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PR700b
Here is a very nice, above average quality Picture Jasper tumble polished
stone. The
specimen has a rounded design that makes useful as a paper weight or
conversation piece. It measures almost 3 3/8" x 2 3/4"
x almost 7/8" thick and has a nice polish. It is truly beautiful would make a great
gift.
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Jasper, or spotted stone, is an opaque, impure variety of Quartz that
is usually red, yellow or brown in color. Some Jaspers simultaneously
exhibit several variants such as banding, flow patterns, dendrites or color
variations. This results in what appears to be scenes or images in a
cut section of the Jasper.
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Picture Jasper
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$50.00 |
PR701b
This is a very pretty, above average quality, multi-colored
Brazilian Agate. This cool specimen measures 3 1/8" x 2 5/8" x 1
3/4" and has a nice polish on one side.
It has a great design, various beautiful Tan, Grey and Reddish Brown colors
and a nice cavity that goes all the way through.
It makes for a very interesting
display piece or would make a nice gift.
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Agates mostly occur as nodules in volcanic rocks or waters
containing silica in solution possibly derived from the decomposition of
silicates in the lava. The siliceous matter is deposited in regular
layers resulting in the banded or striped formation.
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Brazilian Agate
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$125.00 |
PR702b Here
is a fabulous Petrified Wood Free Form
from Madagascar.
It has an awesome array of colors ranging from reds to tan and gray in a
wonderful design from any any angle or direction.. It measures
almost 4 1/2" at the widest x nearly 3 7/8" x 5 3/4" tall and has been
nicely polished on all sides except the bottom. Close inspection
shows some healed fractures, common for this material. A very
beautiful addition to any rock collection.
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Petrified Wood is a type of a fossil as it consists of fossil wood where
all the organic materials have been replaced with minerals while retaining
the original structure of the wood. These minerals are most often Silicates
such as Quartz. Other minerals, Manganese, Iron and Copper, in the water
or mud during the petrification process give Petrified Wood a variety of color
ranges: black - Carbon; green/blue - Copper; red/brown/yellow - Iron.
Petrified Wood can preserve the original structure of the wood in all its
detail all the way down to the microscopic level. Structures such as
tree rings and the various tissues are often observed features. Although
Petrified Wood can be found worldwide, it is rather rare in larger quantities
and at times can be difficult to obtain by the average collector.
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Petrified Wood Free Form
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$25.00 |
PR703b
This is a very nice specimen of a
Nebraska Chalcedony or often called
Nebraska Blue Agate from western Nebraska. It has nice rich blue
and dark grey to black Earth Tone colors and a neat natural texture on the unpolished surfaces. It
exhibits a bright Green under short wave UV light. The
pretty agate measures almost 4 1//4" x 2 7/8" x nearly 2 1/4" thick and has a
smooth highly polished face. Nebraska Blue Agates are no longer
available from where they were originally found. This wonderful
example was cut and polished in our own lapidary department. This
beautiful Blue Agate is unique and would enhance any table or desk top and
would be a cool gift!
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Agates mostly occur as nodules in volcanic rocks or waters
containing silica in solution possibly derived from the decomposition of
silicates in the lava. The siliceous matter is deposited in regular
layers resulting in the banded or striped formation.
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Nebraska Blue Agate
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$75.00 |
PR704c
Here is something rare and different for the polished rock collector.
This is a very nice, above average quality Dry Head Agate from Montana. This Agate
has a very nice agate design and beautiful blend of Earth tone colors. The
beautiful Dry Head Agate has gorgeous tight banding on different sides.
It measures 3 1/8" x almost 3 1/8" x 2 3/4" thick with a nice polish on
all sides. Definitely a keeper.
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Dry Head Agates are
from the Bighorn Canyon area of Montana. The banding colors are usually
bright orange with some white or pink bands on charcoal, light gray,
whitish oranges or greenish matrix. Dry Head Agates are very rare and no longer
available as the mining area is now part of a wild horse refuge. Dry Head Agates may be geologically similar to the Teepee Canyon and Fairburn
Agates of the Black Hills area.
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Dry Head Agate
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$40.00 |
PR705c This is an
amazing Carnelian Free Form from Madagascar with lots of character unique
to this material. This very cool item has darker background colors
with Creamy accents and has an excellent design on each side of it.
Look at all the different views as each has character all it's own.
Close inspection shows some healed fractures, common for Carnelian.
This beautiful Free Form measures 3 3/4" x 2 7/8" x nearly 1 7/8" and
weighs almost one pound. A great addition to any collection or a super nice
gift.
