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Post by stonesthatrock on Dec 11, 2008 21:01:00 GMT -5
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UtahRockHound
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Post by UtahRockHound on Dec 14, 2008 3:24:02 GMT -5
To be honest, I am not sure they have specific names, but the last one looks like some kind of non-precious opal.
I can tell you this, I would love to see the second one with all the bands after it has been cut and polished. ;D
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Post by stonesthatrock on Dec 14, 2008 9:46:25 GMT -5
someone told me that might be a flowering tube onyx? he might be buying it before i get to cut it lol Number 2 is not morrisonite?? sorry 2 of the pics are the same rock. 1 and 4, maybe rainforest jasper??
ty
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1rockhound
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Post by 1rockhound on Dec 14, 2008 14:16:33 GMT -5
Number 2 is definitely not Morrisonite.
Jason
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Post by sparkles on Dec 14, 2008 16:08:42 GMT -5
Hi Ralph, Mary Ann, Wow you sure ask the tricky ones hey?! I normally love your little challenges, but these are keeping me well stumped. I've looked at 'em all and can't decide on several. 2nd to last is possibly some form of Hickoryite - a variant of Wonderstone Rhyloite, And the last one appears to be some form of Dendritic Agate, but I wouldn't know from where, I cut a Burro Creek Agate the other day that had similar black dendrite markings, but the Agate matrix looks quite different. I loved the second piccy, but don't know the agate type, I saw a specimen of similar stuff from Montrose in Scotland - but it's not the same batch I'm certain! ;D Not much help - but I had fun looking! Hope you get 'em soon! Cheers, Sparkles.
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Post by stonesthatrock on Dec 15, 2008 10:40:21 GMT -5
ty sparkles for trying.
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Post by Michael John on Dec 15, 2008 11:23:42 GMT -5
I have no idea what any of them are, specifically. Sometimes rocks are just unnamed rocks, and you have to just go with "pretty rock", or with a broad term such as simply "agate" or "jasper". Although it's good to be able to "properly" identify a rock, it's the beauty that sells a rock, and rarely the name.
Did you hound these rocks?
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Post by stonesthatrock on Dec 15, 2008 15:42:29 GMT -5
ty michael, your right i only wanted to know because i need to label them in my flickr. No, i have 2 bad knees and can't do too much rockhounding..... only on flat land.
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kentuckyrocker
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Post by kentuckyrocker on Jan 3, 2009 9:49:33 GMT -5
The 2nd one from the top looks to me like a lace agate - crazy lace possibly.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2009 2:12:35 GMT -5
1 and 4 look like maybe lower grade rainforest.....it has lighter and darker green with pockets of agate. 2 does look like some type of onyx, hard to tell without doing a scratch test. 5 lookss like rough moss agate. I have some green moss agate that is very similar with white areas/clear agate areas and green moss. The last looks like its trying to be a dendritic opal.......again hard to tell without a scratch test. The others I wouldnt want to venture even a guess.
Shannon
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MikeS
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Post by MikeS on Jan 4, 2009 12:52:40 GMT -5
Here are my guesses
1. Petrified/Agatized Algae 2. Onyx 3. Jasper 4. Same as #1 5. I have no idea 6. Youngite 7. Silicified/Opalized wood 8. Dendridic agate (possibly opal)
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