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Post by tkrueger3 on Sept 7, 2010 23:20:46 GMT -5
Wish I knew more about it than just that it's red jasper. It's a very deep, dark red, with apparently black, sorta mossy patterns. It's very solid, with no fractures and no pits. These are 4 of the 6 or 7 slabs I cut - the rest is still in the kitty litter. First, the 4 together, dry, with a ruler for scale. Now, each one closer, and under water, to show more detail. The diagonal line in the first 2 that looks like a fracture, isn't - it's where apparently the vise moved while it was being cut, and made a little ridge. I don't understand everything I know about this saw yet, obviously! There ya are - 4 nice RED! slabs. I might cab one or two and try to sell the rest. Haven't decided yet. Thanks for looking! TOm
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Post by texaswoodie on Sept 8, 2010 5:50:13 GMT -5
Looks like hematite Tom. Did it turn your oil red?
Curt
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Post by tanyafrench on Sept 8, 2010 7:48:32 GMT -5
That's a real pretty red. Should make a wonderful cab, I see it for Christmas.
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Post by frane on Sept 8, 2010 10:49:31 GMT -5
Definitely some beautiful reds! Fran
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Post by Toad on Sept 8, 2010 10:57:07 GMT -5
Really nice material
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Post by stoneviews on Sept 8, 2010 11:38:49 GMT -5
That is nice looking Tom, should cab nice.
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Post by papat on Sept 8, 2010 13:20:19 GMT -5
that realy looks good cant wait till i can get a saw
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Post by tkrueger3 on Sept 8, 2010 13:21:35 GMT -5
Curt, it made my oil look like old blood! Nasty! So it's hematite? Shows you how newbie I am - I thought hematite was always gray/black. Didn't know it could be red.
Thanks for the info!
Tom
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Post by tkrueger3 on Sept 8, 2010 13:28:16 GMT -5
Curt, you made me look up "hematite", and learn something. It does occur in colors from gray to black, and also in reds and browns. I located this image via google, and by golly, this is exactly what my rock looked like, only a little less "matte" looking! Thanks again! I find that the older I get, the less I know, so I like learning new stuff. Tom
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Post by texaswoodie on Sept 8, 2010 16:05:12 GMT -5
Just one of those moments when my mind was with me Tom. What was it I said it is?
Curt
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 8, 2010 20:15:57 GMT -5
I'd say it's a hematite rich red jasper like Cave creek or some of the upper peninsula stuff from the Iron Ranges around the Great Lakes but not pure hematite which polishes out with a metallic black, silver or purplish sheen. Pure hematite may be red on the exterior, have a red streak and produce red mud but is not red when cut and polished. The red and brown I've seen is all the earthy, heavily oxidized kind of dusty textured stuff....Mel
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Post by tkrueger3 on Sept 8, 2010 21:56:32 GMT -5
Thanks, Mel - that was my original thinking, although I had no clue where it might have come from. It is really pretty, if you like red. It has pitty areas, but otherwise seems very solid.
It turns out, after searching my memory and my notes and my transactions, that this rock came from a med. FRB of rocks that I bought off eBay last May, and just never got around to doing anything with it. According to the seller, this is red jasper from Cave Creek, Arizona.
See? Old dogs can sometimes learn new tricks!
Tom
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