8/10/2023 0 Comments Owyhee picture jasperHe will be set up at The Rock Show in the Kino Sports Complex (aka) RV Electric Park in space F2. Steve tells me he will have the new jasper rough available in Tucson, during the gem show in early February. This picture will help you appreciate the amount of work involved and the investment required to bring this new jasper to market. Owyhee Jasper is a colorful and popular picture jasper that derives its name from the Owyhee River or the Owyhee mountains. I have included a picture of the locale where Steve is mining this material WAY OUT in the Owyhee. The names of the deposits were applied by Darrell Jake Jakobitz as the original information on this deposit is long gone. These deposits are very old, probably only mined once and are very small. I will tell you that as soon as I got home from the trip to Idaho and cut a couple of cabs, I emailed Steve and purchased more of the rough. The map below shows the location for the picture jaspers named Rocky Top (Picture Jaspers by Hans Gamma pg. Jasper usually refers to an opaque stone, with a solid color or an irregular display of colors caused by various mineral impurities. Jasper is a member of the chalcedony family.Chalcedony, pronounced kal sid nee, is any form of microcrystalline quartz. I have only cut a few pieces of the rough so far, but all indications are it will be very good to work with and take a easy shine with cerium on leather. The best picture jaspers in the world come from the Oregon-Idaho border. The jasper is very solid, with great patterns that will make it very attractive to rock hounds. The colors present in this new material range from dark reddish purple to yellow. I was able to purchase some of the rough from Steve at his house while purchasing his Owyhee Blue Opal and Carrasite rough.Īt first glance to me, the new jasper looks like a combination of Chinese Dendritic Jasper from the Owyhee and Apache Sage Rhyolite from the desert southwest. Steve is calling his new jasper Owyhee Mountain Dendritic Jasper. I have a link to Steve’s website on our home page Look under “Friends” for Silver Streams. Youll love the Oregon, Owyhee Close-Up Of Picture Jasper Stone by Dennis Kirkland - Graphic Art on Canvas at Wayfair - Great Deals on all Dcor & Pillows. Owyhee Picture Jasper can have scenic desert valleys and blue skies It is generally a pretty solid jasper that takes a mirror polish Weight: Approx 16.5 Lbs I do my best to represent the stones with photos. I would like to introduce you to a new jasper recently discovered and being currently mined by Steve Schultz of Idaho.
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