noiefish
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Post by noiefish on Aug 23, 2020 20:39:50 GMT -5
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EricD
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Post by EricD on Aug 23, 2020 20:46:05 GMT -5
I did a few slabs this weekend, from a river trip a few weeks back. A couple are ugly ones I grabbed because I was curious about what they would look like on the inside. The other was a big hunk of jasper - and I'm a sucker for red jasper. They all turned out much more interesting on the inside than I wasexpecting, and now I'm curious what they are. I know the bright red part of the big one is red jasper, but the edges look kind of mossy?  That 3rd one is magnificent  |
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noiefish
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Post by noiefish on Aug 23, 2020 20:59:52 GMT -5
It really is! And it was the ugliest rock of all. I just wanted to know what ugly rocks look like on the inside. I'll be second guessing what to grab on my next trip. 😄
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Post by Peruano on Aug 24, 2020 6:38:05 GMT -5
Those orbs appear to be overlapping. Probably not but you should consider mushroom rhyolite or if calcareous (acid test)) some sort of marine fossil aggregation. Just streaming to stimulate your search.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 24, 2020 10:05:04 GMT -5
That red jasper is a nice one... That's all the hounding I have been doing is on the Willamette River, been doing great this summer on finding goodies..
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kyoti
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Post by kyoti on Aug 30, 2020 8:10:39 GMT -5
They look very cool inside! I'm also a fan of tumbling or cutting ugly rocks. I love a good surprise and it helps you learn to look for things you otherwise wouldn't pick up. One of my finds turned out to be a small septarian nodule. Made me super happy.  |
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Post by rmf on Aug 30, 2020 11:17:10 GMT -5
who could dislike red Jasper with a side of moss agate? #2 is interesting pattern bottom center looks sponge hopefully the pattern will polish
I am impatient so slabbing has always been more interesting than tumbling to me. faster reward. Nice finds
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kloiekitty
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Post by kloiekitty on Nov 19, 2020 5:23:02 GMT -5
I live in Eugene and have also found many unique rocks in the Willamette River. Years ago after digging around most the day at the river I was cleaning my hands in the river when I looked down and there was this shiney black rock about the size of a 50 cent piece when I reached to grab it and got it out of the water I was startled by what I thought was a big bug alive on it so I dropped it but picked it back up only to see is was a perfectly fossil of some kind of bug I never seen before. So I took it a rock place and they told me that this rock was a perfect fossil of a worm like bugs with lots of little legs on both sides. I can't remember what there called it starts with a T from 25 million years ago! I thought I hit the jackpot. Being it was that old. He asked me where I found it and I told him the willamette river he said people have found them in the Colorado rivers but not common around here. Still have it. I find lots of interesting rocks in the willamette!
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Nov 19, 2020 11:04:49 GMT -5
I live in Eugene and have also found many unique rocks in the Willamette River. Years ago after digging around most the day at the river I was cleaning my hands in the river when I looked down and there was this shiney black rock about the size of a 50 cent piece when I reached to grab it and got it out of the water I was startled by what I thought was a big bug alive on it so I dropped it but picked it back up only to see is was a perfectly fossil of some kind of bug I never seen before. So I took it a rock place and they told me that this rock was a perfect fossil of a worm like bugs with lots of little legs on both sides. I can't remember what there called it starts with a T from 25 million years ago! I thought I hit the jackpot. Being it was that old. He asked me where I found it and I told him the willamette river he said people have found them in the Colorado rivers but not common around here. Still have it. I find lots of interesting rocks in the willamette! Was it called a Trilobite fossil?? |
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NevadaBill
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Post by NevadaBill on Nov 20, 2020 15:47:22 GMT -5
It is always exciting to find what the saw blade can reveal from a rock. I really love the deep, bright red color in the first Jasper slice though.
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Post by stephan on Nov 22, 2020 21:43:36 GMT -5
I live in Eugene and have also found many unique rocks in the Willamette River. Years ago after digging around most the day at the river I was cleaning my hands in the river when I looked down and there was this shiney black rock about the size of a 50 cent piece when I reached to grab it and got it out of the water I was startled by what I thought was a big bug alive on it so I dropped it but picked it back up only to see is was a perfectly fossil of some kind of bug I never seen before. So I took it a rock place and they told me that this rock was a perfect fossil of a worm like bugs with lots of little legs on both sides. I can't remember what there called it starts with a T from 25 million years ago! I thought I hit the jackpot. Being it was that old. He asked me where I found it and I told him the willamette river he said people have found them in the Colorado rivers but not common around here. Still have it. I find lots of interesting rocks in the willamette! Was it called a Trilobite fossil?? That would have to be a lot (at least 10-fold) older, wouldn’t it? |
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