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Post by drocknut on Aug 8, 2016 13:32:27 GMT -5
Hi all, I went to a rock show this past weekend and bought some slabs that were labelled as being rare. I bought them because they were a different color than I have seen before plus they were not expensive. The bag said "Poppy Jasper" "rare" and had several large slabs plus some little slabs. There was no other id on them so thought I'd ask the experts on here where this material could be from and is it really rare or just different. larger slabs (pictured wet) Small ones (wet) Any idea where this material could be from and if it is indeed rare? Thanks
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Post by Pat on Aug 8, 2016 14:18:15 GMT -5
My first thought for first photo was TORTILLA CHIPS!
Smalls do look like poppies. However some poppies are rare; some are not.
Interesting to see what others say.
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Post by captbob on Aug 8, 2016 15:27:33 GMT -5
Top pic looks like Ocean jasper. Bottom pic may have some OJ and other types included.
I wouldn't go so far as "rare" but it is desirable material.
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 8, 2016 15:48:50 GMT -5
I'd guess northern California poppy jasper. Several places in the interior coast ranges north of San Francisco Bay yield those golden poppy jasper types. Seen some from Lake County. Some folks used to sell one type called Robin's Poppy Jasper. Snow Mountain Poppy is another type. All are pretty rare.....Mel
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Post by captbob on Aug 8, 2016 16:32:03 GMT -5
or that !
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Post by drocknut on Aug 8, 2016 17:44:05 GMT -5
I'd guess northern California poppy jasper. Several places in the interior coast ranges north of San Francisco Bay yield those golden poppy jasper types. Seen some from Lake County. Some folks used to sell one type called Robin's Poppy Jasper. Snow Mountain Poppy is another type. All are pretty rare.....Mel Thank you Mel Sabre52. So I would be good labeling it as golden poppy jasper or northern California poppy jasper? I am keeping it in my collection so I want to label for future reference.
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Post by roy on Aug 9, 2016 10:19:56 GMT -5
looks like low grade oj there is a lot of that going around now it was being sold at 10 a pound for a bit so there was lots around
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Post by drocknut on Aug 9, 2016 13:00:27 GMT -5
looks like low grade oj there is a lot of that going around now it was being sold at 10 a pound for a bit so there was lots around This is definitely not OJ. It was being sold by a man who can no longer do lapidary because of his bad eyesight. His friend was helping him with marking the bags and such. He had some OJ but I didn't want to overspend so passed on it.
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 9, 2016 13:14:03 GMT -5
Diane, I would feel pretty comfortable labeling it Snow Mountain or Stony Creek Poppy jasper. Stony Creek is part of the Snow Mountain drainage as are several rivers ( The Eel R. for instance) and creeks in the area. Many of the poppy cobbles have been transported long distances and show up in stream beds quite some distance from Snow Mountain. Even some of the Napa/Lake County stuff may have come from up that way. The Franciscan cherts that yield the poppies though, extend from Santa Barbara County clear to Washington state. Ole Ron from Ron's Rocks in Camarillo had golden poppy examples from some secret location right near Santa Barbara that he showed me one time..Mel
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Post by drocknut on Aug 10, 2016 20:22:51 GMT -5
Thank you Mel Sabre52. I tried looking for examples of golden poppy jasper but couldn't find any online. I appreciate the information.
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 11, 2016 12:38:14 GMT -5
Diane: Try googling Snow Mountain Poppy Jasper or Stony Creek Poppy jasper....Mel
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Post by drocknut on Aug 15, 2016 11:18:53 GMT -5
Thanks Mel.
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