![]() The material was barely recognizable as Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper and I didn't see them sell any when I was there. No more from that source that I have heard about, though.Ībout three years ago some guys has a lot of the material for sale at our local Pow Wow (Snyder's Pow Wow in Valley springs, CA) but I looked through it somewhat and didn't buy a thing! The sellers said they found it as float. The local county sherrif went to the local rock shops and confiscated all that had been sold to them.Ī year or two ago I read where some people knew a rancher there who had a digging area for some really high quality material. ![]() He insisted that he got the stuff legally, which he obviously didn't do. He really screwed the local rock shops that bought material from him. He was brought back to California, but I never heard what the punishment ended up being. They went after him with a $200,000 warrant. The rangers said don't dig!!! He didn't listen and when the rangers got wind of his antics they went looking for him. Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper is an orbicular semi precious gemstone cabochon material from Morgan Hill California with red and yellow orbs or poppy flowers. The guy had moved the markers around to make it look like he wasn't digging in the park. The problem was that it was on the edge of the county park. Rainy day project.Ī few years ago a guy was quarring the material from a small hole in the ground. Often you find smaller pieces in rock shops that are really too fractured to cut, but I have a few set aside to try and stabilize with resins. It is often less fractured, but the poppies do not pop as much. In 2005 I saw the darker type vary from $6 to $10 a lb. All of which are on private property, with one spot being in a state park. The vein runs for several miles and is found in four known locations. ![]() It is found primarily on the back side of the El Toro Mountain Peak. may need to be logged into ebay to see completed auctions. Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper is found near the city of Morgan Hill in Santa Clara County in Northern California. Rocksj2b2 on ebay has had nice small pieces selling for $6 to $11 a lb, but some really nice bits went for $23/lb or even one lot that went recently for $33/lb. I have seen good stuff sell for $25 of $35 a lb. That chunk, which was about 7lbs cost me over $100 in 2008, and I was getting a discount because it was part of a shopping spree. ![]() I cut some slabs for material like that recently: Other poppies might show one or two rings around the poppy, and the color contrasts and sharper edges can be nice too. In my judgement, the darker varities are a little more altered and closer to MOHS 6 than MOHS 7. I cut some stones from material like that, which I got from Stoner, and was pleased: Some poppies are darker colored on darker background and have softer edges. Some of the nicest contrast poppies are in large older fractures that have filled with white quartz. I've heard you need to stabalize the jasper before cutting/polishing etc. Lots of cracks, pits, and pockets in the material. Poppies usually form before fracturing (lots of fractured poppies), but there have been multiple waves of fracturing. Tumbled and burnished Morgan Hill Poppy Japser 1 / 8 Got some low grade Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper from an estate sale, tumbled some bits and here's the final product. Stalactitic formations, as smooth rounded pebbles, and as nodules.It does vary across the area in how much iron (red/brown/purple jasper background) there is and the degree to which fractures are healed. It most often is in massive form, but may also be botryoidal, mammilary, and Quartz, and does not occur in visible crystals. Jasper is a microcrystalline form of the mineral Jasper is usually multicolored or banded. May also refer to any form of opaque Chalcedony in all colors. Silicon dioxide, usually with impurities of iron oxides or organic substances.īrown, yellow, orange, red, green, or blue. I call it a 'fractured fairy tale' because you can be cutting an amazing piece only to uncover internal fractures that ruin the cab. When Jasper is dull and lacking interesting colors or patterns, it is not Jasper but rather Chert.įor additional information, see the gemstone section on Jasper. Some forms of Jasper are banded, and these banded Jaspers may appear similar to Agate, but unlike Agate they are opaque. Jasper is usually associated with brown, yellow, or reddish colors, but may be used to describe other opaque colors of Chalcedony such as dark or mottled green and orange. It often contains an abundance of impurities, and therefore some regard it as a rock instead of a mineral. Microcrystalline variety of the mineral Quartz. Jasper is an opaque form of Chalcedony, which is a
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