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Post by glennz01 on Sept 3, 2014 11:32:28 GMT -5
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Post by gingerkid on Sept 3, 2014 12:20:33 GMT -5
glennz01, it looks like a pretty picture jasper in your pics. Is the material turned over in the last pic? That looks like agate. ??
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 3, 2014 12:24:51 GMT -5
That is "Picture" jasper for sure Glenn....It was formed with quartz agate,which is the bottom piece...NICE!
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Post by snowmom on Sept 3, 2014 15:30:46 GMT -5
neat find!
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Post by azgnoinc on Sept 3, 2014 18:04:14 GMT -5
Nice find and well placed cut on that bottom piece, maybe some non native goodies will show up at the PO and you can trade to get some more of that stuff!!
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Post by glennz01 on Sept 3, 2014 18:36:30 GMT -5
I have been told its agate by everyone else..... so its agate around the outside with quartz and picture jasper that naturally breaks in slabs?
I only say this because this is one of the only pieces like this... could be the only one in my state that has been collected possibly.... The guy that gave it to me (we broke it with a hammer as we thought it was just crystal geode on the inside not expecting to see that... Note the side where you can see the the layers (which is why local people thought it was agate.
The only thing i am going to do with this natural slabs is maybe polish the faces... I am otherwise not going to do anything else with it unless i get more. I have some smaller pieces in my tumbler but it looks like agate not jasper in my tumbler.... I think i might call it picture agate!
As for the cut that stuff was the crystal / agate layer that was on top of the "picture jasper" as the jasper was layered in between.
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Joe
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Post by Joe on Sept 3, 2014 22:08:15 GMT -5
I agree with the jasper part as well as the last being quartz/agate... make some nice cabs with all that stone lad  |
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Post by glennz01 on Sept 3, 2014 23:21:05 GMT -5
If i get more of it i will  |
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Post by Toad on Sept 4, 2014 0:47:11 GMT -5
Beautiful piece.
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Post by glennz01 on Sept 4, 2014 1:00:12 GMT -5
Once my polishing pads come i will continue polishing the piece, I might polish the other one as well, not sure what I will do... As it sits it has a low polish...clearly visible scratches.
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Geoff
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Post by Geoff on Sept 5, 2014 0:28:26 GMT -5
That is picture rhyolite, not jasper. I'm familiar with the material and where it comes from.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2014 10:15:12 GMT -5
I have to agree with Geoff. The breaks look more like rhyolite breaks than jasper breaks. Jasper fractures look glassy. These not so much.
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