swaver101
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Post by swaver101 on Feb 1, 2019 2:49:44 GMT -5
Hey everyone! Not really sure exactly where to post this, but... I was just curious if snakeskin Agate is a real thing? Someone I know from overseas who has lots of cabs of it! And has sent me a photo of some of the rough stuff and the finished cabs! Looks just like snakeskin!
But I've tried googling it and searching for it and not much comes up.. I can find one or two photos.. or something that doesnt look like what I was told it is, and not much more on the google!
So any help would be great! I don't really understand the directions on how to post photos, or else I would share them!
Also, the same thing with 'sea sediment Jasper' it's a deep blue rock! Very gorgeous! But again, tried googling it to no avail!
Thanks so much for any help or insight your able to give!
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 1, 2019 8:10:50 GMT -5
Sea sediment is dyed.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 1, 2019 8:18:02 GMT -5
Snakeskin agate is a real thing. Odd nodules from around Rome, Oregon that are pastel to gray chalcedony inside and kind of crackled, scaly looking on the exterior. Make neat specimens but not too great for cabbing. Cool looking partially tumbled. The trade named "snakeskin agate" is , I believe, a created material but I really don't know much about it....Mel
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Post by Peruano on Feb 1, 2019 8:21:49 GMT -5
Here is source for this and all similar questions. The Nebraska Nat Res. has a spectacular collection of agate photos, sortable by geography etc. but also included is a lexicon of all agate names that they recognized. Snake skin agate is there. snr.unl.edu/data/geologysoils/agatesfossilsgems.aspx Its a great site.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2019 12:39:27 GMT -5
Nor is it jasper. It's a sedimentary stone, but more often than not dyed and stabilized. This gets sold with deceptive titles for just about every named jasper and agate out there. There is also artificially quench-crackled and dyed chalcedony (and sometimes just glass) that also sometimes gets sold as "Snakeskin" agate, sold out of China (the pseudo-Snakeskin agate also gets advertised as "Fire Agate" and similarly deceptive titles). As was said, the real stuff comes from just west of Rome, Oregon and has interesting surfaces that can look very much like scaly snake skin. Interiors are a plain chalcedony (no banding or other features) that varies from pale blue-gray to pale yellow. The most well-known lapidary use for Oregon's Snakeskin agate is in making "Fischer Stone" (a material with artificially induced dendrites).
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Post by lpl on Feb 1, 2019 13:01:52 GMT -5
There's a guy on the Wyoming rockhound group on FB that finds a lot of it there. I can try to find a contact for you if you'd like.
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zekesman
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Post by zekesman on Feb 1, 2019 14:06:13 GMT -5
Hey everyone! Not really sure exactly where to post this, but... I was just curious if snakeskin Agate is a real thing? Someone I know from overseas who has lots of cabs of it! And has sent me a photo of some of the rough stuff and the finished cabs! Looks just like snakeskin! But I've tried googling it and searching for it and not much comes up.. I can find one or two photos.. or something that doesnt look like what I was told it is, and not much more on the google! So any help would be great! I don't really understand the directions on how to post photos, or else I would share them! Also, the same thing with 'sea sediment Jasper' it's a deep blue rock! Very gorgeous! But again, tried googling it to no avail! Thanks so much for any help or insight your able to give! I think what you are referring to is the outer edge of a fossil pine cone. I have two cabs at home. I will post a picture tonight. Vic P.S. The way I post photos is through the tapatalk app on my cell phone
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zekesman
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Post by zekesman on Feb 3, 2019 20:29:52 GMT -5
Is this what you are thinking of
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Post by mud on Feb 3, 2019 20:50:47 GMT -5
Thanks for posting those sections of fossilized pine cone, Zekesman. I would have called them Charlevoix stones at first glance- you taught me something!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2019 22:56:10 GMT -5
Those look like the black fossil coral from Alaska (aka, "Alaska Lace" or "Stingray Coral") and Morocco, rather than fossil pine cone. Wouldn't surprise me if someone decided to sell that as Snakeskin agate (though it isn't agate), too.
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