MikeS
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since January 2009
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Post by MikeS on Jun 14, 2010 18:26:43 GMT -5
Hi all It's a crappy, rainy day here, so no jade hunting. I took the kid up to the Tate Geological Museum at Casper College to see a new mammoth exibit they have there, and took a few quick pics of their Jade collection. They have one of the finest and probably the largest collection of Wyoming Jade of any museum anywhere, although only a small fraction of it is on display. Most of the Jade there was donated by a geologist named Glenn Goss, who was a friend of my fathers. Anyway, hope you enjoy the photos... Apple Green wind slick.... Black Nephrite with magnatite Jade cobble worked by Native Americans.... More jade artifacts.... Raw nephrite showing the fiberous habit.... Backlit slabs of different colors and types of Wyoming Nephrite... Nephrite and Thullite cabachons.... Large Jade boulder with my 9 year old son for scale.... Hope you enjoyed the photos....next time I'm up there I'm going to see if they will let me take some photos of some of the specimens not on display (they usually will let you look if you ask and they are not busy...) MikeS
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Post by susand24224 on Jun 14, 2010 23:32:55 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing the photos--I enjoyed seeing the different types; I have a lot to learn about jade.
Susan
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Post by Woodyrock on Jun 15, 2010 0:04:59 GMT -5
Nice display, thank you for posting it for the rest of us. The backlit display is beautiful, as are the First Nations artifacts. I once tried working a piece of nephrite with a sandstone saw ...........that experiment lasted briefly. After two hours or work, I had a discernable groove. Woody
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Post by rockrookie on Jun 15, 2010 9:49:09 GMT -5
Thanks for taking us along !!! great pictures ! --paul
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rock
having dreams about rocks
Metamorphosed Mind
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Post by rock on Jun 15, 2010 13:37:55 GMT -5
Super cool, I love jade. TY for posting (:
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wyobrian
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by wyobrian on Jun 15, 2010 22:22:07 GMT -5
Your right Mike the weather is CRAP. Ill have to check that place out. cant wait too get hunting Brian
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adrian65
Cave Dweller
Arch to golden memories and to great friends.
Member since February 2007
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Post by adrian65 on Jun 16, 2010 4:10:44 GMT -5
Amazing specimens and cabs! Those ancient axes are so cool!
Thank you for the pictures.
Adrian
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carloscinco
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since July 2008
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Post by carloscinco on Jun 16, 2010 21:12:04 GMT -5
Thanks for the tour. Great specimen photos. I know very little about jade but I like the appearance and especially the green varieties.
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Post by sitnwrap on Jun 17, 2010 8:34:57 GMT -5
Thanks for posting these pics. That black jade with magnitite is gorgeous and the windslick reminded me of an article that I had read about windslick jade. It had described just how windslick occurs.
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Post by drocknut on Jun 24, 2010 23:01:11 GMT -5
Very nice pictures, thanks for posting them. I especially love the cab displays.
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Post by Toad on Jun 25, 2010 8:24:37 GMT -5
Thanks for the pix. Wonder how many folks it would take to move that boulder...
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