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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2016 0:18:15 GMT -5
There is a semi famous and overpriced rock called Nebula Stone. Google it if you are curious. In another thread washingtonrocks mentioned Variolite. Not only did Google show me Variolite but I also was shown Nebula Stone. Did Google identify Nebula Stone as Variolite? Is Nebula Stone Variolite? ![](http://www.nebulastone.com/NebulaStoneQ1.jpg)
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Post by Pat on Dec 10, 2016 0:40:05 GMT -5
It's out of this world!!
New to me.
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Post by tandl on Dec 14, 2016 14:56:14 GMT -5
Yup, same . ive seen it called poppy jasper too
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2016 15:21:43 GMT -5
Yup, same . ive seen it called poppy jasper too Nebula stones are all river cobbles said to originate from a single canyon in "Mexico". They have confusing identification from various 'experts'. One, identifies Quartz, Anorthoclase, Acmite, Arfedsonite, Riebeckite and Zircon make me feel like it's a pretty orbicular granite. They claim mohs 6.5-7
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Post by tandl on Dec 14, 2016 15:56:47 GMT -5
Yup, same . ive seen it called poppy jasper too Nebula stones are all river cobbles said to originate from a single canyon in "Mexico". They have confusing identification from various 'experts'. One, identifies Quartz, Anorthoclase, Acmite, Arfedsonite, Riebeckite and Zircon make me feel like it's a pretty orbicular granite. They claim mohs 6.5-7 it is a scam
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Post by agatemaggot on Dec 14, 2016 17:23:29 GMT -5
The write up on the Google search I did made me think a bunch of B.S. was floating around !
Checked the web-site and was convinced.
$38.00 for a 3 oz. pebble unpolished ?
MAYBE NOT !
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Post by ziggy on Dec 14, 2016 17:50:36 GMT -5
Yup, same . ive seen it called poppy jasper too Nebula stones are all river cobbles said to originate from a single canyon in "Mexico". They have confusing identification from various 'experts'. One, identifies Quartz, Anorthoclase, Acmite, Arfedsonite, Riebeckite and Zircon make me feel like it's a pretty orbicular granite. They claim mohs 6.5-7 I have found variolite while hounding the back dirt roads in Michigan....twice. One stone was bright green with really contrasting white spots and the other was paler green with equally paler spots.
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Post by Don on Dec 14, 2016 18:30:15 GMT -5
kambaba jasper looks a lot like it too.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2016 19:09:34 GMT -5
kambaba jasper looks a lot like it too. Actually kambaba has a light background. This is dark.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2016 19:11:02 GMT -5
Nebula stones are all river cobbles said to originate from a single canyon in "Mexico". They have confusing identification from various 'experts'. One, identifies Quartz, Anorthoclase, Acmite, Arfedsonite, Riebeckite and Zircon make me feel like it's a pretty orbicular granite. They claim mohs 6.5-7 it is a scam Well yeah, pricing is approximately $1 a gram for river cobbles... Of course it crap. I just like the puzzle of figuring out what stuff is.
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Post by tandl on Dec 15, 2016 11:59:21 GMT -5
Nebula stones are all river cobbles said to originate from a single canyon in "Mexico". They have confusing identification from various 'experts'. One, identifies Quartz, Anorthoclase, Acmite, Arfedsonite, Riebeckite and Zircon make me feel like it's a pretty orbicular granite. They claim mohs 6.5-7 I have found variolite while hounding the back dirt roads in Michigan....twice. One stone was bright green with really contrasting white spots and the other was paler green with equally paler spots. Variolites vary from locale and stone to stone even . As ziggy said he has found them in michigan. ive found them in illinois . i have pics of some on here from past posts . i know of one i found and left in the bank of a creek that has to be around a hundred pounds .
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Post by ziggy on Dec 15, 2016 13:43:50 GMT -5
This one is a dead ringer for the first one we found. ![]() And this is a dead ringer for the second one. ![](https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQs_jAhCqKVLy-_hnG_0lCTWHB74k50dOznPSmg7RcyuSuxuUD4) I cut the first one into slabs and lost track of where they ended up. Gotta go look for them someday in my slab storage area (a bunch of plastic cotton candy tubs out near the garage door.) Oh well, I couldn't wait for someday so I went out and found one of the slab buckets. Below are some of the variolite slabs. The flash blew out the color which is actually pale green. From what I understand, it is a decomposing form of granite with orbicular inclusions, but there is plenty of contrary info and I'm probably wrong, but that is what someone who should know about it told me. ![](http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah50/tankar11/DSCN08041_zpshdxr7pau.jpg)
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Post by washingtoncharlie on Dec 15, 2016 14:51:27 GMT -5
I have one or two that I picked up on Puget sound in front of my house. Wonder how that glacier got all the way up here from Mexico. Ha Ha
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Post by washingtoncharlie on Dec 26, 2016 21:04:20 GMT -5
I was wandering around the interweb and was looking for some close places to find some obsidian of different types. I am now wondering if the aforementioned nebula stones are actually snowflake obsidian. stoneplus.cst.cmich.edu/obsidian.htm
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