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Post by tkrueger3 on Aug 14, 2010 17:50:35 GMT -5
I used to know these, but I'm getting foggier and foggier these days. I know these have to be really common, but I just can't remember the names. I call this one "resting polar bear". Anybody else see him? Thanks for any help! Tom
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Post by NatureNut on Aug 14, 2010 18:27:52 GMT -5
I see him! Real well too. Laying on his paws and everything. The third one looks like Spiderman Jasper to me.
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Post by tkrueger3 on Aug 14, 2010 18:44:32 GMT -5
Thanks, Jo! I knew somebody would twang my brain stem. You're right - it's spiderman jasper. Now, if I could just figure out the other 2, I could rest for a while. The 2nd one somehow makes me think of sagebrush in the desert. Hmm.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 14, 2010 21:56:54 GMT -5
First one looks to be a sagenitic agate, 2nd, one of the sagebrush ( dendritic ) jasper types which come from several locations the most well known being in Wyoming, 3rd is definitely the trade named spiderman jasper which is actually a rhyolite and much harder to polish than a true jasper.....Mel
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Post by tkrueger3 on Aug 14, 2010 22:01:03 GMT -5
Thanks, Mel. So, I would be ok if I called the first one just "sagenitic agate", and the second one "dendritic jasper, possibly Wyoming"? Would that be non-specific enough so that if someone knows an exact name, I wouldn't be stepping on their toes?
I knew you'd come through! YouDaMan!
Tom
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 15, 2010 12:24:46 GMT -5
Tom: I'd say so. The dendritic stuff comes from a ton of locations in Arizona, Wyoming, Nevada etc but the most well known sites are in places like South Pass, Pine Ridge and Battle Mtn, Wyoming. Sagenite of course is a type of inclusion and comes, in some quantity, from almost every agate bed there is...Mel
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Post by MikeS on Aug 29, 2010 20:55:33 GMT -5
yeah, the second one does look similar to dendritic jaspers found in the south pass, cedar rim and spanish point areas of Wyoming... Here is a great website that has some amazing photos of different jaspers from across the US, including the Wyoming/Arizona/ New Mexico types, as well as specimens from around the world....enjoy.... www.worldofjaspers.com/
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 29, 2010 21:13:48 GMT -5
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