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Post by stephan on Mar 18, 2015 17:31:56 GMT -5
My other favorite kind of jasper (along with orbicular) -- anything that was formed, then smashed by having a Tectonic plate sit on it (for the vast majority of the pics in here, it was the North American plate), and finally healed by the intrusion of high-silica water forming agate in the fractures. Many of these pieces fall into more than one category (for example, brecciated and orbicular). Anyway, that is enough out of me. just enjoy the dang pictures already.... www.flickr.com/photos/36618387@N06/sets/72157628275918585/-Stephan |
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Post by snowmom on Mar 18, 2015 19:43:39 GMT -5
oh yeah! (applause) love the breccias. so much going on there! There isn't much(types of rock) you don't find there, is there?
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 18, 2015 19:48:07 GMT -5
Yup, like them breccias almost as much as the orbs and poppies but what, no Sierra( Hornitos Brecciated) Jasper?....Mel
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 18, 2015 21:52:49 GMT -5
Great photos.......Have many of those jaspers in my shop,slabbed only,so far....Also my favorite type of jasper...
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Post by rockroller on Mar 19, 2015 9:21:48 GMT -5
Gonna have to admit that the breccias are one of my faves too! Very nice photos and work stephan! ~Roland |
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Post by woodman on Mar 19, 2015 20:30:13 GMT -5
Anyone have any idea where this came from? I am assuming somewhere in Oregon. this one is 1 1/2" by 2 1/2". takes good polish.
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Post by stephan on Mar 19, 2015 21:31:53 GMT -5
I don't know. Could be Oregon..., somewhere in the Owyhees (another beautiful class of jaspers).
With some of those colors I could almost be tempted to say Mookaite from Australia. But then again, I haven't seen it cleaved and re-cemented quite like that. Interesting. I think I'll stick with Owyhee, though.
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Post by stephan on Mar 19, 2015 21:34:32 GMT -5
oh yeah! (applause) love the breccias. so much going on there! There isn't much(types of rock) you don't find there, is there? Melange, baby. We have quite a diversity. Not much in the way of "true" gems, though -- like rubies, emeralds and that sort of stuff, if that's what you are interested in. ;-) Tourmalines down south though. I'd like to do that one day. |
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Post by stephan on Mar 19, 2015 21:38:29 GMT -5
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 20, 2015 17:38:05 GMT -5
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 20, 2015 17:56:05 GMT -5
Couple more: From our old ranch:  Sierra Pit:  Hill near our ranch:  PS: Down at the bottom of the canyon below Hunters Valley, there is a solid red, black and purple brecciated jasper monolith that is probably several hundred feet across. Huge boulders calving off it but the main mass is so solid you can't even get a chisel into it. Incredible sight but lots of poison oak around it so too dangerous for me to prospect much. Old gold prospectors have actually cut a mine tunnel right into the base of the jasper hill. |
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Post by snowmom on Mar 20, 2015 19:07:00 GMT -5
gosh Mel, give me a break here, my heart is beating so fast I might have a blowout. (Stinky Horse Hole? What is with the names of places out west? Stephan had a couple good ones in one of his trip threads. Bumpass and Elephant butt? )  |
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Post by stephan on Mar 21, 2015 15:03:53 GMT -5
Wow, wow, wow! Be still, my beating heart. Gorgeous stuff, especially the slabs with greens and purple. Wow! Thanks for sharing. I'd especially love to get my hands on something like slabs 4, 7 or 8 in the first set you posted, or #3 in the second.
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 21, 2015 21:09:04 GMT -5
Stephan, The rough number 4 in the first set and the last in the second set came from one tiny hilltop outcrop that is now directly under a home. My buddy and I dug out anything that was left along the edge of the Sierra Pit too. 7&8 came from that pit and were from large nodular hunks. Pretty much sold off or swapped most all my extra material but I still have a few extra slabs that I may part with some day. When I get the time one of these days I really need to resort my slab storage and get rid of some.....Mel
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Post by stephan on Mar 22, 2015 17:26:56 GMT -5
Well keep me in mind for a slab or two. ;~)
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