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retiredoldfogee
retiredoldfogee
Zeke finds the most amazing specimin ever from Deer Creek
Jul 13 2009, 12:46 AM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 12:46 AM EDT
OK, I had to make this announcement. Wish I was the lucky one, but Zeke earned it big time. He found the most gorgeous huge clear garnet or Jadeite transparent stone, with internal waves of glowing neon green flowing through it, like imperial Jadeite. I don't know what it is but it was so special I wanted too steal it from him. Sorry Zeke, I won't be able to sleep tonight thinking about that gorgeous gem. I've never seen anything so beautiful in a gem in my entire life in person. Congratulations!!! Your the man!

Aaron Do you find this valuable?    
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Rockhound5555
Rockhound5555
1. RE: Zeke finds the most amazing specimin ever from Deer Creek
Jul 13 2009, 1:54 AM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 1:54 AM EDT
WELL LETS SEE THE GEM,SO WE CAN DROOL ALSO!!! LOL CONGRATS ZEKE FOR THE GREAT FIND. WE WILL BE WAITING ON PINS AND NEEDLES UNTIL WE SEE IT TOO.
TIM AND SHARON Do you find this valuable?    
washatonian
washatonian
2. RE: Zeke finds the most amazing specimin ever from Deer Creek
Jul 13 2009, 2:42 AM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 2:42 AM EDT
Yes indeed we need to read a trip report of this jewel from Deer Creek,hint hint
Pic's we gotta see the Pics. OK Zeke, the gems out of the bag now, thanks Aaron.
Aman Do you find this valuable?    
gamaliel114
gamaliel114
3. RE: Zeke finds the most amazing specimin ever from Deer Creek
Jul 13 2009, 6:07 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 6:07 PM EDT
I'm still sore from hauling rocks yesterday, and I'll need to go borrow my brother's camera. I'll try to have some pictures up tonight.

~Zeke Do you find this valuable?    
gamaliel114
gamaliel114
4. RE: Zeke finds the most amazing specimin ever from Deer Creek
Jul 13 2009, 9:57 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 9:57 PM EDT
Alright. Pictures are up. Just one of about 60 pieces from the trip...it was a good day on Deer Creek! It will take me a day of photographing, and a day or two to get a gallery up of the rest of the haul with good descriptions and a "trip report" Including the second attempt at recovering the Jade Stele, or "Zeke's Folly". We did bring back a large jade boulder too big for me to wiegh properly, but the stele will have to wait until I can get at least 3 able bodied folks together at the same time. It was great fun hunting with Aaron. It's really nice to be able to show off your finds in person to someone who can appreciate them. My family and friends mostly just humor me, I know they're thinking "wow, that's great...a rock".:-)

Pictures up in a second.

~zeke Do you find this valuable?    
gamaliel114
gamaliel114
5. RE: Zeke finds the most amazing specimin ever from Deer Creek
Jul 13 2009, 10:07 PM EDT | Post edited: Jul 13 2009, 10:07 PM EDT
...and the Photobucket slideshow of all the shots i took of it:

http://s621.photobucket.com/albums/tt297/gamaliel114/DeerCreek/DeerCreek071209/HelloRock/?albumview=slideshow

~Zeke Do you find this valuable?    
retiredoldfogee
retiredoldfogee
6. RE: Zeke finds the most amazing specimin ever from Deer Creek
Jul 14 2009, 12:52 AM EDT | Post edited: Jul 14 2009, 12:52 AM EDT
"...and the Photobucket slideshow of all the shots i took of it:

http://s621.photobucket.com/albums/tt297/gamaliel114/DeerCreek/DeerCreek071209/HelloRock/?albumview=slideshow

~Zeke"
Not a single one of those pictures do that stone justice. Its probably better that way. I really cannot describe the feeling of seeing that thing in person, and how it actually made me feel like to hold it. I told my wife it was like a stone of heaven. I truly think i get it now. Do yourself a favor and try not to oil that thing;)

Thanks,

Aaron Do you find this valuable?    
gamaliel114
gamaliel114
7. RE: Zeke finds the most amazing specimin ever from Deer Creek
Jul 14 2009, 7:09 AM EDT | Post edited: Jul 14 2009, 7:09 AM EDT
Yeah, I wasn't too happy with the pictures either, I might try better natural light, or my dad's super-duper camera. Everyone that actually held it has been awed. I haven't oiled it as it doesn't need to be, being mostly white , and I think this counts as a slick...that is naturally polished. I know there is some fuss about classifying jade and treatments, but they don't mention oil as a treatment that lowers the value, and it is temporary. It also cleanses the salt and whatnot from sea gathered jades, and if you don't use oil or other coolant on your blades you're going to ruin them. A well handled jade becomes oiled just by the handling...and looks nicer for it, and it lasts longer than the olive oil I use. And...if the stone is going to be cut anyway, any residual oil in the suface is going to be scrap rock anyway...and, 99% of the stones I gather are for self consumption, and I don't use thier classification system. I'll just call it jade, period...all that said, the hypocrit in me doesn't oil anything I think I might need to sell, just in case ;-) The bottom line is that it's really hard to take "wet" pictures of rocks and have them turn out represenative of the stone, whereas a drop of olive oil is perfect, lasting long enough to get the shot and doing so with limited glare. And it's less messy. I'm sure if you dug a little deeper the truth would be that almost everone uses oil when cutting jade as that is what you do when you cut stones, and it isn't ever considered a "treatment" to the stone. I believe it's an overly strict interpretation of the classification system to say you devalue the jade by useing oil...but I do believe there are purest out there who would disagree...but they don't have to buy my stuff :-) They're the types who buy the good Burmese stuff anyway. Do you find this valuable?    
gamaliel114
gamaliel114
8. RE: Zeke finds the most amazing specimin ever from Deer Creek
Jul 14 2009, 7:23 AM EDT | Post edited: Jul 14 2009, 7:23 AM EDT
...Oh, and don't let yourself become biased by this one stone, there's a lot of great jade that looks nothing like it. From yesterday's haul alone, I count at least 10 different varieties of jade and/or hgg (just off the top of my head), most of it not naturally polished, and some likely just as valuable as this one. This one may just be an oddity. Or maybe all these have already been picked up. (It is rather obvious) Or maybe there's a large deposit of it waiting for us up creek :-) I'm already itching to go back.

~Zeke Do you find this valuable?