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Post by Pat on Mar 8, 2013 17:56:30 GMT -5
Went to an estate sale this morning about an hour after it opened. Most rocks already gone, but I felt lucky anyway. Comments for photos are above each photo. All stones are wet. This looks like a limb cast to me.  But it looks like it is filled with Biggs Jasper. Is that possible?  Pretty green rock. No idea what it is.  Here's the other side.  I figured this was a slab of native copper in host rock.  I think this is jade --- the cut side.  Here is the outside skin of the piece above.  I think this is jade also. Can anybody tell me what kind  Here is a side view of the slab above. It is a little translucent.  Thanks and enjoy! |
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Post by deb193redux on Mar 8, 2013 18:15:26 GMT -5
I agree jade.
I think you have a petrified root or twig. Sometimes petwood is jasper not agate, and sometimes it is colorful. Biggs jasper is a petrified volcanic mudflow, so not likely to be wood-shaped.
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Mattatya
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Post by Mattatya on Mar 8, 2013 18:54:27 GMT -5
The petrified wood if blueish could be blue forest petrified wood from Wyoming. Nice funds
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Post by bhiatt on Mar 8, 2013 19:08:52 GMT -5
mcdermitt petwood :2cents:
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Post by jamesp on Mar 8, 2013 20:28:17 GMT -5
Those are real nice Mrs Pat.The jade looks high quality
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Post by Pat on Mar 8, 2013 22:10:53 GMT -5
Anyone know what the green rock is? Pictures 3 and 4.
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Post by bhiatt on Mar 8, 2013 22:46:41 GMT -5
I dont think pics 3 n 4 are showing anymore. They were when you first posted the topic. All i see is sorry this person moved or deleted this image.
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Post by Pat on Mar 8, 2013 22:54:02 GMT -5
bhiatt, are you on a cell phone? It did the same thing on my cell phone, but shows up on my computer. I don't know why. I didn't move or delete them.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 8, 2013 23:03:12 GMT -5
Nice finds, Ms. Pat! I can't see photos 3 and 4 either (never did see them), and that's on an XP laptop, and my main desktop computer, running windows 7. I believe it's a Photobucket issue, since they are the ones saying "Sorry, The person moved or deleted this image." Jean
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Post by Pat on Mar 8, 2013 23:06:57 GMT -5
I'll see what I can do in photobucket, and post here.   |
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Post by gr on Mar 9, 2013 0:20:35 GMT -5
Could the gemmy jade be nephrite. I have some and mine looks just like that. It comes from British Coloumbia and Russia
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Post by Woodyrock on Mar 12, 2013 1:43:49 GMT -5
The green slab looks like BC jade (nephrite) but the first green one is a bit of a mystery.
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Post by Woodyrock on Mar 12, 2013 1:46:13 GMT -5
BTW, Biggs being petrified mud does turn up fish fossils on occasion, so it is possible for wood as well, but, I have never seen any, or heard of any.
Woody
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2013 2:56:21 GMT -5
I agree that McDermitt wood is a good possibility for the limb. If the white specks on the native copper slab are calcite, then it could be campbellite (or something near it). I'll add a third vote for BC nephrite, and maybe malachite or another copper-complex mineral in quartz for the last post (Nevada material also a possibility for this one).
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Post by Pat on Mar 18, 2013 22:40:38 GMT -5
The total cost of these stones was $1.00 ;D ;D
I feel lucky!
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