What is it?????????????

[39don]

I found this piece of rough cleaning out a storage space of 30/40 years ago in my garage. I haven't a clue what it is. It's hard, agate/jasper?, takes a great polish but has some pitting in the reddish squizzles areas.

Thanks,

39don

[lithicbeads]

 A bunch of people should know this one. This rough often has sagenite in small areas and is from Arizona. I think it's Sheep crossing sagenite. I try to buy the blue areas without the sagenite  like this one . The red dots are in some of it only .

[Isotelus]

While it's hard from a photo-  This one is Burro Creek. The Sheep Crossing usually has kind of a rosette structure in the rind from the Sagenite and I don't see it in this rind.
The Rind structure I do see fits very well with the Burro Creek I have.

Just my 2 Cents worth.

[bobby1]

I concur with Burro Creek.
Bob

[Haderly]

I have dug both and the older sheep’s crossing does look a lot like your rock. The sagenite pieces are always very thin and irregular but some good size pieces without sagenite came out many years back. Leave a piece in the sun a year and you will have your answer. Even the best Sheep’s Crossing will fade very fast in direct sunlight. Burro does fade but not like the Sheep’s Crossing stuff. I am leaning a little more toward Sheep’s Crossing for this piece.

[Isotelus]

I concur on the sun fade with the Sheep Crossing material what I have has a gray white layer about 1/4 to 1/2" thick and then goes purple when slabbed. The material I have came out of a really old collection and was surface collected in the 1950's. All of mine has Sagenite though, I suppose it could have been high graded that way though.

Haderly, does your older non sagenite have the orange flecks? Was thinking this might be a separation means between the Sheep Crossing and the Burro Creek. I have seen the orange in the Burro Creek material, just wondering out loud.

[ScarlettoSara]

Cab her up Mister Don. Let's see what you do with it:) LOL I know it will be a killer:)

[Isotelus]

It is nice material either way.

[Haderly]

Yes the old stuff I have has the orange in it but it is actually a little more on the red side. It usually does not go far past the rind but one piece I have has a good smattering through the rock. The sagentite is still plentiful but the pieces are smallish and it takes some work getting them. Most people dig on the side of the hill that faces the road but the old dig is around the west side.

[Haderly]

Also there are probably other spots to dig in the area. Jeff (elegantcabs) found a huge chunk down at the river last year. It was absolutely white until he knocked a corner off. It was well water worn so it had to of traveled some distance down the river.

[Ajo]

Yes, Burro creek. Very nice.  Eric(Ajo)