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Post by deb193redux on Jul 4, 2008 19:39:00 GMT -5
I am not really sure of the boundaries between Deschutes, Biggs, Blue Biggs ... Some of the classic Deschutes is brown and golden brown and very dark with very dense close hills. But I do see some with lighter and more open patterns. Some of the Biggs I see today is in larger chunks, has lighter sky that borders on chalky, and often had holes the size of a nickel. Then there is Blue Biggs, which seems to combine the best of the two. All comes form the same region of Oregon. Here are some slabs I got from Elkind's rock shop in Prineville. The owner Judy saaid her dad dug these 30 years ago. Many were marked in his handwriting for 75 cents or $1 -- but Judy had repriced them to reflect 3 decades of inflation and they would read $2 or $4 or $12 in her handwriting. Two of the small ones are for a trade box I'm sending Adrian, but I plan bolos for myself from at least two of the others. Here are virtual mockups:
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Post by Noosh9057 on Jul 5, 2008 9:12:24 GMT -5
WOW I love those.
Roger
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Post by sitnwrap on Jul 5, 2008 20:46:44 GMT -5
Just so pretty! Along with the patterns the dendrites are great! Also, thanks for the Idea of doing a virtual cab first. I can see how doing that first would eleminate missing the best patterns or scenery for a cab.
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Post by kap on Jul 5, 2008 20:59:21 GMT -5
Those are some nice pieces. I love the top left. Keith
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Post by adrian65 on Jul 5, 2008 22:37:30 GMT -5
Wow, beautiful dendritic pictural stuff! I know you're a "scene hunter" so you probably felt like Pluto taking a bath in the bones while looking at those slabs. Hey, and two of them are for me! That's really great! ;D Adrian
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Post by deb193redux on Jul 6, 2008 1:12:24 GMT -5
Those are some nice pieces. I love the top left. Keith Yes. That one was $12, while all the others were <$5
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Post by Jack, lapidaryrough on Jul 13, 2008 10:49:29 GMT -5
Very Nice Biggs jasper, Though where is the Deshutes Jasper
All Five photos are Biggs......
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Post by earthdog on Jul 13, 2008 21:20:28 GMT -5
Thats some nice junk!
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Post by deb193redux on Jul 14, 2008 12:34:14 GMT -5
Very Nice Biggs jasper, Though where is the Deshutes Jasper All Five photos are Biggs...... I wonder if that is true. Read the 1st line of my post again. I agree these look more like typical Biggs than classic Deschutes, which usually is darker and had much more closely spaced hills. But the title of my post comes form the fact that Judy ELkind had all these in a Biggs & Deschutes box, and that the materials can be hard to distinguish (expecially Deschutes and Blue Biggs), and they are mined so close to each other. When you get the classic pattern of each site, there are clear differences. But I got club members up here in Oregon, including the owner of Elkinds Rock shop in Prineville, with stuff dug at one site that looks more like it came from the other. Here is greatcabs.com( www.greatcabochons.com/cabs34.shtml) selling a Biggs: and then here is what they are selling as Deschutes: but it looks like Blue Biggs to me. In fact this is an opinion I find on some web sites:
Deschutes Jasper This jasper came from a deposit a little east of Biggs Junction Oregon near the Deschutes River. It is very hard to distinguish from some of the Old Blue Biggs Jasper. As you can see the blue is a little more gray. Most of this was buried in the highway so don't expect to find too often.
www.minerals-n-more.com/Pictures_Jasper.html
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Post by Jack, lapidaryrough on Jul 14, 2008 14:54:44 GMT -5
Yes i Know Judy will, Though the blood red stripe is found in most of the biggs i have dug or bought.
Sherry has gave me a lot of Biggs over the last 30 years.
Though i have only on piece of Deshutes Jasper and your right the formation is very tight and close. that is what got my 14 D lodged in my Mouth.
Jack Cole Salem.
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Post by deb193redux on Jul 14, 2008 22:32:38 GMT -5
Hi Jack -
You're right that none of them are classic Deschutes. I also think all of them look a lot better than the Biggs rough I have seen lately, with too much white/cream and holes in the rock, and low grade hills.
Are you in Oregon?
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Post by Jack, lapidaryrough on Jul 15, 2008 0:18:07 GMT -5
Yes, family moved me from rock heaven to Salem in 66, Born and raised in Lebanon.
You have pushed me to dig through the Jack Pile to find lost rock from the bottom and to shoot photo`s.
Very nice work & cabs of your`s
You seen the north bank material from the Washington side....People were selling it for low grade brown Biggs. |
Corse grade no hole`s.
It`s Late, Finger are tryping cross eye`d. ...... Jack
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Post by karenfh on Jul 15, 2008 3:05:04 GMT -5
Hey, guys, I need some pics of uncut/unslabbed jasper? The guys at the Ogallala rock museum are surely old enough to perhaps have some biggs and such or perhaps other jasper; I also have an older rock hound I need to ask. However, I would not know it if I couldn't see a cut face. Pics before cutting would be great! I have one piece that gives me a clue, any help would be wonderful. Thanks so much! You can PM me. K
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Post by Jack, lapidaryrough on Jul 15, 2008 9:54:53 GMT -5
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 15, 2008 10:26:09 GMT -5
I'm with you Daniel. I've seen stuff marked Biggs I'd call Deschutes and visa versa. Some specimens are obviously Biggs but those tightly packed mountain scenes in the blues and grays, I've seen marked both ways. Whatever, the classic darker slabs with the tightly packed shadowy hills are friggin spectacular!....Mel
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Post by akansan on Jul 17, 2008 7:17:33 GMT -5
(I realize this is off topic, sorry Daniel) - Lapidaryrough - the Stheen's Mt. Oregon Jasper reminds me of the Belvade jasper - is it the same material?
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Post by Jack, lapidaryrough on Jul 17, 2008 8:21:50 GMT -5
Not sure of the right name of that jasper though Ken White in Lebanon Oregon gave it to me, And he said it was stheen Mt. Jasper. Did web-search and found this mater to look just like your saying, are the formation close to each other www.theimage.com/newgems/quartz/jasper/jasper27.html Thanks for the name of the material. Jack
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Post by akansan on Jul 17, 2008 11:04:05 GMT -5
Don't know how close the formations are - I picked some up from an ebay seller almost two years ago when he picked up an old stockpile of it. I seem to have lucked out with my piece from what I hear. Works up beautifully.
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Post by Jack, lapidaryrough on Jul 17, 2008 11:25:17 GMT -5
Don't know how close the formations are - I picked some up from an ebay seller almost two years ago when he picked up an old stockpile of it. I seem to have lucked out with my piece from what I hear. Works up beautifully. That`s it. Will the piece i have is about 8 Lbs. And it will stay in on piece. Thank you for the information on the Material Jack
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Post by deb193redux on Jul 17, 2008 11:27:43 GMT -5
I have some slabs of Belvade I can put up later. The colors are similar, but could be coinicience
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