stonedagain
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since October 2004
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Post by stonedagain on Nov 3, 2004 8:28:54 GMT -5
Hi all, I found myself in Miami Beach last week for a business meeting. Walking to the meeting one morning, I was - of course - watching the ground looking for interesting stones throughout their landscaping. I found a few nice looking pieces of what I'm guessing to be rose quartz. There was a guy walking behind me who said, "Whadja find?". You should have seen the look on his face when I told him it was a rock and showed him my prize find! Perhaps I should seek counseling... Rhonda
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Post by Cher on Nov 3, 2004 12:01:23 GMT -5
LOL Rhonda, that is sooooo funny. I do that too, anytime I get anywhere close to pilles of rock, you just have to look.
Cher
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Post by sandsman1 on Nov 3, 2004 14:10:46 GMT -5
hi Rhonda i do counseling on the side just send me a box of rocks and ill listen to your rock probs when ever you need to talk hahaha
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Post by docone31 on Nov 3, 2004 18:55:05 GMT -5
You actually found a stone in Floriduh other than Marl? I am indeed impressed. Where I used to live, there were deposits of iron ore. The geologists there told me it was from the comet that hit in the Yucatan. There were round iron nodules everywhere the grader was doing its thing. Good find.
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Post by Cher on Nov 3, 2004 18:58:33 GMT -5
What is marl?
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Post by docone31 on Nov 3, 2004 19:05:17 GMT -5
Marl is our local stone. It is coral that has fossilized, and turned into solid calcite. It sticks out of the ground and the sun turns the rind black. It won't polish, tumble, and it isn't strong. It makes poor building material unless it is large. The Indegeneous Americans would pound an hole through it and it would become a well. You can find wells all through the Keys, southwest Floriduh, and here in the Tampa area. The marl acted as a filter to purify the water. It still is miserable water but it is better than from a creek or pond.
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Post by Cher on Nov 3, 2004 19:18:28 GMT -5
Interesting, thanks Doc.
Cher
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Post by krazydiamond on Nov 3, 2004 20:08:04 GMT -5
Coquina is another shell/ mineral material used there (Floriduh) as well, or at least used to be about 20 years ago...is it still used, Doc?
KD
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stonedagain
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since October 2004
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Post by stonedagain on Nov 3, 2004 20:28:06 GMT -5
Hey Sands - your rates are pretty reasonable. How do your Tuesday's look? Thanks for the info Doc. I suspect that the stones I was looking through were brought in from somewhere outside of the area. They were all very different from what I derived to be the native rocks. Everything else I found looked to be fossilized shell of some sort - very light colored and sort of chalky. This was my 2nd trip to Miami Beach. I got my take of local rock on the trip last fall. My luggage put on a few pounds during the trip. I didn't try to tumble any of them that I brought back last year because they seemed to be too soft. I am going to try the quartz tho. Rhonda
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