[Rockhounds] Intense red agate

[Rock Currier]

Carol,

Yes, you are correct with your observations about the jasper from Morgan 
Hill, California and yes, the piece pictured could be from Lavic. Some of 
the jasper from Morgan Hill can get very red, though not much of it. The 
Lavic locality could be a good candidate for the locality as well, though in 
my youth when I was walking around at the Lavic locality I didn't find much 
red "jasp agate", though there was certainly some. The point I was making is 
that I don't think there is any locality in the SW United States where any 
quantity of this material can be found. Probably it will never be known 
where that red bit of agate/jasper came from unless you could trace it back 
to the guy who picked it up.



I see that Justin has introduced himself to the group. He was never one to 
hide his light under a bushel, perhaps carbon arc, might describe it better. 
The big mineral warehouse he used to work at was at my company, Jewel Tunnel 
Imports. The things Justin writes are often of the quality to stimulate 
controversy and few would mistake him as an author likely to generate a 
well-reasoned impartial article for Wikipedia. I once though he was a bit 
like a child who has just demonstrated a horrible new use of the microwave 
and the family cat.

Rock