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Low Tide
« on: May 23, 2019, 05:22:17 PM »

It was a very low tide today.  We woke up to fog horns. As you can see, the fog was still out at noon.  You can see the surf breaking far far out, as the rock reef extends that far out on tides this low. 
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Re: Low Tide
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2019, 05:23:41 PM »

The lower left rock is a dense black enstitite with very good small flash and the other three rocks are black jades, two with small plagioclase crystals that are chatoyant, and the other is just black jade.
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Re: Low Tide
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2019, 05:24:47 PM »

About a 10 inch wide chrysanthemum stone, Chinese writing rock with nice blue-green feldspar crystals. 
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Re: Low Tide
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2019, 05:25:39 PM »

A dark enstitite, light areas are flash that you can see at that angle. If you move it, you see other flash, chatoyancy.
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Re: Low Tide
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2019, 05:26:41 PM »

About a 7 inch high piece of meta-quartzite.  This is a jasper that has clear quartz with stringers of pink garnets.
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Re: Low Tide
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2019, 05:27:55 PM »

Washington jade.  We had a lot of winter damage at our place, and while I'm not caught up, not even close, I'm finally getting around to spending some attention on rocks.  Old man winter was a SOB.
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Re: Low Tide
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2019, 05:28:59 PM »

Red enstitite.
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Re: Low Tide
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2019, 05:29:49 PM »

Fully silicified variolite.
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Re: Low Tide
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2019, 06:06:59 PM »

I'm loving these Frank!
I want to go Jade crawling with you so bad.
I'm hoping that Peter finds a job up that way soon.  Once he has his citizenship in hand next year he can apply to jobs that require a security clearance and that opens up Boeing to him.

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Re: Low Tide
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2019, 06:59:18 PM »

Gorgeous material, as always. My folks sent a picture of a fog-bow from across the water, Point No Point, this morning. That Chinese writing stone is stunning.
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Re: Low Tide
« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2019, 07:35:37 PM »

Beautiful rocks you found, Frank!  I can't even decide what I like best.  They're all marvelous.
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Re: Low Tide
« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2019, 07:44:28 PM »

Fog bows and fog halos are amazing  to see but the ultimate is a moon bow from the steam of a geyser in Yellowstone which I have also seen
. I haven't slept much in my life but I have seen a lot.
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Re: Low Tide
« Reply #12 on: May 25, 2019, 09:44:19 AM »

Frank,
I really treasure your photos and comments as we are hunting in somewhat similar rock piles.  I'm inspired to go and try to find a larger piece of black jade I left above the highwater line last year.  Like you, we had a total mess to clean up after winter and I suffered some mobility issues with a dodgy hip that is slowly getting to be less of an issue with therapy and so far not surgery.   
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Re: Low Tide
« Reply #13 on: May 25, 2019, 06:04:31 PM »

 I can relate ,  my legs do not work well and I use crutches.
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Re: Low Tide
« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2019, 03:00:09 AM »

I’ve never seen variolite before. Lovely material!
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