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Title: Very Different quartz and jasper
Post by: crazyjays on December 17, 2016, 03:22:05 PM: This is neat
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Post by: Ranger_Dave on December 17, 2016, 04:46:47 PM: Looks like a piece of cubist art.
Title: Re: Very Different quartz and jasper
Post by: crazyjays on December 17, 2016, 09:33:44 PM: Its 5 1/2" long and a little over 2" wide

I have different ones i have cut that are different in colors like this to.
Sometimes i wish i knew more about minerals.
Title: Re: Very Different quartz and jasper
Post by: hummingbirdstones on December 18, 2016, 06:22:52 AM: That's different and really cool! :headbang:
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Post by: Talusman on December 19, 2016, 05:27:15 PM: Super cool... plume seam agate in brecciated matrix. Any idea where it came from?
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Post by: gemfeller on December 19, 2016, 06:19:32 PM: It's a textbook example of how hydrothermal agate veins form in fractured host rock. Very educational and attractive. I'm also curious if you know where it's from.
Title: Re: Very Different quartz and jasper
Post by: crazyjays on December 19, 2016, 06:21:12 PM: Quote from: Talusman on December 19, 2016, 05:27:15 PM
Super cool... plume seam agate in brecciated matrix. Any idea where it came from?

I got it on one of my hikes here around town in New Mexico
Title: Re: Very Different quartz and jasper
Post by: ileney on December 23, 2016, 10:48:27 AM: That is very interesting.
Title: Re: Very Different quartz and jasper
Post by: rocks2dust on December 23, 2016, 12:44:33 PM: Quote from: crazyjays on December 19, 2016, 06:21:12 PM
I got it on one of my hikes here around town in New Mexico
From Roswell aliens? I'd be tempted to mount it on a chunky base. It would sell for a high price in one of those mineral & shell galleries that you find in big towns.
Title: Re: Very Different quartz and jasper
Post by: crazyjays on December 23, 2016, 04:29:34 PM: Quote from: rocks2dust on December 23, 2016, 12:44:33 PM
Quote from: crazyjays on December 19, 2016, 06:21:12 PM
I got it on one of my hikes here around town in New Mexico
From Roswell aliens? I'd be tempted to mount it on a chunky base. It would sell for a high price in one of those mineral & shell galleries that you find in big towns.

That would be nice but its only worth what you get for it. :LOLOL:
Title: Re: Very Different quartz and jasper
Post by: crazyjays on June 13, 2017, 10:23:58 PM: I do a lot of walking on the west side of the river. If anybody want s to go hiking and is in the area T or C send me a PM or something.