Friday's Rock! Plasma Agate

in #fridaysrock • 5 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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     5 years ago 

    Omg

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       5 years ago 

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

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         5 years ago 

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

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           5 years ago 

          By motor mount, I meant engine crane...

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             5 years ago 

            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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                 5 years ago 

                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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