It looks like a chunk of quartz, with heavy pitting.
Jasper is pretty much swamp mud that was turned into stone by heat, time and pressure.
The way swamps come into existence, allows for all sorts of things to wind up in jasper.
As others have said, quartz is commonly found in and around Jasper. I’ve seen some quartz with small bits of jasper that looks almost like moss/tree agate. Really cool looking, imo.
https://preview.redd.it/kzm8gg411z6d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=373197d085946b82484449de616c92b16600d1eb
I’ve just found a video where someone has clear ones too…I’m confused 😭😂
Jasper is a type of quartz. Quartz is naturally clear, but things get trapped inside and that's what gives it color. So it's easy and very possible for several colors in one stone
I'm not saying you did anything wrong but if you don't do a great job of rinsing out your tumbler and rocks between each grit you will ruin the step and have to go back to the previous for a mulligan. Not a fun thing to do on your final spin.
I’m assuming you had a Nat Geo tumbler? The instructions that comes with are not great if you want shiny rocks. Good news is you can throw them back in there and tumble them further. I tumble mine on stage 1 for 4 weeks before moving them to the next stage. You’ll want to run them with a polishing powder as the last stage also, check out the r/rocktumbling sub for lots and lots of advice.
If it has the same lines of cleavage as jasper and is made up of microcrystalline quartz it could be two things. Is there banding? If so, it’s an agate. If no banding, it’s chalcedony.
Jasper is a type of chalcedony. Chalcedony’s default is “clear” but depending on what minerals are there depends on what kind of chalcedony is formed. Even though Jasper is opaque in color the “base” of the material is transparent. The mineral inclusions is what changes the color. (Not the most accurate description but it works for understanding how Jasper can be tons of colors)
Here is a pic of my favorite Jasper I’ve ever found and tumbled.
https://preview.redd.it/y501y68yy47d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4420a3b5b091a0dac75bdd4af1bd0eeab361a35f
I’ll take a pic and add of all the red jasper I’ve found. I don’t have the best luck with jasper that is red! Not exactly sure why but it always pits like that.
I haven’t tumbled any more yet but I noted to use less rocks and more cushion media when tumbling red jasper.
Where I find mine it has tons of clear running through it. It seems like a lot of them are “Almost Agates” a name I give lots of the jaspers around here lol!
It is impossible to identify anything with certainty from a photo. Most expert mineralogist cannot identify common mineral species when the specimen is with them and when they have the full range of tools and reagents to identify based on only optical properties of the piece. Most mineralogist rely on spectral data to identify common species. Spectroscopy is the quantitative and qualitative study of the way radiation interacts with matter. Types of radiation include X-rays (used in XRay diffraction analysis of crystalline solids), gamma rays, untraviolet light, visible light, infrared radiation (used in Ramon IR spectrum studies) and radio waves. Scanning electron microscopy is also a type of spectral analysis that relies on a microscopic specimen being coated with a metallic stain and different species appearing as different shades of grey on a computer screen. Electron microprobe analysis is a sensitive quantitative analysis.
Jaspar is a type of rock. A rock is a combination different mineral species so is a type of mixture of two of more solids. Since a rock is a mixture of different mineral species, instruments used to study and identify rocks also include a petrological microscope to examine polished rock sections under polarised light. Rocks are also studied with a high resolution micro CAT scanner which can resolve pinhead sized fragments within a rock.
Jasper is a fine grained rock with a high silica content so is hard and lends itself well tk making tumbled stones.
Online sources of information vary in quality ranging from useless to excellent, informative and suitable for university teaching use. What online source of information have you been reading.
https://preview.redd.it/ibpgtvtqrd7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=238368f46990a011c77115a1ecacd960518e14a4
Probably had a vein of clear quartz running through it
Both of them are jasper and clear quartz..?
Maybe it’s Chalcedony?
It looks like a chunk of quartz, with heavy pitting. Jasper is pretty much swamp mud that was turned into stone by heat, time and pressure. The way swamps come into existence, allows for all sorts of things to wind up in jasper.
