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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2012 17:49:33 GMT -5
I am looking for some rootbeer onyx. The travertine type. I am told it is found in riverside,CA and that is close to me. I know a hillside that has onyx on it, but the holes I checked did not have this "rootbeer".
Anybody got any idee-ears?
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 15, 2012 14:52:35 GMT -5
Check the area around Crestmore Quarry. But don't go on quarry property. I think I may still have a chunk or 2 that were collected back in the 50's, when quarry property was still open to collectors on weekends.
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Post by LarryS on Sept 16, 2012 20:19:53 GMT -5
Brown Butte near Edwards AFB has solid opaque root beer jasper. If interested, I'll PM you the exact GPS coordinates of a large seam that you can almost drive to. Hard stuff and tumbles well. Some day I might head back to get some slabbing material. It's the exact color of root beer with no bubbles. Might have a little foam on the edge of the seam!
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 16, 2012 21:41:38 GMT -5
Foam on the edge ? Would that be A&W Root Beer in the mug ?
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Post by LarryS on Sept 17, 2012 9:52:15 GMT -5
Or where they got the term "root beer float"?
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 17, 2012 10:15:20 GMT -5
LOL. After drinking enough of them, (an old girl friend was a car hop at A&W), my eyeballs used to float. Maybe that's where root beer float came from.
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Post by NM Stone Supply on Sept 27, 2012 8:24:48 GMT -5
Hello, Did you ever find the onyx? I have some that I mine here in New Mexico. Jason
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2012 11:10:36 GMT -5
I went out yesterday and drove all around the suspected mountain. There is one quarry I did not visit as the road was too treacherous and I don't mountain climb alone. So far, DNF. I have one quarry and an outcrop to hike to. Jason I sure like your rootbeer! Nice and creamy! Send me a 6" cube or three!
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 27, 2012 11:31:13 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2012 12:11:42 GMT -5
Hey Don! Thanks for the link. There is one reference to what is now called Crestmore with discussion about the blue color.
I haven't seen that quality of blue yet. I have seen some very nice sky blue pieces. Just none I can own... yet.
I need more time to dig further regarding the rootbeer. My guess is it is an occurrence not yet developed. The description was pieces up to 300# at the Jurupa center on Jurupa Mountain. I went there but nobody was around to talk rocks. Next time!
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Post by jakesrocks on Sept 27, 2012 12:51:38 GMT -5
That would be the Crestmore blue calcite. It's one of only a couple of sources of blue calcite that won't degrade to white after prolonged exposure to sunlight. I have a hunk sitting in my garden that was collected in the 50's, and the color hasn't faded a bit.
All of the old timers at the Jurupa Mts. Cultural Center are dead and gone. There was one old guy who really knew that area. Don't know if they still have the display of spheres, but the same old guy ground every one of them on a home built single cup machine.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2012 17:33:41 GMT -5
yes, sphere display is still there. I'll ask if he is there! Thanks for the lead.
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