Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Oct 1, 2014 17:58:56 GMT -5
Anything under $5-10 per pound for fair to good MH jasper is a steal. On the other hand, a good amount of MH is kind of garbage rock too. Need to see those pics......Mel
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Oct 1, 2014 18:47:12 GMT -5
Good luck Scott!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2014 21:56:02 GMT -5
I hold out little hope. He wants me to spend $600 but cannot provide images of a wet stone? Must mean, one of two things. Either he is a flake or hoping to hide the ugly stone true nature. Either way, I am not inspired to part with the money. Sabre52 - Mel what does it mean "Birsdeye Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper"? He must have said that 20 times in 5 minutes. Thanks for all the encouragement folks! |
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Post by stardiamond on Oct 1, 2014 22:16:59 GMT -5
xlfrb?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2014 0:55:10 GMT -5
Tacoma 4wd
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luvtogrow
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Post by luvtogrow on Oct 2, 2014 7:28:03 GMT -5
yeah, I was a little worried too. Dude seems kinda bizarre. Claimed he got it at a "yard sale" and used it as a yard rock. Now he is landscaping and wants to sell it, likely to finance the landscaping! Claims to be a mineral collector and was naming many varieties of mo-hill poppy. This is "birdseye" and it has tiny eyes. I was worried it meant ugly. Could be 300# of leaverite and that is why no pics. Dude even got his wife to take my email addy. Just checked my spam, he is not there. The "birdseye" is the most common variety that I can find here. For some reason I'm not able to post pics from photobucket, but it's got red orbs on a dark background. Most I've found are very nice, but a few, ehh. I'm minutes away from santa cruz and may just pop over and take a pic of it for you.( you'll have to view it elsewhere)- Promise, no matter how nice I won't get it. My backyard is already full of poppy boulders and 300lb would kill me to move!  I'm still recovering from a huge boulder I carried months ago! |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Oct 2, 2014 8:42:49 GMT -5
Scott: I've only ever heard the birdseye term applied to birdseye rhyolite or serpentine Never hear that varietal term applied to Morgan Hill. luvtogrow seems to know more about Morgan Hill than I so I'd follow his lead. One should also be aware that many folks misidentify materials when they post them for sale so I suppose it could be misidentified birdseye rhyolite. And, oddly enough folks seldom misidentify materials as a less expensive material but almost always say it's something "more" expensive than what they actually have *L*. That's why pics are so valuable.....Mel
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2014 9:51:09 GMT -5
Thank you Mel. You are a gentleman. yeah, I was a little worried too. Dude seems kinda bizarre. Claimed he got it at a "yard sale" and used it as a yard rock. Now he is landscaping and wants to sell it, likely to finance the landscaping! Claims to be a mineral collector and was naming many varieties of mo-hill poppy. This is "birdseye" and it has tiny eyes. I was worried it meant ugly. Could be 300# of leaverite and that is why no pics. Dude even got his wife to take my email addy. Just checked my spam, he is not there. The "birdseye" is the most common variety that I can find here. For some reason I'm not able to post pics from photobucket, but it's got red orbs on a dark background. Most I've found are very nice, but a few, ehh. I'm minutes away from santa cruz and may just pop over and take a pic of it for you.( you'll have to view it elsewhere)- Promise, no matter how nice I won't get it. My backyard is already full of poppy boulders and 300lb would kill me to move! I'm still recovering from a huge boulder I carried months ago! My email is found in my profile, or you can PM me. Thanks Man. I appreciate it. |
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vugs
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Post by vugs on Oct 2, 2014 13:23:01 GMT -5
300lb boulder.. Maybe you could just google earth it in his backyard haha!
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QuailRiver
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 2, 2014 16:26:00 GMT -5
300lb boulder.. Maybe you could just google earth it in his backyard haha! LOL! Good one! Larry C. |
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luvtogrow
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Post by luvtogrow on Oct 6, 2014 18:39:30 GMT -5
Scott: I've only ever heard the birdseye term applied to birdseye rhyolite or serpentine Never hear that varietal term applied to Morgan Hill. luvtogrow seems to know more about Morgan Hill than I so I'd follow his lead. One should also be aware that many folks misidentify materials when they post them for sale so I suppose it could be misidentified birdseye rhyolite. And, oddly enough folks seldom misidentify materials as a less expensive material but almost always say it's something "more" expensive than what they actually have *L*. That's why pics are so valuable.....Mel [img src=" ![]() i1360.photobucket.com/albums/r643/jasperhunter/octalr006_zps69dd70ef.jpg" src=" " alt="<a href="http://s1360.photobucket.com/user/jasperhunter/media/octalr006_zps69dd70ef.jpg.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">  </a>"] This is what "they" the unnamed oldtimers around here call birdseye. One in front appears more small flower type, kind of what I thought the boulder might look like, kind of ugly to me. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2014 14:29:55 GMT -5
If that's what it looks like I dont want it for free.
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I'm still recovering from a huge boulder I carried months ago! 