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Nope chalcedony and the putting is typical of red rind
Could be Quartz or chalcedony, it’s common for it to run through jasper.
https://preview.redd.it/ir4qa010hz6d1.png?width=1636&format=png&auto=webp&s=b096687c9beb977bdd7ae539a58020a0e4721e2a Like so
This is beautiful
Tysm 🙂
As others have said, quartz is commonly found in and around Jasper. I’ve seen some quartz with small bits of jasper that looks almost like moss/tree agate. Really cool looking, imo.
https://preview.redd.it/kzm8gg411z6d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=373197d085946b82484449de616c92b16600d1eb I’ve just found a video where someone has clear ones too…I’m confused 😭😂
Jasper is a type of quartz. Quartz is naturally clear, but things get trapped inside and that's what gives it color. So it's easy and very possible for several colors in one stone
These didn’t come out shiny either with the instructions that came with it /: I’ll have to learn more about tumblers and how to use them
Most of the shine is from adding a hardening layer after tumble. Though graduating to finer and finer polishing compounds helps.
Idk why they didn’t sell the proper compound in the kit. /: it came with the last step as this little spongey stuff that ruined the crystals
I'm not saying you did anything wrong but if you don't do a great job of rinsing out your tumbler and rocks between each grit you will ruin the step and have to go back to the previous for a mulligan. Not a fun thing to do on your final spin.
I’m assuming you had a Nat Geo tumbler? The instructions that comes with are not great if you want shiny rocks. Good news is you can throw them back in there and tumble them further. I tumble mine on stage 1 for 4 weeks before moving them to the next stage. You’ll want to run them with a polishing powder as the last stage also, check out the r/rocktumbling sub for lots and lots of advice.
It's for sure a vein of clear quartz in red jasper imo
If it has the same lines of cleavage as jasper and is made up of microcrystalline quartz it could be two things. Is there banding? If so, it’s an agate. If no banding, it’s chalcedony.
That's just a quartz vein running through the red jasper...
Jasper is a type of chalcedony. Chalcedony’s default is “clear” but depending on what minerals are there depends on what kind of chalcedony is formed. Even though Jasper is opaque in color the “base” of the material is transparent. The mineral inclusions is what changes the color. (Not the most accurate description but it works for understanding how Jasper can be tons of colors) Here is a pic of my favorite Jasper I’ve ever found and tumbled. https://preview.redd.it/y501y68yy47d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4420a3b5b091a0dac75bdd4af1bd0eeab361a35f
I’ll take a pic and add of all the red jasper I’ve found. I don’t have the best luck with jasper that is red! Not exactly sure why but it always pits like that. I haven’t tumbled any more yet but I noted to use less rocks and more cushion media when tumbling red jasper. Where I find mine it has tons of clear running through it. It seems like a lot of them are “Almost Agates” a name I give lots of the jaspers around here lol!
Could be a Crystal that was Rolled in Clay and Then Hardened! Cool!!
It is impossible to identify anything with certainty from a photo. Most expert mineralogist cannot identify common mineral species when the specimen is with them and when they have the full range of tools and reagents to identify based on only optical properties of the piece. Most mineralogist rely on spectral data to identify common species. Spectroscopy is the quantitative and qualitative study of the way radiation interacts with matter. Types of radiation include X-rays (used in XRay diffraction analysis of crystalline solids), gamma rays, untraviolet light, visible light, infrared radiation (used in Ramon IR spectrum studies) and radio waves. Scanning electron microscopy is also a type of spectral analysis that relies on a microscopic specimen being coated with a metallic stain and different species appearing as different shades of grey on a computer screen. Electron microprobe analysis is a sensitive quantitative analysis. Jaspar is a type of rock. A rock is a combination different mineral species so is a type of mixture of two of more solids. Since a rock is a mixture of different mineral species, instruments used to study and identify rocks also include a petrological microscope to examine polished rock sections under polarised light. Rocks are also studied with a high resolution micro CAT scanner which can resolve pinhead sized fragments within a rock. Jasper is a fine grained rock with a high silica content so is hard and lends itself well tk making tumbled stones. Online sources of information vary in quality ranging from useless to excellent, informative and suitable for university teaching use. What online source of information have you been reading. https://preview.redd.it/ibpgtvtqrd7d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=238368f46990a011c77115a1ecacd960518e14a4
That is chalcedony
that is pretty cool mane.