Help!! Can you tell me about these Jasper???

[bredesigns]

Hello everyone. My names is Brenda and I'm new here. I haven't introduced myself, so thought I might do that first.

I have a small collection of Jasper and Agate that I bought off a gentleman who bought them from a collector and cutter. It's my understanding that the collector collected them up from all over the world over a fifty year span, and cut he cut them. That's it.

I have been driving myself crazy trying to identify them. I haven't found anything like them on the web. Please help!!!!

These are my favorite, well a few of my favorite. Please help!!!

Thanks Brenda

 

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[TreasureTales]

Welcome to the forum.

I'm not an expert on anything, let me just put that out front.

I think the second photo consists of moss agate. Moss agate doesn't have moss in it, but the formations of the mineral inclusions resemble moss, hence the common name.

Don't have a clue right now about the other ones. Is there a rock shop near your location? Do you own a rock identification book? Is there a university with a geology department near you? How about a high school geology teacher, you could call and inquire.

There are many brilliant people who visit this website and I'm sure that at some point in time your cabs will be identified.

 

[Eu_citzen]

The 3:rd is moss agate or Tree agate
The 1:st and 2:nd look lite 'Fancy Jasper.' (could also be leopard skin Jasper)

Quartz Information:
Chemical Formula: SiO2
Synonym: Agate - banded variety of chaledony
Amethyst - purple
Avanturine - feebly translucent chalcedony
Carnelian - flesh red chalcedony
Cat's Eye - chatoyant
Chalcedony - microcrystalline quartz
Chert - cryptocrystalline quartz
Chrysoprase - apple green chalcedony
Citrine - yellow
Flint - microcrystalline quartz
Hornstone - flint
Jasper - red or brown chalcedony
Moss Agate - variety of chaledony
Plasma - green chalcedony
Prase - leek green chalcedony
Rock Crystal
Rose Quartz - rose colored
Sapphire Quartz - blue colored
Smoky Quartz - brown to black
Tiger Eye - pseudomorph of asbestos

These listed above are just another class of quartz, or more accurate they have other inclusions then the 'normal' quartz