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Title: Some Alaskan Tumbles
Post by: Glenn on November 23, 2015, 11:28:44 PM: Blizzardstone - black grade
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Title: Re: Some Alaskan Tumbles
Post by: Glenn on November 23, 2015, 11:29:45 PM: Agates
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Title: Re: Some Alaskan Tumbles
Post by: Glenn on November 23, 2015, 11:33:55 PM: Jasper
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Title: Re: Some Alaskan Tumbles
Post by: lithicbeads on November 24, 2015, 05:16:23 AM: How hard is the blizzard stone? On the right side of the second picture there is a jasper that looks like poppy jasper. could it be?
Title: Re: Some Alaskan Tumbles
Post by: Glenn on November 24, 2015, 01:14:16 PM: Quote from: lithicbeads on November 24, 2015, 05:16:23 AM
How hard is the blizzard stone? On the right side of the second picture there is a jasper that looks like poppy jasper. could it be?

Blizzardstone is a gabbro so it varies in hardness, but it was tumbled with agates so i'm guessing a minimum of 5. As for the jasper I guess you could call it a poppy jasper, its the only one I found like it thus far.

Blizzardstone is unique to AK or so they say, fairly common to find around here in the right areas.
Title: Re: Some Alaskan Tumbles
Post by: lithicbeads on November 24, 2015, 06:28:34 PM: We have lots of types of gabbro down here including similar ones to blizzard stone.
Title: Re: Some Alaskan Tumbles
Post by: hummingbirdstones on November 24, 2015, 07:26:45 PM: I have a slab of Blizzardstone that I bought from a guy from Alaska in Quartzsite a couple of years ago. I haven't cut it yet, but it's really cool looking. Guess it's about time for me to fish that slab out and try to cut it. :icon_sunny:
Title: Re: Some Alaskan Tumbles
Post by: Glenn on November 25, 2015, 12:44:05 AM: Quote from: lithicbeads on November 24, 2015, 06:28:34 PM
We have lots of types of gabbro down here including similar ones to blizzard stone.

If its not magnetic its not the same.
Title: Re: Some Alaskan Tumbles
Post by: Glenn on November 25, 2015, 12:44:57 AM: Quote from: hummingbirdstones on November 24, 2015, 07:26:45 PM
I have a slab of Blizzardstone that I bought from a guy from Alaska in Quartzsite a couple of years ago. I haven't cut it yet, but it's really cool looking. Guess it's about time for me to fish that slab out and try to cut it. :icon_sunny:

Was it Curvin Metzler?
Title: Re: Some Alaskan Tumbles
Post by: hummingbirdstones on November 25, 2015, 06:23:24 AM: It could have been. Last name sound familiar, but it was a couple of years ago. My memory doesn't go that far back! :WEEEE: