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Post by Bluesky78987 on Dec 14, 2018 15:17:10 GMT -5
Here are a few new ones now that I'm back at the wheels. Purple Calcite: Fireworks Obsidian Heart. It turned out to have some quartz in the top right. Weird. I'm still a beginner heart maker. Copper complex (NOT colla wood): I like how the dark brown has a lot of hematite in it: Azurate with : Picasso Jasper that took a liquid shine (unusual right?) Ring size Royston Turquoise, self hounded from a pay dig: I don't know-ite. I love this stuff. Any ideas on ID? Pretty hard (maybe a 5). Took a good shine. Back (I may have cabbed the wrong side.) I like how you can see that the iron came up through the fracture and colored the blobs that intersected with it. Happy holidays everybody!
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Post by MsAli on Dec 14, 2018 16:27:01 GMT -5
Very nice on all of them
Is the last one OJ?
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Post by fernwood on Dec 14, 2018 16:56:28 GMT -5
I was thinking OJ on the last one, too. The copper is amazing. Glad you are back at it.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Dec 14, 2018 17:03:57 GMT -5
Thanks. I don't think the last one is OJ - not agat-y, more porcelain. I thought it was going to be your typical silt/fossil stone, soft, little shine, but turns out its harder. I guess those may not be fossils, but it smells like a fossil when cut. You know that smell? Here's the slab:
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 14, 2018 21:14:45 GMT -5
Great job on those! Lots of really pretty ones, but my favorite is the last one with the little jellyfish blobs floating around in it!
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Post by socalagatehound on Dec 14, 2018 22:39:09 GMT -5
Very nice! Glad you're back at it! There's also an Indonesian orbicular river jasper that mimics OJ pretty well. I don't have any, so I can't tell you how hard it is.
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Post by vegasjames on Dec 15, 2018 0:01:29 GMT -5
Great cabs.
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Post by stephan on Dec 15, 2018 0:17:38 GMT -5
OK. You are making it too hard to pick a favorite.
I do know that "fossil smell" -- dino bone and turitella definitely have it. Petrified wood doesn't. So something about mineral animal remains in silica. That is some cool stuff, though. I'd originally thought OJ, too. I love the black and spider-webbing. Those really bring out the orbs.
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Post by stephan on Dec 15, 2018 0:19:56 GMT -5
Very nice! Glad you're back at it! There's also an Indonesian orbicular river jasper that mimics OJ pretty well. I don't have any, so I can't tell you how hard it is. It's about the same hardness. I'm pretty sure some of it is sold as OJ. It always makes me sad when a material that is nice in its own right is used as a knock-off/simulant.
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 15, 2018 5:47:36 GMT -5
Nice! Good to see you back at it. I think that OJ impostor is some kind of rhyolite.
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Post by socalagatehound on Dec 15, 2018 15:37:46 GMT -5
I think that OJ impostor is some kind of rhyolite. I have to say, that thought crossed my mind....
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Post by stephan on Dec 15, 2018 18:55:44 GMT -5
Nice! Good to see you back at it. I think that OJ impostor is some kind of rhyolite. Isn’t OJ technically a rhyolite, too? It might explain the similarity.
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 15, 2018 19:10:53 GMT -5
Nice! Good to see you back at it. I think that OJ impostor is some kind of rhyolite. Isn’t OJ technically a rhyolite, too? It might explain the similarity. I've seen it called a rhyolite. But, I've seen it called a jasper agate, too. That one has patterns more like a bird's eye rhyolite, though the colors look much better on this one.
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Post by stephan on Dec 15, 2018 19:24:05 GMT -5
Isn’t OJ technically a rhyolite, too? It might explain the similarity. I've seen it called a rhyolite. But, I've seen it called a jasper agate, too. That one has patterns more like a bird's eye rhyolite, though the colors look much better on this one. Agreed on both points. All these trade names can make IDing difficult, at times.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Dec 16, 2018 19:54:29 GMT -5
Thanks y'all!
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Post by mossyrockhound on Dec 17, 2018 12:20:44 GMT -5
Nice cabs, especially the fireworks obsidian and the last one.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Dec 17, 2018 15:59:40 GMT -5
Rhyolite it is I think. Shall we call it "Space Odyssy Rhyolite"? I'm hoping the seller has the rest of his stash at Q this year. I love how "in focus" (distinct not blurry) the orbs and lines are. It's amazing that with some rocks I get home and 6 months later say "What the heck was I thinking when I bought this??? It's full of fractures!" And then I'll pick up another one and say "What??? I only got one slab? Sob". Learned something new this thread - OJ is rhyolite. Did not know that - would have said agate but I see now that most of it is not agatized, although there seem to be a lot of the fancier pieces do have areas of clear agate.
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Post by stephan on Dec 18, 2018 8:31:11 GMT -5
Rhyolite it is I think. Shall we call it "Space Odyssy Rhyolite"? I'm hoping the seller has the rest of his stash at Q this year. I love how "in focus" (distinct not blurry) the orbs and lines are. It's amazing that with some rocks I get home and 6 months later say "What the heck was I thinking when I bought this??? It's full of fractures!" And then I'll pick up another one and say "What??? I only got one slab? Sob". Learned something new this thread - OJ is rhyolite. Did not know that - would have said agate but I see now that most of it is not agatized, although there seem to be a lot of the fancier pieces do have areas of clear agate. That is a perfect name. As for second-guessing our slab-buying... definitely been there. When I comes to buying only one, sometimes the price is the answer.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Dec 18, 2018 9:53:50 GMT -5
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Post by metalsmith on Dec 19, 2018 14:31:19 GMT -5
Stunning, particularly the last one - and that slab! Oh wow!
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