Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 19, 2012 15:08:25 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Here's a little taste of South African Jasper rough form the rock pile; Thanks for looking.....Mel Dendritic Vogesite which has pictures too.  More normal Vogesite  Rainbow Jasper. hardly ever see this anymore. It looks grainy but takes a fine polish.  Autumn Jasper. This often has nice pictures too.  Flame Jasper:  Mugglestone, sometimes called Springtime Jasper, Sunset Jasper and several other names. Very hard to slab, a mix of red jasper, yellow jasper and hematite. If cut diagonally it has nice scenes too.  |
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Post by deb193redux on Dec 19, 2012 15:11:39 GMT -5
I got some of the rainbow and autumn from Kim. I have a huge piece of rainbow. I went back for some flame, but she had disappeared.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 19, 2012 17:04:42 GMT -5
My cousin goes to South Africa every winter.I should ask him to pick me up some rock...
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Post by deb193redux on Dec 19, 2012 19:51:38 GMT -5
good luck with that. most of the rock is considerably north of the cape in the Greensvelt. Also it is mined in remote regions and goes right into containers for bulk export. As with some Australian rock, a South African wanting a small lapidary parcel would likely have to order it from the states. While it is catching on in some places, lapidary *as a hobby* did not really develop outside of the modern USA.
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peachfront
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Post by peachfront on Dec 19, 2012 21:00:24 GMT -5
Beautiful photos, Mel. In a month I didn't see any rocks at all, just red dirt! Well, I saw rocks like the Kruger Tablets but not agates, pictures, or anything workable...South Africa is huge, and I suspect the tourist areas and birding areas are not the mining areas.
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Post by Bikerrandy on Dec 19, 2012 22:21:30 GMT -5
I had some of the vogesite, autumn jasper, flame jasper and mugglestone that all came from Kim. I wonder why she disappeared? I haven't heard from her in years.
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Post by Bikerrandy on Dec 19, 2012 22:22:09 GMT -5
Oh, that first vogesite is killer!!  |
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Post by deb193redux on Dec 19, 2012 22:28:30 GMT -5
Mel, did you get any of Kim's Koi Jasper. I got a really nice piece. In fact, this is Kim's photo:  Here are her pictures of the chunk of rainbow I got from her.   Still have not cut either one. |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 19, 2012 23:24:51 GMT -5
Wow that is a fine boulder of Rainbow Daniel! I just got the two fist sized hunks and some tumble rough. Was surprised how well the tumble came out. Shaped up and shined up with ease. I didn't get any of the Koi because I thought I had a big hunk in my pile but it turned out I did not.....Mel
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Dec 19, 2012 23:47:34 GMT -5
Man, great specimes! Daniel yours are stunning and that vogesite is really cool Mel. Never seen it before.
Too bad Kim went missing!
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Post by helens on Dec 26, 2012 16:49:03 GMT -5
I want to see a pix of the pile itself:)! You sound like you're buried in rocks!
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Post by kk on Dec 26, 2012 23:03:28 GMT -5
Wow, what a feast on the eyes. Those Vogesite's are especially neat.
Personally though, I like the Autumn Jasper the best from all of the above, simply because of the color-straighten and the resulting contrasts.
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Post by gingerkid on Dec 28, 2012 10:20:17 GMT -5
LOL, must ask the same as Helen, Mel, are you buried in rocks?  The colors are killer and haven't ever seen Vogesite before. |
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The colors are killer and haven't ever seen Vogesite before. 
