Components

*Indian Creek cut by Thom Lane
*Sterling setting

Size of setting:  1" x 7/8" x 3/8" high (2.5 cm x 2.3 cm x 1 cm)
Size: Approximately size 7-8, adjustable Weight: 0.42 oz (11.9 gm -- a nickel weighs about 5 gm)

Item #681 - SOLD

Indian Creek Ring

Indian Creek Ring
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Indian Creek Ring
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Oh dear, another mystery stone. I was fortunate to be able to get a few of Thom's old cabs even though he now only deals in spectacular agate specimens. He listed this little beauty as "Indian Creek." Because of the apparent bit of common grey agate in it, I thought it might be an agate, however the patterns seem more suggestive of a jasper. One is reminded of "Spiderman (or woman) Jasper" though that material has thin, straighter red lines in a web-like jumble whereas our stone has much thicker red lines arrayed in squiggles. Wandering around on the 'net I find that one location where the famous Fairburn agates are found is in the Indian Creek area of Buffalo Gap National Grassland in South Dakota, and Zenz also mentions this in Agates II. However, Fairburn agates are famous for their stunning fortification patterns and our little stone has no apparent fortifications. Zenz' Agates III also has an entry for "Indian Creek," this one to a jasper deposit discovered in Arizona by the famous prospector "Jake" Jacobitz. The material is described as jet black quartz with deep red patterns at the center, though his photograph shows deep red material with grey squiggles, precisely the opposite of the pattern in our stone. Nonetheless, I think we've found it! We know Thom has dug Morrisonite with Jake so it seems likely this stone is a jasper from Jake's Indian Creek Arizona find.

The high-domed stone is set in sterling with a substantial domed floral-patterned band. It is adjustable, and the somewhat larger size gives the option of wearing it on the index or middle finger as well as the ring finger. Please order it today, there won't be another like it!