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Carnelian is a red or reddish-brown variant of Chalcedony but also may
come in the colors of orange and pink. It is quite common and usually
found in translucent pebble form. It is found in several areas of Europe,
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$16.00 |
PR706b Here is a very
nice, unique Pakistani Onyx hand crafted bowl. It measures 5" in diameter
and 1 1/2" approximately deep with a nice polish on all sides of the bowl. Each
bowl is different and has its own beautiful design and color scheme.
Although the photo shows 3 bowls, you will received one (1) of our choice
as it comes from the box.
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Onyx is a banded variety of Calcite. The colors of its bands range
from white to almost every color except shades of purple, blue and black.
It is used for vases, bowls, beads, cabochons and other items. This
type of Onyx is found in Mexico and Pakistan. It is often carved, polished
and sold in a variety of different things.
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$28.00 |
PR707b Here
is something different from the gift shop at the Rock Shed. This is
a very nice, excellent quality Mexican Coconut Geode half. The
inside reveals nice sparkly faint light purple tinted Quartz Crystals in the
middle of the very pretty center cavity. The face where the
geode was cut open is highly polished. It measures 4 1/2" x almost 4
1/4" x nearly 2" thick with a natural, rough texture on the outside.
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Geodes are geological rock formations which occur in sedimentary and
certain volcanic rocks. They are essentially rock cavities or vugs with
internal Crystal formations or concentric banding. The exterior is generally
Limestone while the interior contains Quartz Crystals and/or Chalcedony deposits.
If the Geode is completely filled with Crystal, being solid all the way through,
it is then called a nodule.
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Mexican Coconut Geode
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$65.00 |
PR708b Here
is something very special for a polished rock collector. This is a gorgeous Labradorite Free Form. This
lovely
specimen has a good color mix with a highly iridescent "blue gold" shine
that changes as the light hits it from different angles. It measures
nearly 5 1/8" x over 2" thick x nearly 5" tall with a very
good polish on all sides. An exceptional item
that cannot be duplicated!
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Labradorite is a Feldspar mineral that occurs in large Crystal masses
in Anorthosite and shows an iridescence or "play of colors." Gemstone
varieties of Labradorite exhibiting a high degree of iridescence are Spectrolite,
Moonstone and Sunstone. High quality samples with good iridescent qualities
are desired for jewelry.
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PR709c Here
is something different from the gift department at the Rock Shed.
This is a very nice oval shaped specimen of Dendrite from China. It
measures nearly 3 5/8" wide x 3 7/8" tall including the base with the
slab being 1/4" thick and the base almost 7/8" thick. It has a very
nice polished finish on the entire piece including the base bringing out
the wonderful character. A perfect gift for that perfect person. Another
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Dendrites are branched or tree like inclusions, usually
manganese or iron oxides that are caused by irreversible aggregation of
small particles forming large cluster. It has only been in recent years
that researchers have begun to understand how dendrites form and these
ideas were developed by chemists and mathematicians working in disciplines
called chaos and fractal geometry. Colloidal-sized particles move in
random paths in a phenomenon called Brownian motion.
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$60.00 |
PR710b This
is a very nice polished Turtle carved from a Septarian Nodule from
Madagascar. This
particularly nice Septarian Turtle has lots of bright Yellow Calcite with contrasting
Brown Aragonite with lots of character.
It measures 4 3/8" wide x 6 5/8" x 2 3/4" tall and weighs
almost 3
1/4 pounds. Septarian nodules, especially
nice ones like this are rather difficult to find
now, so grab this one while you have the chance.
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Septarians are commonly
composed of a carbonate mineral such as Calcite, a microcrystalline form of
Silica as in Flint or Jasper, or an Iron Oxide such as Hematite. These
specimens are also known as a concretion which is a type of sedimentary rock.
Septarians were formed millions of years ago by sediment forming around
a fossil to create a mud ball transforming the fossil into Calcite and Aragonite.
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Septarian
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$240.00 |
PR711c Here
is something different from the gift department at the Rock Shed. This
is a larger, very lovely display cut from a large Brazilian Agate. The
item has a
gorgeous crystal cavity with awesome Amethyst crystals.
It measures over 6 7/8" tall x nearly 4 5/8" wide x over 2 1/8" thick and has a good polish
on the face. The piece does have a small area where the crystals are
dinged at the lower right but still is incredibly beautiful. A perfect gift for that perfect person.
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Agates mostly occur as nodules in volcanic rocks or waters
containing silica in solution possibly derived from the decomposition of
silicates in the lava. The siliceous matter is deposited in regular
layers resulting in the banded or striped formation.
