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Post by tribeunited on Oct 17, 2024 16:28:43 GMT -5
Hi everyone! So yeah, by now you know what I'm going to do, so let's skip all the formalities. This is an Owyhee Something? Succor Creek? 1. Owyhee/Succor Creek - Wild Horse thank you Rockoonz  Two - A green jasper? 2. Vistaite - Thank you realrockhound   Three - Labeled Picasso Jasper . I'm wondering if this is right. 3. Navajo Splash Jasper - Durango, Mexico. Thank you taylor ! (formerly called El Chapo Hasper ) thank you AzRockGeek 4 - Greenish chalcedony? Agate?  Five - a moss. 5. Sheep's Creek - thank you jasoninsd   Six - labeled "Feather moss" Does anyone know anything more? 6.   Last one. This one's unusual enough that it might be recognizable. 7.    |
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 17, 2024 16:59:45 GMT -5
2 looks like old Gary Green Jasper to me...
3 does look like Picasso Marble Stone...
5 looks like Sheep Creek Moss Agate...
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Post by tribeunited on Oct 17, 2024 17:52:57 GMT -5
When you say old gary green jasper, you aren't talking about gary green larsonite, or are you?
Thanks for confirming the the picasso and the ID on the sheep creek. You're the best!
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Post by Rockoonz on Oct 17, 2024 18:28:45 GMT -5
1. I'm thinking Wildhorse, which is an owyhee/succor creek area material. The blue is a real good match, and I think I've seen the brown part that looks like that too. Collected some on a Tony and Roy guided RTH adventure several years ago, maybe I can find pics to prove it.
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Post by realrockhound on Oct 17, 2024 19:24:23 GMT -5
2 is vistaite. I can prove it is with material I have.
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 17, 2024 20:28:17 GMT -5
I'm doubting Picasso jasper. I've seen something else that is more similar, but I don't remember what it is. DOH! I think it is that one that looks similar to and is a sister stone to Noreena, but I don't remember the name. Starts with an M.
ETA MUNJINA STONE
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 17, 2024 22:19:12 GMT -5
When you say old gary green jasper, you aren't talking about gary green larsonite, or are you? Thanks for confirming the the picasso and the ID on the sheep creek. You're the best! Yes...I did mean Larsonite (Gary Green or Freedom Jasper...depending on which era of ownership) However, it looks like RTH believes it's Vistaite... AND It looks like Tela has a different ID on that 3rd one. ** I'm still standing strong on the Sheep Creek though! LOL |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 17, 2024 22:32:51 GMT -5
When you say old gary green jasper, you aren't talking about gary green larsonite, or are you? Thanks for confirming the the picasso and the ID on the sheep creek. You're the best! Yes...I did mean Larsonite (Gary Green or Freedom Jasper...depending on which era of ownership) However, it looks like RTH believes it's Vistaite... AND It looks like Tela has a different ID on that 3rd one. ** I'm still standing strong on the Sheep Creek though! LOL Sheep Creek is a definite WINNER! |
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 17, 2024 22:34:44 GMT -5
Yes...I did mean Larsonite (Gary Green or Freedom Jasper...depending on which era of ownership) However, it looks like RTH believes it's Vistaite... AND It looks like Tela has a different ID on that 3rd one. ** I'm still standing strong on the Sheep Creek though! LOL Sheep Creek is a definite WINNER!   |
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Post by realrockhound on Oct 17, 2024 22:37:05 GMT -5
Sheep creek is 100% correct. I’ll try to post a pic of the vistaite I have, that has that solid color to it. There are a few small sections and colors on that slab as well that tell me it’s vistaite as well.
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Post by tribeunited on Oct 17, 2024 23:25:19 GMT -5
Rockoonz - thank you for the ID on the wildhorse - I was thinking succor creek on that color! realrockhound - Thanks! You know I'd love to see photos, but I also believe you and take your word for it. But still, photos please because I love to see your goodies!! rockjunquie - On the picasso - When I saw it, I thought, "this looks like a picasso version of outback." So, I've got picasso from Australia, it's called "Pilbara Picasso." The Pilbara picasso looks nothing like the one I posted today. As far as munjina - or as RRH calls it mangina - I've got that too. It looks like this:   So that makes me wonder if there's also a picasso version of munjina or from around the munjina area?? You have to be right about it being an australian material, since both you and I headed over to that area first!! I'm going to look around that location and see what I find.
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Post by Rockoonz on Oct 18, 2024 10:19:38 GMT -5
tribeunited pretty soon we'll be coming to you for ID on all the stuff we never knew about or, in my case, are beginning to forget.
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Post by taylor on Oct 18, 2024 13:54:23 GMT -5
Number 3 is a great match for what I bought at the Miner's Coop in Tucson in 2023 as Navajo Splash jasper. It is out of Mexico.  |
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Post by AzRockGeek on Oct 18, 2024 14:22:08 GMT -5
#3 looks like some material I got at a local rock shop a few years ago. He said it was from Mexico as well, he mentioned that they originally called it El Chapo jasper, but later changed the name to something else. Very hard material, not a marble like Picasso.  |
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Post by tribeunited on Oct 18, 2024 14:23:01 GMT -5
Rockoonz - That would be something else, wouldn't it?? I hope one day I'm able to live up to your expectations, but not anytime soon. It's a happy thought though! taylor - That's money! I'm super happy to find the ID for it. Plus even happier to have a new name for my list. Thank you so much. I was able to learn that it comes from Durango, Mexico. rockjunquie - So looking into the munjina jasper a bit more, I found out that it is also located in pilbara. I looked for other examples of pilbara picasso online, and some of it is really similar to the slab I posted above. I wonder if at one time it was called munjina instead of pilbara picasso. I don't think it's a stretch to assume that could be the case, seeing how they are from the same region. Here's a photo of Pilbara Picasso if anyone is curious. 
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Post by tribeunited on Oct 18, 2024 14:24:38 GMT -5
AzRockGeek - yikes! That's it too! I wonder if this is one of those trade names things where the same material goes by several names? edited to add - Do you know if Pacific Coast Picasso is also a marble?
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Post by AzRockGeek on Oct 18, 2024 14:29:16 GMT -5
AzRockGeek - yikes! That's it too! I wonder if this is one of those trade names things where the same material goes by several names? The rock store said the El Chapo name was very short term, naming after a drug lord not a good idea.  taylor definitely nailed the ID. Thank you. |
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Post by tribeunited on Oct 18, 2024 14:30:19 GMT -5
ps. I don't know about you guys, but this is super fun! I think I might be nerding out over the IDs and facts of materials more than I should be.
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Post by tribeunited on Oct 18, 2024 14:35:40 GMT -5
AzRockGeek - yikes! That's it too! I wonder if this is one of those trade names things where the same material goes by several names? The rock store said the El Chapo name was very short term, naming after a drug lord not a good idea. taylor definitely nailed the ID. Thank you. OMG another rock fact! This is where I'm at... "Navajo Splash, a material from Durango, Mexico. It was previously named "el Chapo" but quickly changed due to the realization that naming it after a drug lord was in poor taste." Is it a rhyolite? It feels rhyolitey to me. Someone probably said it earlier but I quickly forgot. Edit - listed in the category "rhyoltic jaspers" 1980s link |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 18, 2024 17:19:59 GMT -5
Yay! I can tell you're excited.  |
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