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Post by oregon on Sept 13, 2016 15:00:12 GMT -5
Gotta love it when you can find these among the cobbles. Southern OR coast, was a bit of a hike down to a lonely beach, there were a couple hundred lb jasper boulders with great colors, but only wanted to haul up a few pcs.  cut open (wet)  |
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Post by Tommy on Sept 13, 2016 15:58:50 GMT -5
Oh that's nice! Is the black metallic like hematite?
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Post by bsky4463 on Sept 13, 2016 16:45:23 GMT -5
OH YEAH - now that is a beach combers delight...great find. Cheers (wait till fossilman sees this one he will flip) |
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Sept 13, 2016 21:25:56 GMT -5
My my that is nice, like I could get lost in that,
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Post by oregon on Sept 14, 2016 1:39:44 GMT -5
Oh that's nice! Is the black metallic like hematite? Funny, down on this beach there were areas of really black (sparkly) sand. It was unique enough that I gathered up a small jar, seems the wind had sorted it very well... When I got home it seemed very dense, and is great to play with a magnet on the side of the jar - assumed that was hematite... The magnets do not seem to have any attraction for this rock. At first I thought the back was just oxidized/weathered black, but I don't that's the case. Wonder if I could get to a slab that had more black and red...hmmmm |
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Post by adam on Sept 14, 2016 5:42:46 GMT -5
Beautiful brecciated jasper! Keep rocking!
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 14, 2016 7:59:36 GMT -5
Beautiful breccia! Looks very like the Franciscan Formation jasper from the interior coast ranges of California....Mel
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 14, 2016 9:12:24 GMT -5
HOLY MOLLY!!! A nice huge Jasper off the beach! And brecciated at that-SWEET!!!
I'm bad this year,haven't hit the beaches or rivers at all...
Great find Oregon....How far south was you??
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Post by oregon on Sept 14, 2016 10:11:10 GMT -5
Great find Oregon....How far south was you?? South - Down at Boardman State Park, one of my favorites... The name of the beach was "Secret" |
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Post by roy on Sept 14, 2016 10:24:22 GMT -5
never found anything that nice at the beach !thats awesome
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Post by quartz on Sept 14, 2016 10:59:20 GMT -5
Very nice beach find.
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 14, 2016 11:38:08 GMT -5
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Post by Psycho on Sept 14, 2016 17:44:31 GMT -5
That is awesome!
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