QuailRiver
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Post by QuailRiver on Jul 27, 2018 0:53:35 GMT -5
I've been slabbing a rock I can't quite decide what it is. It's very fine grained and dense. The pattern and colors remind me of carrasite but man is this stuff tough. My 18" saw blade hates this stuff and strains to cut through it. It doesn't slab like a normal jasper but more like a really hard rhyolite. I only remember having slabbed one or two small pieces of carrasite in the past but I don't recall them being difficult. Does anyone recognize this material? (bought unidentified out of an old collection) Larry C.
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QuailRiver
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Post by QuailRiver on Jul 27, 2018 13:02:31 GMT -5
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Post by deb193redux on Jul 27, 2018 13:26:37 GMT -5
I see resemblance to some wood
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Jul 27, 2018 15:19:36 GMT -5
Good looking rock, wish I could help with the ID.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 27, 2018 15:21:43 GMT -5
Yeah, they'd probably know.
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goatgrinder
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Post by goatgrinder on Jul 27, 2018 15:23:23 GMT -5
I know this came out of a box but do you think the owner could have collected (local), or purchased internationally?
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QuailRiver
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Post by QuailRiver on Jul 27, 2018 16:08:38 GMT -5
I know this came out of a box but do you think the owner could have collected (local), or purchased internationally? The previous owner was in his early 90s and had moved to Arizona to be closer to his daughter and grandkids. Many years ago he used to own a rock shop in Ohio and the remaining inventory of his shop and personal collection was auctioned off about five years ago. He had materials from all over the world but the majority of his cabbing rough was from Oregon and Arizona. Lots of Owyhee Dendritic/flower , Cripple Creek, Rocky Butte, Succor Creek, and Palomino Jaspers from Oregon. And Rainbow Wood, Gunnery Point Jasper, Dumortierite from Arizona. He also had some large pieces of red and yellow jaspers that were probably form Arizona but possibly California. So odds are that the material in the OP was likely from one of those three states as well.
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NRG
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Post by NRG on Jul 27, 2018 17:20:38 GMT -5
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AzRockGeek
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Post by AzRockGeek on Jul 27, 2018 17:40:08 GMT -5
Reminds me of Washington State petrified wood. I have a similar piece a friend from WA gave me.
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Post by catmandewe on Jul 30, 2018 9:57:09 GMT -5
Looks like a Nevada agate to me, no exact name just have seen lots of NV stuff that is similar.
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