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Brazilian Agate w/ Amethyst
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$120.00
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PR712c
Here is an amazing item! This is a very beautiful, above average
quality, Smokey Quartz Crystal. The larger Crystal has good clarity
throughout with sparkly inclusions and lots of tiny rutiles on the
"landscape". The lovely Crystal has very nice facets and a good
polish. The awesome Smokey Quartz crystal measures nearly 4 3/4"
x almost 2 7/8" x 1 1/2". Quartz crystals usually don't photograph
well and this very nice example is no exception. A cool gift or just
keep it for yourself.
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Quartz is the second most common mineral in the Earth's continental
crust. It is mainly composed of Silica or Silica based minerals.
Although Quartz is known by a variety of names, the most important distinction
between types of Quartz is that of macro-crystalline, individual crystals
visible to the unaided eye, and micro-crystalline, where aggregates of crystals
are only visible under high magnification. There are many forms of Quartz
including Chalcedony, Amethyst, Citrine, and Carnelian which are results of
mineral impurities or heat treatments.
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PR713c This is a
stunning "Splash" Copper free-form made from native copper from the
Keweenaw Peninsula in upper Michigan. It has a very pretty Copper
color where it's been smoothed and polished. The balance is a
natural oxidized green with a clear coating over the entirety giving a
shiny finish from all directions. This lovely creation
measures almost 5" x nearly 3 1/2" x 1/2" thick with a great unique character.
Very different and beautiful!
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Copper is a reddish colored metal with a high electrical and thermal
conductivity. It has its characteristic color because it reflects red
and orange light and absorbs other frequencies in the visible spectrum due
to its band structure. It is in the same family as Silver and Gold and
is a malleable metal. It is beautiful natural or polished.
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PR715b This is a
unique Vase made from Chinese Marble. This multi-colored
vase has a nice blend of Burnt Sienna, Cream, Green, Grey and dark
Green with a nicely polished finish except for the bottom. It measures
nearly
6 3/4" tall x 3/8" in diameter and
weighs over 2 1/4 pounds. A
very nice addition to any polished collection or it would make a great
gift.
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Peacock Marble is from Southwest China and formed in Limestone by
heat and pressure in the earth's crust. Recrystallization during Himalaya
formation caused the limestone to change in texture and makeup. Fossilized
materials along with it's original carbonate minerals, recrystallized and
formed large, coarse grains of calcite. Impurities present in the
limestone during the recrystallization affected the mineral composition of
the marble. The minerals that result from the impurities give the
marble up to ten different colors. The corresponding colors and minerals
that can be found: Green - Serpentine; Purple - Manganese spar; Brown -
Iron; Gray - Silicon Dioxide; Red - Hematite; Orange - Iron; White -
Calcite; Violet - Iron Manganese; Yellow - Limonite; Blue - Copper,
Cobalt, Chromium; Black - Carbon, Iron, Manganese. Peacock Marble is also
called "seven color Jade" in local language.
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Marble Vase
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$70.00
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PR716c
Here is a different and amazing item! This is a very beautiful
Chevron Amethyst standup. The lovely standup has awesome purple Amethyst color
in areas with the distinctive Chevron design and a good polish. The awesome specimen measures 3 1/4" x 3 1/8" x
5" tall. A perfect gift for that perfect person.
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Amethyst is a purple variety of Quartz often used as an ornament.
It occurs in color from a light, slightly pinkish violet to a deep grape
purple.
Upon exposure to heat, Amethyst generally becomes yellow, which some refer
to as Citrine or "burnt" Amethyst. It is widely distributed
as a mineral, but fine, clear specimens that are suitable for cutting as ornamental
stones.
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Chevron Amethyst
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PR718b
Here is a very different item here at the Rock Shed. Here
is a very nicely polished piece of Orange Calcite from Mexico. It
measures nearly 1 5/8" x 1 3/4" x 2 1/2" tall. This lovely
piece has real pretty Bright Orange colors with lighter streaks for
accents. It would make a nice addition to any mineral or polished
rock collection.
A cool gift or just keep it for yourself.
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very close to appearance and size.
Calcite is a Carbonate mineral that is most widely distributed on the Earth's
surface. It is a common constituent of sedimentary rocks with Limestone
in particular. A Calcite formation can take on many different shapes
and sizes which is dependent on the location, ground water occurrence and
temperature. Calcite is usually white or colorless but can be gray,
red, yellow, green, blue, violet, brown or black. The deeper the color
is usually indicative of the definitive impurities from the earth or water.
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