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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 3, 2015 8:52:24 GMT -5
Jan & Don, there is a Black Sky Owyhee. I'll have a 4-1/2 pound chunk of it coming next week. There is also a very dark variant of the Biggs jasper. Not sure what they named it, but I have a chunk of it that my trucker buddy dropped off here a while back.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 3, 2015 9:03:56 GMT -5
That's a very large piece of Dark Sky Owyhee rough that you are waiting for, jakesrocks.  I thought I had a slab of it, but cannot locate it. I hope you'll please post a pic of your Biggs with the dark sky, too! A couple of posts up, I have a pic of a polished slab of Deschutes with the dark sky - the one with the flea bites. Here's a pic of Dark Sky Deschutes rough that I have:  @rocks2dust mentioned to me to be sure and wrap slabs so they will not rub against each other, which creates the "fleabites." The other day, I straightened up my materials that I have stored in a dresser (of all places, lol) and woke up the next morning to discover that we slept with a slab. |
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Post by roy on Apr 3, 2015 9:09:30 GMT -5
That's a beautiful pic jasp pendant you designed, Don. I am not sure what type of picture jasper is in your pendant. I've seen Deschutes with a dark landscape, but haven't seen any Biggs, although it could be Biggs. It looks like Biggs to me since the "hills" are not as defined as the ones seen in Deschutes which is supposed to help differentiate the two jaspers, but I am not sure. I have also seen one variant of Owyhee picture jasper called Black (or dark) Sky Owyhee. all biggs jasper is grainy to some degree and will change colors when cut i cut one the other day that had baby blue shy when do black sky cooked the oil off stayed black i also cut some deshutes the other day and got black sky in the middle of slabs so you can get either one with black i have them will take some pictures tonight after work |
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 3, 2015 9:13:12 GMT -5
Thank you, roy! I didn't know that about Biggs and Deschutes, and looking forward to your pics when you post them. |
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 3, 2015 9:48:10 GMT -5
All these jaspers are badass!!!!! Thumbs up...
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Post by gemfeller on Apr 3, 2015 10:06:39 GMT -5
Re: dark vs. blue sky Deschutes and Biggs. I don't know if this is true (haven't tested it myself) but I was talking to a veteran collector of those two jaspers in Tucson some time back. He said to change dark sky to bluer sky simply put the slabs up on the roof or someplace in direct sunshine for a few months. Maybe someone here can confirm (or challenge) that advice. Roy's comment about getting darker sky in the middle of his rough that presumably was not exposed to sunlight made me think of it.
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 3, 2015 11:03:30 GMT -5
Not sure if I posted this earlier. This is Biggs that started out very dark. The slabs sat in an open box on my front porch for over a year before I cabbed this one. What had been very dark sky ended up as light shades of purple & gray. Don't know how much effect cooking on the hot porch may have had to do with it. I haven't finishes polishing this. I just wanted to see what it would work up like.  |
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 3, 2015 13:02:21 GMT -5
That's interesting, gemfeller. Thanks for sharing!  My apologies for going off topic, but I wanted to ask you - how is your vision, Rick? I hope you can see much better and doing well (and your wife, too!) after having cataract surgery. I wanted to ask if you had the surgery in both eyes? That's gonna be a beauty when you give it a final polish, Don. Wonder if the slabs got a little heat-treatment while in your cardboard box in the sun? Could the whitish areas on your cab be opalized or areas with opal?? |
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Post by gemfeller on Apr 3, 2015 14:16:52 GMT -5
That's interesting, gemfeller. Thanks for sharing! My apologies for going off topic, but I wanted to ask you - how is your vision, Rick? I hope you can see much better and doing well (and your wife, too!) after having cataract surgery. I wanted to ask if you had the surgery in both eyes? Thanks for your interest Jan. My wife's recovering very well and is back to mostly normal activity. The eye surgery was a piece of cake, It was done on St. Patrick's Day and the surgery on the left eye is scheduled for Cinco de Mayo -- I don't know what it is about this doctor and holidays. Vision is much improved and I'm looking forward to having them both done. Back to topic. These are some Owyhee-area jaspers, some name unknown. I included the Wildhorse because I think it has an unusual pattern. I'm very curious about the source/name of the material with intricate patterns and greenish-blue "sky." It was marked "Goldrush View or Jackpot Mine." I'm unable to locate any info on Goldrushview or Gold Rush jasper. There are images of Jackpot Jasper in Gamma's book but it doesn't look like my material. Maybe someone here can solve the riddle. Blue Mustang  Unknown  Wildhorse  Arch Canyon?  Queenstone  Doesn’t Look Like Jackpot  Doesn’t Look Like Jackpot #2  |
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 3, 2015 20:59:29 GMT -5
More slabs came today. Red Desert.  Owyhee Sunset. This will be polished for my collection.  Another Owyhee Sunset. Not as nice as the first. This is cabbing material.  |
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 3, 2015 21:05:55 GMT -5
Rick, I might be wrong, but your second pic looks like Wonderstone from the McDermitt area.
