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Post by gaetzchamp on Mar 22, 2005 1:27:10 GMT -5
Well, what do you think. DONT ask where I got it. Just another one in the collection found somewhere in Utah or Wyoming. I just can't remember.....darn *#%^#@%!!!! Pictures make a virtual 360 degree view of the rock. For scale it's about the size of 2 Almond Joy's (1 package, 2 pieces) sitting on each other....make that 2 Mounds pieces. [a href="  "] [/a] [a href="  "] [/a] [a href="  "] [/a] [a href="  "] [/a] [a href="  "] [/a] thanks for peeking, Gaetz#nosmileys |
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Post by stoner on Mar 22, 2005 2:54:01 GMT -5
Nice stone. I think it's cranberryite  Ed |
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Mar 22, 2005 4:04:12 GMT -5
That's a really amazing stone, but it's going to be really tricky to tumble. It looks kind of like an agate turned inside-out. Instead of a bland exterior hiding a great interior, you've got the best part on the outside. If you tumble it smooth, you risk wearing away all the colour and ending up with a bland white quartz stone. The exterior is so wild -- with all those colours and "eyes", that you sure want to preserve that. What a challenge ... maybe I'd leave it untumbled and just display it as is.
In answer to your question -- I'm betting it's some kind of agate.
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deepsouth
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Post by deepsouth on Mar 22, 2005 4:11:35 GMT -5
Lovely find, my impression too that it's agate.
I would keep it as is.
Great specimen
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Post by docone31 on Mar 22, 2005 7:42:55 GMT -5
It looks like fire agate. I might suggest, instead of tumbling it, you might consider polishing a window on it to see if it has fire. If it is a fire agate, it is worth some bucks.
The colour offset might be from its location, or the other minerals in the matrix,
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Post by Tweetiepy on Mar 22, 2005 8:13:25 GMT -5
Looks like a bloody sea cucumber...  darn newbies |
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Post by Cher on Mar 22, 2005 9:13:56 GMT -5
Nice stone. I think it's cranberryite Ed Hahahahaha ... that's funny Ed, thanks for the first laugh of the morning!! Gaetz, I have no idea what it is but I wouldn't tumble it until, you have it identified. Check online for your state university or if you have a college with a geology dept. maybe someone there could id it for you. Cher |
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Post by creativeminded on Mar 22, 2005 10:16:50 GMT -5
It is a form of Chalcedony, it looks alot like this jasper in this picture.  That is about all I have I could find much else similar to it. Tami |
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Post by docone31 on Mar 22, 2005 10:27:49 GMT -5
Except the bottom picture shows some fire. That raises a big hmmmm to me.
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Post by stefan on Mar 22, 2005 10:43:24 GMT -5
NICE! Looks like an agate to me- Doc is right I see some fire there also!
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Post by Tweetiepy on Mar 22, 2005 10:59:29 GMT -5
Can someone show me the fire?
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Post by gaetzchamp on Mar 22, 2005 11:21:45 GMT -5
Hey rockers, thanks for your input. I really have no intentions of tumbling this, but I've had it for years and it has always fascinated me. I'll take it to a rock shop here in SLC, maybe they can tell me what it is and maybe even where I found it. Stupid memory issues....I'm only 37 and I've already got alzheimer's.
I've never thought of this as a sea cucumber, but I've always thought it looked like octopus tentacles.
I also wish I could "clean up" the white quartzy bottom on this guy.
Gaetz#nosmileys#nosmileys
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Post by Banjocreek on Mar 22, 2005 12:40:32 GMT -5
My 2 cents worth comes from the top picture, where it looks like a poppy jasper.
I'll be interested in what you find out.
Keep us posted.
-Banjo
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Post by gaetzchamp on Mar 22, 2005 12:41:11 GMT -5
Hey I just had a thought....If I could break off all the little bubbles, polish them up and then make a necklace outta the little beads.
Well maybe not.
Gaetz
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Post by Alice on Mar 22, 2005 21:02:05 GMT -5
hmmmmm...... From the "eye's" I'd say it looked like a lot of jaw-breaker candies all fused together  Doesn't Ocean Jasper have eyes? What other rocks have eyes like that? |
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Post by BearCreekLapidary on Mar 22, 2005 22:50:08 GMT -5
Hey Gaetzchamp,
With all due respect ... I am leaning away from Fire Agate. I have cut a lot of fire agate and the general charachteristics are not there.
This appears to be a botryoidal agate or possible even a botryoidal plume agate. There are a lot of plumes that come in the botryoidal (shape similar to a bunch of grapes) form. When it is cut at a 90 degree angle to the round globs ... the plumes are housed inside of the chalcedony that encapsulates the plumes. This does not always go all the way through the stone ... it can be just a few millimeters thick to ten's of milimeters thick ... depending on the origin of the plume agate.
It might be that there is a layer of chalcedony within the mass that is reflecting some light (giving it similarity to fire agate) ... but, I have to come to the conclusion of a Botryoidal Agate.
Botryoidal agates are know to exist in Oregon, Texas, New Mexico, Wyoming and Mexico that I am personally aware of.
Nice find ... definitely a keeper!
John
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Post by kd7cot on Mar 23, 2005 22:48:15 GMT -5
Gaetz, It's agate, the outter core from the celestite geodes you pick up West of Green River Utah, down highway 24. (see the post from Location Location Location) I made a while back. I have a couple of buckets of the stuff  Most of them not cut yet, and haven't tried tumbling - polishing a window as some one suggested does result in interesting views though Hmm maybe I better take some pictures and post them - more on that later... My two bits, Jeff |
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Most of them not cut yet, and haven't tried tumbling - polishing a window as some one suggested does result in interesting views though 
