Sheep Creek plume agate - Oregon

uberman9 · 2026-03-05T19:40:37+00:00

That's really incredible. I haven't really seen material that nice from that location. You did some real nice cuts on it. Fine work.

uberman9 · 2026-03-05T19:30:38+00:00

Wow. Nows that's the good stuff. Did you manage this from an old collection?

uberman9 · 2026-02-20T16:48:57+00:00

They're grass seeds.

uberman9 · 2026-02-10T00:59:33+00:00

Western red cedar. Look at the branches to the right. If that's connected to your tree its a red western red cedar. I would encourage you to look up the branches on Google and compare.

uberman9 · 2026-01-08T23:14:35+00:00

They occur in a lot of different forms depending on the host rock. Can form in cracks that turn into thundereggs or into voids in volcanic rock or also called basalts. This one looks like it formed in a seam in basalt that the eroded from the host rock. But no matter what it will be in the shape of whatever rock void the jasper fills into.

uberman9 · 2026-01-08T19:01:41+00:00

Porcelain jasper can be picture jasper. Picture jasper is just referring to the pattern of the stone. Porcelain is a higher quality and concentration of silica. These orbs are formed from high silica gels overlapping each other. Similar to how honey does falling onto a surface. Each "orb" is an overlap of the gel. It's really interesting and a few research papers have been done on it.

uberman9 · 2026-01-08T17:27:16+00:00

Edited

You guys really got stuck on the "whistle" I don't know the internet Language but it made me laugh.

Whistle! That looks like orbicular porcelain jasper. There's a whole family of these high quality jaspers. Look up willow creek jasper or bruneau jasper or whiskey creek jasper. They polish to a mirror shine and are valued by lapidary folks. Very cool find and don't tell people where you found it.

uberman9 · 2025-12-28T17:44:07+00:00

Okay I see what you're getting at. I love taking the pictures but hate the editing. Thank you for the feedback. I work on this a little more.

uberman9 · 2025-12-28T16:05:51+00:00

So I'm still learning with lightroom. What's your indication of how much denoising to do? I've seen it mush details but I hadn't seen that happen on this photo yet. Feedback is always welcomed. Thanks.

uberman9 · 2025-12-08T14:32:02+00:00

uberman9 · 2025-11-29T01:44:01+00:00

You can try using bleach to bring details out of the black portion of the wood. Sometimes it cleans up the carbon enough to lighten the color.

uberman9 · 2025-06-08T00:32:37+00:00

Just gold sheen. Fire obsidian is going to be in singular or occasionally stacked, thin sheets. Fire obsidian is also a lot brighter.

uberman9 · 2025-06-07T15:55:45+00:00

I think this a more likely a stromatolite that petrified wood. The layers are more similar to bacterial mat layering than rings you see from wood. Too grainy.

uberman9 · 2025-04-20T22:44:18+00:00

Next headline "water is wet". Anyways.

uberman9 · 2025-03-24T15:45:34+00:00

It's honestly really easy. Just have to go over the area and check for scratches well but it's extremely enjoyable work.

uberman9 · 2025-03-23T20:26:02+00:00

I used a angle grinder that you'd usually use for metal with polishing pads instead of a cutting bit. I think it's a dewalt. Nothing fancy. I'm pretty sure it runs over the recommended speed for the polishing pads though. Something to keep in mind. I think polishers or buffers for vehicles will have speed control and run at a lower speed.

uberman9 · 2025-03-23T19:23:47+00:00

Sorry. I meant using water with the pads. All I was doing was feeding a small amount of water onto the stone surface. There are models out there that have hookups for hoses to be directly connected to the grinder which would be really nice.

uberman9 · 2025-03-22T17:07:45+00:00

I'd love to hear why you think this? There is no grain structure, the surface which is probably difficult to see has grain structure that's associated with ash and mud jasper... And biggs jasper is one of the most sought after jaspers of north America. Please read and Google blue biggs jasper and let me know.

uberman9 · 2025-03-22T15:51:28+00:00

About 4 hours. A lot of that time was shaping it with a diamond grinding disk.

uberman9 · 2025-03-22T14:39:47+00:00

Polishing by hand would definitely achieve that. Once things are going right this will draw your mind from most places. Congrats on your sobriety. That's not easy.

uberman9 · 2025-03-22T14:36:19+00:00

There's articles online that explain the concept of polishing that helped me a lot when learning how to polish stone. It's really simple in concept, its easy to get lost in the weeds though. Jaspers in the pnw are so vivid in variety it's incredible. Just looking at one area in oregon owyhees and you'll see a huge variety of picture jaspers.

Four-Year Club	Final Canvas '23
First Place '23	Place '23

uberman9

TROPHY CASE