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Yeah, I work in polymer clay. But, every now and then, I get a little distracted. You may understand. It's a color thing. A while ago I became very enamored with a jasper known as Morrisonite. I first blogged about it here. Morrisonite is known as the King of Jaspers. I don't do lapidary work, but if I did, it would be because of Morrisonite. I am in love with this stone. One day, I printed a picture of Morrisonite and put it on my work table. I was hoping through osmosis (because did I really have time to figure this out?) that a faux Morrisonite cabochon would appear on my table, along with extensive notes. Poof! That just didn't happen. But if you work in polymer and would love to meet to figure this all out, well then, come on over!
The reason I'm writing all this, is because my Etsy team does these color challenges every couple of weeks. We now have a photo file in our Yahoo! Group where we can load pictures for these challenges. Every new challenge, I go to different sources. Today it was Morrisonite. I put so many pictures in my new file - that I had to do something with them. I just had to share. Grab a coffee, come back, and join me in kvelling. Big sigh. If you want to see more of these beautiful stones, take the time and go here. To see other jaspers that Rare Rocks and Gems has to offer, go to their main page here.
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9 comments:
Wow! I love the amazing variations in jasper but haven't come across this one before, it's beautiful, wonderful colour combinations!
Totally understand the distraction! I have found myself enamored of natural stone color and textures. Thank you for sharing these stunning stones!
Here's the two areas I got the pictures from (black hole warning!): http://tinyurl.com/48ptske, http://tinyurl.com/4oe2hob
Beautiful! There are so many wonderful variations and colors... where would you start?
That's the million dollar question!
Janice, as you know, you've gotten me addicted to Morrisonite. Even thinking of getting new lapidary equipment to cut up my recent purchases.
Mary's new purchase is in the 5th row - 2nd from left. I love the gold tones against the prussian blue. Good grief - you should see this lady's collection of stones. Mary, when the new equipment comes, can I come over and watch you play?
What a beautiful stone, with such endless variations! I'm sorry I didn't see this post sooner; it's been a crazy month or so. Can't wait to see where you take your own experiments to replicate the look and feel of these.
Thanks Carol. I plan on journaling the process each week. We'll see how it evolves.
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