http://www.timelessjade.com/2009/04/28/an-incredible-wyoming-jade-with-pseudomorphs/ CONTEMPORARY & ANCIENT JADES. NEPHRITE & JADEITE Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:19:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.timelessjade.com/2009/04/28/an-incredible-wyoming-jade-with-pseudomorphs/comment-page-1/#comment-425 John Snook Sun, 03 May 2009 04:12:34 +0000 http://www.timelessjade.com/?p=249#comment-425 I enjoyed your story David, and I think this great piece of jade is probably unique. I'm a Wyoming native and have hunted jade for many years. I've also seen a lot of collections, some by people who were finding it in the early days, before I even knew what a piece of jade was. Black with green spots is not all that unusual, but red spots? Green spots with a red border? I think that's a first. The odd thing I've noticed about the green spots in black, as far as in situ locations are concerned, is they seem to only occur in the eastern part of the Wy jade field, an area that starts at about the west side of Pathfinder Lake and goes east. Black jade deposits found to the west of this location don't seem to have them. The other odd thing is this same area also seems to define the location of the olive jade deposits with quartz crystals. Veins of olive jade w/quartz crystals start showing up just about exactly where deposits of black w/green spots stop and then run to the west, clear through the Jeffery City area. It would be interesting to know if the piece you have here was found in the eastern area, even though an individual piece of float may travel quite aways in any direction from the original deposit. I enjoyed your story David, and I think this great piece of jade is probably unique. I’m a Wyoming native and have hunted jade for many years. I’ve also seen a lot of collections, some by people who were finding it in the early days, before I even knew what a piece of jade was. Black with green spots is not all that unusual, but red spots? Green spots with a red border? I think that’s a first.
The odd thing I’ve noticed about the green spots in black, as far as in situ locations are concerned, is they seem to only occur in the eastern part of the Wy jade field, an area that starts at about the west side of Pathfinder Lake and goes east. Black jade deposits found to the west of this location don’t seem to have them. The other odd thing is this same area also seems to define the location of the olive jade deposits with quartz crystals. Veins of olive jade w/quartz crystals start showing up just about exactly where deposits of black w/green spots stop and then run to the west, clear through the Jeffery City area.
It would be interesting to know if the piece you have here was found in the eastern area, even though an individual piece of float may travel quite aways in any direction from the original deposit.

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