peachfront
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Post by peachfront on Oct 14, 2010 22:40:38 GMT -5
I can't seem to figure out what it is. Yes, it's Jasp-Agate. But that's as far as I get with my search. In real life, the beige jasper part is almost perfectly the color of peanut butter. Some of the agate boundaries are close to a clear light blue. There is a drusy on the outside. We cut two end pieces off to make a display piece that can be polished on one of the flat surfaces and sit on another flat surface. I may also polish the flat face of each end piece since they look so intriguing... Anybody got any suggestions of what this could be?
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Oct 14, 2010 22:54:09 GMT -5
Nice looking material. If I was to venture a guess....it would be Youngite...which comes from Wyoming I believe. Steve
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Post by bobby1 on Oct 15, 2010 0:29:55 GMT -5
I would concur with the Youngite identification. Bob
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Post by beefjello on Oct 15, 2010 7:48:40 GMT -5
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Oct 15, 2010 10:19:14 GMT -5
Yep, I'd say Youngite too but there are other brecciated materials like some flint that has similar colors and patterns.....Mel
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peachfront
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Post by peachfront on Oct 15, 2010 11:02:12 GMT -5
Thanks, folks! I much appreciate it. I tried to google "brecciated jasper" but had no luck in my efforts. My photo is poor but it looks very much like the photo in beefjello's link so Youngite it is methinks!
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Post by tandl on Oct 15, 2010 12:39:29 GMT -5
Where did you find, or get it ? I don`t think it`s youngite . And here we are again . Is it chert,or flint with druzy ,Jasper , jasp/agate , All are fine.
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Post by johnjsgems on Oct 15, 2010 12:52:34 GMT -5
A little like Chapinite until I tilted my screen.
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Post by tandl on Oct 15, 2010 13:22:53 GMT -5
Here is a piece I found here that looks alot like yours , I `m not saying it is the same . I was told by a oldtime artifact hunter from here that it was glacial chert . Artifact hunters and knappers also have there own lingo ...
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Post by jakesrocks on Oct 15, 2010 13:32:26 GMT -5
Here's a piece of Chapinite from the old Camp Irwin area for comparison. Sorry about the blue tinge. I forgot to change my light setting. Don
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Post by johnjsgems on Oct 15, 2010 16:10:15 GMT -5
Don, that's pretty exceptional. As the post reopened way back when (early 80's) "chapinite" is mostly collected at Boron Lake and Siam Siding. Mostly tans/earth tones although I found one piece in Boron area with purple spots. I bought some "old collection" chapinite once that included greens and reds.
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Post by jakesrocks on Oct 15, 2010 16:44:58 GMT -5
I have several large pieces of the Camp Irwin material that I collected back in my pebble pup days. The 1950's. They sat around a tree in my parents back yard until they passed away.
Don
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Post by tandl on Oct 15, 2010 19:30:34 GMT -5
Cool slab , Don . Looks like fossil origin ? And "Ohio flint " .
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Post by johnjsgems on Oct 15, 2010 23:04:14 GMT -5
It is a brecciated jasper. It formed, broke into pieces and reformed.
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peachfront
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Post by peachfront on Oct 17, 2010 12:40:38 GMT -5
I got it from the widow of a good old boy who passed away in 1989 or 90 and did not leave any information behind about what he had. The only stones the widow could identify were the Fire Agates.
As I said before, my photos are poor, but I'm fairly satisfied that it's Youngite after inspecting various pictures around the internet. My piece is larger than many examples I've found but it's very much the same. I need to find out how it flouresces under shortwave UV -- if it does, it will have passed the final test, methinks.
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Post by tandl on Oct 17, 2010 19:50:49 GMT -5
It aint youngite
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