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Title: Found in Central Nevada
Post by: VegasJames on November 10, 2019, 04:44:20 PM

(https://live.staticflickr.com/921/40616073435_8aa18af0f2_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24T6ZAc)20180413_141506 (https://flic.kr/p/24T6ZAc) by James Sloane (https://www.flickr.com/photos/143011703@N05/), on Flickr

Title: Re: Found in Central Nevada
Post by: hummingbirdstones on November 10, 2019, 05:40:39 PM

That is some gorgeous stuff, James!  Is it jasper, opal, or ???

Title: Re: Found in Central Nevada
Post by: VegasJames on November 10, 2019, 05:51:40 PM

Quote from: hummingbirdstones on November 10, 2019, 05:40:39 PM

That is some gorgeous stuff, James!  Is it jasper, opal, or ???

Not sure. I thought it was like an obsidian but someone else said it was a porcelain jasper. The only porcelain jasper I have seen in Nevada though has been much further North.

I would love to find more of this regardless.  I looked all through the rock pile looking for more but did not have any luck.  And it is not near any mountains where I can try to follow the source up. Most of the stone in the area is various colored chalcedonies and andesites. And I found some nice jasper in the closest mountain, but nothing else like this.