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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4197 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Slabs Sep 14^th, 2014 at 7:52pm	Print Post
	Need to start a thread for "Misc. Slabs" like these here. I don't know what it is or where it came from but I've seen some similar stuff called a "banded serpentine". I just love the yellow-greens.

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Talusman YaBB Newbies Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 22 Joined: Oct 8^th, 2014 Gender:	First slabs ever Reply #1 - Oct 29^th, 2014 at 10:35pm	Print Post
	So my combo unit came and I couldn't wait to slice up some of the Jasper I've picked from our local creek. One is a brecciated jasper/chalcedony - the other a banded jasper. Now to try preforming!

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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2971 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Slabs Reply #2 - Oct 30^th, 2014 at 8:11am	Print Post
	Very nice finds there. The first looks like a jello fruit cake or something. Can't wait to see what the finished product looks like.

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Talusman YaBB Newbies Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 22 Joined: Oct 8^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Slabs Reply #3 - Oct 30^th, 2014 at 12:42pm	Print Post
	Thanks Scott, Yeah the chalcedony does look kind of like jello. There are a few tiny vugs here and there in the transparent sections, but I hope to pick out a few solid cabs. Just starting out, so trying to keep my expectations low Going to test-polish tonight to see how it shines up. -Jeremy


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Tim4d God Member Offline I like creeks & rivers to do the digging for me. Posts: 658 Location: Chester, VA Joined: Feb 24^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Slabs Reply #4 - Oct 30^th, 2014 at 3:29pm	Print Post
	Talusman, can you divert that creek in the direction of central Virginia?


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Talusman YaBB Newbies Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 22 Joined: Oct 8^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Slabs Reply #5 - Oct 30^th, 2014 at 4:09pm	Print Post
	Sure, you can have all the water. It will make it easier for me to pick up the rocks


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Talusman YaBB Newbies Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 22 Joined: Oct 8^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Slabs Reply #6 - Nov 1^st, 2014 at 11:06am	Print Post
	Cut a super thin (2-3mm) slab of the brecciated stuff an polished (as best my poor skills allow). Front and backlit.

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Raleigh Rockhound Senior Member Offline www.RockHoundLounge. com Posts: 352 Joined: May 14^th, 2012	Re: Slabs Reply #7 - Nov 1^st, 2014 at 12:47pm	Print Post
	very cool.


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Tim4d God Member Offline I like creeks & rivers to do the digging for me. Posts: 658 Location: Chester, VA Joined: Feb 24^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Slabs Reply #8 - Nov 1^st, 2014 at 4:37pm	Print Post
	Nice indeed


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4197 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Slabs Reply #9 - Nov 2^nd, 2014 at 8:14pm	Print Post
	I like both materials but the breccia is pretty interesting! Would like to see more of both as you get them worked down. Good finds and thanks for the pics.


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Talusman YaBB Newbies Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 22 Joined: Oct 8^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Slabs - a few more Reply #10 - Nov 14^th, 2014 at 7:15pm	Print Post
	I've been busy crickin' and cuttin. Trying to get a little stockpile before the snow sets in. Here are a few of the more interesting pieces from last week's finds. Visible "cracks" are all filled with clear or red chalcedony (sawed surfaces are smooth). One of the materials has many invisible fractures that looks like it will limit cabs to 1-2". Other material is pretty solid.

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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4197 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Slabs Reply #11 - Nov 14^th, 2014 at 7:41pm	Print Post
	Looks like you're building up a pretty good stash for the winter. I swear I'd like a nice big piece of nothing but that rootbeer chalcedony matrix cementing your breccia together to sink my teeth in! That stuff is awesome looking. The first pic in this batch is some dendritic jasper found in several areas around the country. Makes some pretty cabs. Thanks for the pics!


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jgards86 Full Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 146 Location: Mebane, NC Joined: May 11^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: Slabs Reply #12 - May 20^th, 2015 at 9:34pm	Print Post
	Goofed around with the epidote quartz material today after work, here are some of the results.

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jgards86 Full Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 146 Location: Mebane, NC Joined: May 11^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: Slabs Reply #13 - May 20^th, 2015 at 9:35pm	Print Post
	Mostly epidote

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jgards86 Full Member Offline RockHoundLounger Posts: 146 Location: Mebane, NC Joined: May 11^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: Slabs Reply #14 - May 20^th, 2015 at 9:36pm	Print Post
	Quartz/epidote

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