booboo
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Post by booboo on Mar 31, 2015 1:46:04 GMT -5
Hi all!
I went to a local show this weekend in South bay and picked up some goodies! check these out!
I went looking for some jade rough to slice up for a project and found these.... two large chunks...the larger one at 7 lbs and the smaller one at 4 lbs....paid a grand total of 10 uns for both
another look
this is the larger chunk...the gentleman at the booth was purty sure its from califonia
other side
this un he wasn't sure of the origin...he suspects Wyoming but he wasn't too sure...I did the scratch test on both rocks and couldn't scratch em...this one is really pretty...
better view....its got yellowish spots and has brownish red streaks from the rind going inwards...green in the middle
the rind...
Thanks for looking! still looking for positive id on these...please feel free to chime in if you have an idea on kind/origin...thanks for looking!!!
joe
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Post by snowmom on Mar 31, 2015 6:07:10 GMT -5
very pretty! Looking forward to seeing what you do with them. I love before and after photos, especially of JADE!
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Post by gingerkid on Mar 31, 2015 6:40:21 GMT -5
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Mar 31, 2015 13:01:21 GMT -5
The rock on the right in the first four pictures looks like Plasma Agate from Clear Creek in California. I have a piece that looks like it. It's quite variable material but your piece resembles this one I found last year.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 13:58:45 GMT -5
The rock on the right in the first four pictures looks like Plasma Agate from Clear Creek in California. I have a piece that looks like it. It's quite variable material but your piece resembles this one I found last year. Could not resist. Sorry. Nature repeats itself.
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Post by Tommy on Mar 31, 2015 14:04:43 GMT -5
Haha awesome
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Don
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Post by Don on Mar 31, 2015 14:48:32 GMT -5
wow, I read that wrong! thought it said you paid a grand ($1000) total for those two rocks. about freaked out.
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booboo
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Post by booboo on Mar 31, 2015 22:56:29 GMT -5
wow, I read that wrong! thought it said you paid a grand ($1000) total for those two rocks. about freaked out. lol...sorry bout that...I figured at $10 I caint pass it up!
joe
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Post by snowmom on Apr 1, 2015 5:45:53 GMT -5
those are gonna be great...
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 1, 2015 9:58:04 GMT -5
SCORE!!!!!
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booboo
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Post by booboo on Apr 1, 2015 10:49:26 GMT -5
those are gonna be great... thanks Snowmom! I plan on making some fish hooks outta 'em...once I get 'em cut that is
joe
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Post by megalotis on Apr 6, 2015 23:34:44 GMT -5
Dang, Shotgunner, that is one beautiful lizard! Isn't that a uromastyx? The only ones I've seen have been gray-brown with maybe a little orange on 'em.
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Post by megalotis on Apr 6, 2015 23:37:14 GMT -5
Dang, Shotgunner, that is one beautiful lizard! Isn't that a uromastyx? The only ones I've seen have been gray-brown with maybe a little orange on 'em.
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Post by Toad on Apr 7, 2015 5:13:00 GMT -5
Real nice stuff there - so how long until the after photos...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2015 7:33:38 GMT -5
Ten bucks worth for sure. Check really really close for fractures because they are hard to see until they come apart.
The yellow looks like a feldspar inclusion like I find here in north Wyoming but I would not go so far as to say it came from here. What I find has been rolled a long ways and has no rind. Jim
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booboo
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Post by booboo on Apr 7, 2015 10:55:45 GMT -5
Real nice stuff there - so how long until the after photos... soon! I have a smaller saw so i'll have to have a buddy cut it for me....
joe
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booboo
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Post by booboo on Apr 7, 2015 10:58:34 GMT -5
Ten bucks worth for sure. Check really really close for fractures because they are hard to see until they come apart. The yellow looks like a feldspar inclusion like I find here in north Wyoming but I would not go so far as to say it came from here. What I find has been rolled a long ways and has no rind. Jim cool! the gentleman from the rock club said it came from an older collection and he was saying it may have been collected from the Wyoming area...thanks for chiming in!
joe
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Post by panamark on Apr 7, 2015 15:11:17 GMT -5
Hi all!
the rind...
Thanks for looking! still looking for positive id on these...please feel free to chime in if you have an idea on kind/origin...thanks for looking!!!
joe
The rind doesn't look like jade to me. Too fractured I think. Maybe some expert can chime in.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2015 19:18:10 GMT -5
This is a piece of Washington jade with rind and it looks similar except for the color. I also have a lot of jade that has the fractures running from the edge toward the center. Jim
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booboo
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Post by booboo on Apr 8, 2015 10:37:32 GMT -5
This is a piece of Washington jade with rind and it looks similar except for the color. I also have a lot of jade that has the fractures running from the edge toward the center. Jim love the way you display the jade!!!
joe
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