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Post by gemfeller on Apr 3, 2015 22:34:23 GMT -5
That's very likely Don. You probably already know this but geologically speaking the McDermitt area should be considered a general part of the Owyhee/Graveyard Point volcanics as should the Jarbidge/Virgin Valley region. They're all connected to the current Yellowstone Hot Spot that left a series of calderas north and east to its present position as a tectonic plate moved over it. There's a pretty good explanation here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_hotspot |
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Post by roy on Apr 4, 2015 10:42:52 GMT -5
Re: dark vs. blue sky Deschutes and Biggs. I don't know if this is true (haven't tested it myself) but I was talking to a veteran collector of those two jaspers in Tucson some time back. He said to change dark sky to bluer sky simply put the slabs up on the roof or someplace in direct sunshine for a few months. Maybe someone here can confirm (or challenge) that advice. Roy's comment about getting darker sky in the middle of his rough that presumably was not exposed to sunlight made me think of it. im thinking your rite on that one because on the light blue slab when i burnt the oil off with the oven it didnt bring the color back so i will leave one on the roof this summer and see the other i will bleach will see wich one works! |
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Post by roy on Apr 4, 2015 10:45:21 GMT -5
not jack pot painted desert is the name
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Post by gemfeller on Apr 4, 2015 12:40:22 GMT -5
Thanks for that Roy. In Gamma's book Jackpot and Painted Desert are on opposite pages. My slabs have some resemblance to both but the "scenes" and "sky" in Painted Desert look closer.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 4, 2015 12:48:06 GMT -5
That's good news, gemfeller, and hope your other eye is a cinch, too! Very nice picture jasper slabs! I am not familiar with some of them. I agree with jakesrocks that your second slab looks a bit like wonderstone. I've seen some that Mr. Daryl has sold and his description of the material says that the wonderstone has more quartz than rhyolite in it, and it also has yellow translucency (that sounds weird). I like your Red Desert and Owyhee Sunset, Don! |
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 4, 2015 12:58:29 GMT -5
I'll have 5 more slabs coming in a few days Jan. One is a variety called Painted Lady, a fairly new find, and another is called Nyssa Pink Plume, which comes from the Oregon/Idaho border area.
I'm spending the day going through all of my slabs, trying to decide which will be polished for display, and which will be cabbing material. Decisions, decisions. LOL
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 4, 2015 13:12:13 GMT -5
I'm spending the day going through all of my slabs, trying to decide which will be polished for display, and which will be cabbing material. Decisions, decisions. LOL That's a big task, Don, but have fun! Haven't seen Painted Lady before and looking forward to seeing 'her' and your other slabs. |
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 4, 2015 13:17:41 GMT -5
LOL, Jan, maybe I should have said all of my picture jasper slabs. Only a 3/4 full Medium FRB of those. If I started hauling boxes of slabs up from the basement, it'd take the better part of a month to sort & decide.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 4, 2015 13:23:24 GMT -5
...or a couple of years to sort all of them, Don.  |
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I thought I had a slab of it, but cannot locate it. 
My apologies for going off topic, but I wanted to ask you - how is your vision, Rick? I hope you can see much better and doing well (and your wife, too!) after having cataract surgery. I wanted to ask if you had the surgery in both eyes?
