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Wolfden fully equipped rock polisher Member since November 2007 Posts: 1,368	New rock Apr 5, 2009 14:05:21 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Wolfden on Apr 5, 2009 14:05:21 GMT -5 ahhhh i see Thanks Mike Wolf
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New rock Apr 5, 2009 14:08:10 GMT -5

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Post by docharber on Apr 5, 2009 14:08:10 GMT -5

I can't really appreciate the irridescence from the photos. Irridescence is the one thing about the material that that really doesn't sound jade-like. Maybe if the material could be pulverized and the dark inclusions separated out to demonstrate their magnetism? Could the irridescence be a fire agate like effect from hematitie films in the stone? Non iron colorants that are magnetic and form green compounds include nickel but not chromium. Could this material be a serpentine-like rock with magnetite inclusions? Interesting stuff.
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New rock Apr 5, 2009 14:22:26 GMT -5

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Post by MikeS on Apr 5, 2009 14:22:26 GMT -5

Agreed, irridescence is not a typical jade property, but I have seen it to some degrees in snowflake jade with mica inclusions, I also have some emerald jade that has a lot of iron impurities in it that has a somewhat irridecent appearence....I would guess the irridecene would be due to the magnetite maybe?

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New rock Apr 5, 2009 18:29:42 GMT -5

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Post by southforkmining on Apr 5, 2009 18:29:42 GMT -5

HI Guys....well today I decided to angle grind about a 40lb piece..however..I forgot to take a before pic...however..this rock is close to what it looked like

so here are 3 pics after about 4 hours of work..very pretty..I have not finished it...this is about half way thru the grits.....oh one more thing...pieces like this are not irridesence...it is the pieces which are more black on the exterior...

MikeS fully equipped rock polisher Member since January 2009 Posts: 1,081	New rock Apr 5, 2009 18:41:35 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by MikeS on Apr 5, 2009 18:41:35 GMT -5 man, that sure does look like jade to me....

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New rock Apr 5, 2009 18:47:05 GMT -5

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Post by southforkmining on Apr 5, 2009 18:47:05 GMT -5

Hey Mike..wait til you see this one...looks even more like jade to me...here is rock..oh by the way...this is not magnetic

and here is a slab from it...the exterior looks greenish blueish to me...the interior is blackish with some green...so the exterior is like a rind, extending in all the way around the edge...then it changes...like a lot of jades.....Rich

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New rock Apr 5, 2009 23:45:35 GMT -5

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Post by MikeS on Apr 5, 2009 23:45:35 GMT -5

yeah, I'd be willing to bet that is definately jade...it cerainly has most of the visual characteristics of it...

Here is a thread I made with some photos of the nephrite jade I find locally here in Wyoming...a bit different in appearence, but jade does come in lots of shapes, forms, ect...hope you enjoy...

forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=specphoto&thread=27421&page=1

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New rock Apr 6, 2009 0:38:22 GMT -5

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Post by southforkmining on Apr 6, 2009 0:38:22 GMT -5

Mike..I really enjoyed the pics of your jade...this last stone I showed with the slab from it....when I put a light behind the pieces I just cabbed...it looks very much like your miracle mile emerald jade...I cut thick slabs to work..I will have to cut a thin one...to show it to you...thanks for adding the link to your post...I think I remember seeing it originally...do you collect any of it...I know it is hard to find...lord knows i spent countless hundreds of hours out there looking...I kind of laugh when people ask me to show them where to find jade...they think they are going to go just pick it up...I'll say walk this section of this creek.....about 20 times...maybe you will find one piece...it is rare to find good stuff...but then again..for me..it is all about the hunt..the search is what excites me...Rich

Michael John driving up their electric bill Member since June 2007 Posts: 2,432	New rock Apr 6, 2009 1:54:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Michael John on Apr 6, 2009 1:54:33 GMT -5 Rich, sorry to go off-topic on you (LOVE the new material!), but I was wondering if you've had a chance to mine any of your Rhodonite yet this year.

southforkmining spending too much on rocks Member since October 2006 Posts: 275	New rock Apr 6, 2009 2:17:14 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by southforkmining on Apr 6, 2009 2:17:14 GMT -5 Sorry to say...the rhodonite mine is still snowed in.......will be snowy up there til mid may...I will make a few backpack trips this year..as I am out of the pink stuff....now....Rich

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New rock Apr 6, 2009 8:29:11 GMT -5

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Post by MikeS on Apr 6, 2009 8:29:11 GMT -5

Rich....yeah, I do all my own collecting...most of the pieces in that thread I found myself, except the edwards black jade, that one came from my father's collection, I'm not sure where he got that one. The area that the edwards jade was mined hasn't been open for many years now....

southforkmining spending too much on rocks Member since October 2006 Posts: 275	New rock Apr 7, 2009 0:37:50 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by southforkmining on Apr 7, 2009 0:37:50 GMT -5 Mike....thanks for the help........good luck hunting the stone we love......I will post more pics as I work some of this stuff....or if I decide to have some tests done...I will post the results..thanks again...Rich

paisley off to a rocking start Member since June 2018 Posts: 1	New rock Jun 22, 2018 23:31:47 GMT -5 via mobile paisley likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by paisley on Jun 22, 2018 23:31:47 GMT -5 Hi, I’m wondering if anyone can identify this for me:

NRG fully equipped rock polisher Member since February 2018 Posts: 1,688	New rock Jun 23, 2018 20:32:53 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by NRG on Jun 23, 2018 20:32:53 GMT -5 Jun 22, 2018 23:31:47 GMT -5 paisley said: Hi, I’m wondering if anyone can identify this for me: Nope

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New rock Jun 23, 2018 21:21:53 GMT -5

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Jun 22, 2018 23:31:47 GMT -5 paisley said:

Hi, I’m wondering if anyone can identify this for me:

Not without a photo. And, this is a thread from 2009. It's probably best that you start a new thread in the appropriate area and go from there.

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