Does anyone else get confused about the names of stones. It’s not to0 bad with the traditional gemstones mainly because the name of the mineral is used or they were given another name long long ago. Like sapphire for instance. Yes it is corundum. But we all know what a sapphire is. Not so with…
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Back At the Saw: Polychrome Jasper Time
As I said here before, I pawed through a couple of tons of polychrome jasper in Tucson to come up with the three chunks I wanted. And now I’m slabbing the first one. Only a small part of each slab is usable to us since the little mountain scenes occur as a thin band around…
Polychrome Jasper Has A Name
About three years ago we stopped by one of our favorite vendors in Tucson. They import materials from Madagascar. During our visit we saw a bin of cool rocks with interesting pastel colors in many patterns. We asked what it was and were told it was just “off the boat” and didn’t have a name. …