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Post by BuiltonRock on Jun 5, 2007 21:28:34 GMT -5
Updated 6-21-07 Rock has been Identified!!! Thanks AgateMaggot Can anyone help me figure out what this is? It was given to me as a gift and the giver is stumped Beautiful rust color with bluish silver veins, water is red when I grind it , a little on the soft side and very lightweight. Thanks in advance for helping!! John
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rallyrocks
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Post by rallyrocks on Jun 6, 2007 19:35:05 GMT -5
Kind of hard to say from just this one little piece, but it could very well be some form of Jasper with Hematite which is not terribly uncommon.
Although they usually tend to be as dense or denser (heavier for a given volume) than regular jaspers because of the hematite being about 5 times the weight of water while quartz and jaspers tend to be in the 2-2.5 range.
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agatemaggot
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Post by agatemaggot on Jun 10, 2007 5:51:35 GMT -5
Looks identical to Mary Ellen Jasper from Minnesota . When polished that will make some beautiful cabs. We pick up a lot of similar material in the sand plants here in central Iowa. A lot of the material we find is a color varient from your piece but it is all very pretty when finished. If you think your water gets red you should see your saw oil. As nice as that looks though, it's worth it.
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