, too. |
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