Post by rockhard on Nov 29, 2010 1:49:10 GMT -5
I've finally gotten things going again after a few years hiatus, rolling a Lortone 12# and an old Star Diamond "3"#. I've got enough rocks now that I've only been smoothing them off, and picking out the best ones to finish up later. I took some pics to keep my motivation up; some of these have been rolling for months and still need more rough grind.
All of these are from about a 150 mile stretch of Oregon beaches, between Florence and Seaside.
Red jasper: Most of the reds up here are more like maroon, which is nice if kind of plain. Sometimes there are nice bright ones.
Gold and brown jasper: Brighter yellow ones are almost always pitted with lots of soft spots all the way through. Some of this stuff is probably pet. wood, it's hard to be sure unless they show obvious rings.
Multicolored jaspers and jasp-agate: my best ones are all in the tumblers now I think.
Bloodstone: Our version is opaque and darker than the stuff from India, and also a lot harder to find.
Three Capes Green Jaspers (Tillamook County only): Intergrades with "Oregon Jade" (the jasper type, not serpentinite) and the grey and black "Thunderstorm Jasper". Also often has pyrite/marcasite inclusions, sometimes just tiny sparkles.
This stuff is also TOUGH. It would probably win a cage fight with massive garnet. It eats grit like cotton candy.
Agates: of course. Most of ours are greyish white, like the sky most days. Locals tend to call any with even a tinge of yellow "carnelian".
Odds and ends: Quartzites and jaspery stuff hard enough to hold up with the rest.
(oops lost that pic, have to take another)
Nothing up there is finished yet, these are all either rough, or stones I put back with the rough for more smoothing out.
Next project is hauling out the Workforce for the chunks from the local rivers :-)
Vincent
All of these are from about a 150 mile stretch of Oregon beaches, between Florence and Seaside.
Red jasper: Most of the reds up here are more like maroon, which is nice if kind of plain. Sometimes there are nice bright ones.
Gold and brown jasper: Brighter yellow ones are almost always pitted with lots of soft spots all the way through. Some of this stuff is probably pet. wood, it's hard to be sure unless they show obvious rings.
Multicolored jaspers and jasp-agate: my best ones are all in the tumblers now I think.
Bloodstone: Our version is opaque and darker than the stuff from India, and also a lot harder to find.
Three Capes Green Jaspers (Tillamook County only): Intergrades with "Oregon Jade" (the jasper type, not serpentinite) and the grey and black "Thunderstorm Jasper". Also often has pyrite/marcasite inclusions, sometimes just tiny sparkles.
This stuff is also TOUGH. It would probably win a cage fight with massive garnet. It eats grit like cotton candy.
Agates: of course. Most of ours are greyish white, like the sky most days. Locals tend to call any with even a tinge of yellow "carnelian".
Odds and ends: Quartzites and jaspery stuff hard enough to hold up with the rest.
(oops lost that pic, have to take another)
Nothing up there is finished yet, these are all either rough, or stones I put back with the rough for more smoothing out.
Next project is hauling out the Workforce for the chunks from the local rivers :-)
Vincent
