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Post by rockyraccoon on Nov 7, 2005 0:07:35 GMT -5
she told me green mary ellen jasper or kambaba jasper stromatolite. are they the same    kim |
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Post by SteveHolmes on Nov 7, 2005 0:50:09 GMT -5
Don't know what it is, but is that solid all the way through? I also noticed some red spots towards the bottom left...is there more of them?
Steve
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Post by rockyraccoon on Nov 7, 2005 1:02:06 GMT -5
i had to go look steve. the red doesn't go all the way through but the black/tan does.
kim
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Post by SteveHolmes on Nov 7, 2005 1:10:22 GMT -5
I had to look at your pictures again. Is the surface of that Jasper smooth? The tan spots make it look like it has a rippled effect. If it is a smooth rock., that looks pretty neat just as it is!
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Post by rockyraccoon on Nov 7, 2005 1:13:16 GMT -5
yes the surface is smooth. the tan spots kind of sparkle like they have some kind of metal in them.
kim
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Post by stoner on Nov 7, 2005 2:08:52 GMT -5
I don't know about anyone else, but I see a bunch of wierd looking animals in that second pic, either that, or I sprayed too much lacquer today!
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Post by Sabre52 on Nov 7, 2005 2:22:59 GMT -5
Kim: I believe I've read both are stromatolitic jaspers but the Kabamba Jasper ( sometimes called Polywog Jasper) is from the NW coast of Madagascar and the specimens I've seen are not as rich in silvery hematite as the Green Mary Ellen which owes it's high hematite content to being a biproduct of the Mary Ellen iron mines in the Mesabi Iron Range of Minnesota. Your pic is definately Green Mary Ellen not Kabamba Jasper
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Post by rollingstone on Nov 7, 2005 3:08:38 GMT -5
For comparison, another fossil stromatalite (semi-shaped rough, wet, lousy photo). Actually, this was sold to me as turitella agate, which I knew it wasn't, but it looked cool enough to buy anyway. I like the colours in yours better.  |
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Post by creativeminded on Nov 7, 2005 9:42:16 GMT -5
That is a neat rock, can't wait to see some of it finished, looks like it shapes up well.
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Post by Cher on Nov 7, 2005 10:20:51 GMT -5
It just amazes me how much of the Mary Ellen Jasper keeps popping up. The Mary Ellen pit is totally filled with water, they can't even get it anymore. If they could, I'd be spending the summers there digging since the mine is only about 30 miles from me.
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Post by stefan on Nov 7, 2005 12:57:27 GMT -5
What about the out lying areas Cher? That stuff has to be coming from somewhere?
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Post by Cher on Nov 7, 2005 17:21:46 GMT -5
From what I have been told, you had to go down into the pit to get to this stuff, not sure how deep it was. Talked to a fellow last year and he said there was one guy who was doing all the collecting before but he isn't doing it anymore. I guess he's up there in years and it got too hard for him to get it. And as I mentioned, I was told the area of the pit that this stuff was found in is underwater now and that all access has been blocked by the mining company. I don't know for sure, this is what I was told but I've never actually gone to the area to look around.
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Post by rollingstone on Nov 7, 2005 19:04:42 GMT -5
I did a bit of searching on the Net and found a reference from April 2004 where the company (Crescent Stone International) which seems to have bought the mine, was running some tours into the mine on a weekend last April. I looked up the company and they seem to have renamed the material "genesis stone", and sell it as construction or decorative stone in various colours, including green and the red that was characteristic of Mary Ellen jasper. I don't know how accurate this info is, but that's what the links I followed suggest anyway. Here's a link to Crescent Stone International, near the bottom of the page is the description of "genesis stone: www.crescentstone.com/page/page/1847653.htm |
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Post by rockyraccoon on Nov 7, 2005 21:29:11 GMT -5
cool link rollingstone. they are trying to market it a different way now. hmmmmmm.....
kim
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Post by Cher on Nov 7, 2005 23:07:04 GMT -5
I wonder why they would rename it after it has been know as Mary Ellen Jasper for so long. That's an interesting link, thanks.
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Post by joe on Nov 7, 2005 23:27:00 GMT -5
New name, new price
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Post by stefan on Nov 8, 2005 13:46:40 GMT -5
I'm betting this stuff costs a fortune! Ever price a granite countertop-
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