Friday's Rock! Plasma Agate

in #fridaysrock5 years ago

In preparation for my Mineral Monday's post, here is a boulder of Plasma Agate. 

I found this early Sunday morning while out hunting in Clear Creek. It was about 2.5' in diameter and it too heavy for me to move it, otherwise it would have gone into the back of the truck!

Plasma Agate is a combination of agate, serpentine, cinnabar, nephrite, and possibly magnetite & jadeite. This material cuts amazing cabs because of the nature of the included minerals. They swirl throughout the matrix creating patterns not seen in other agates.

Here is an example from a carver named Jay Fisher, http://www.jayfisher.com, who makes amazing knife butts from plasma agate and other gems & minerals.

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Thanks for reading! I'll be writing about my trip to Clear Creek on Monday so check back then!

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Right, nothing like it when polished up. When it has cinnabar in it it is insane.

That's a freaking mountain of it too!
You should get a motor mount and a dump truck and collect that thing!

By motor mount, I meant engine crane...

The actual vein is a few miles upstream, but I wasn't in the mood to hike up to it. As for hooking up a winch or the like, you are only allowed to fill a 5 gallon bucket of material. Wouldn't want a ranger to find me loading up a boulder into my truck. Would be nice to have though as a garden rock!

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Yeow that is a huge beauty!! Must perfect the
magic powder and sounds to move that
awesome boulder! Those knife handles wow!
I would love to see that boulder in person! :-)

Thank you so much @rt395 for using the
#bouldersunday tag for this fantastic find!

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