Is this stone vistaite picture jasper?

[SlickRick512]

Dug this up a while back when metal detecting (it didn't set it off). From what I can tell it may be jasper but I'm not really sure. Thanks in advance

 

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[DDancer]

There is some material there that could be considered jasper, first photo second line the red material has the characteristics of jasper. The remainder of the specimen is does not show the smooth luster or coloration associated with jasper and is what I'd call massive quartz. Jasper is a quartz similar to chalcedony and is identified by its coloration and smooth glassy luster typically.

 

[galenrog]

Vistaite is a predominately blue-green jasper from a particular location in central Oregon. There are dozens of other sites in Oregon that blue-green jaspers can be found. While yours has appearance similar to vistaite, it is unlikely due to a much greater volume coming from other location in Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and California. I know I am leaving out a few states, but these are the only states I have personally collected.

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[SlickRick512]

Thank you

Thank you for the responses. So first I can't find any green quartz online similar to the photos so if you can share a source that would be great. One the second response, so place determines the identity? Could it have been just moved? I've found old Hot wheels dated 74 pretty deep

 

[galenrog]

While there are a very few lapidaries and rock dealers that could identify a piece of polished vistaite by sight, yours is a small piece of rough, making specific identification less probable, unless you can document where it was found. And yes, many pattern jaspers are named, usually for location, but also given names by original finder or mine owner.

Oregon, alone, has over 200 named pattern jaspers. Many of these are no longer mined due to location being depleted. Vistaite, specifically, is from a location near Walton Lake, a small reservoir south of Hwy 26, east of Prineville, Oregon. I have not been there for over 20 years, so I can not speak to current conditions. Directions can be found on several rockhounding sites.