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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 15, 2013 21:56:26 GMT -5
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gravelgrazer
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Post by gravelgrazer on Mar 15, 2013 22:28:39 GMT -5
Cool! You could try the streak test. Test it under a toilet tank lid, back side of ceramic tile or under a ceramic coffee cup. Generally meteorites do not leave a streak. Good luck!
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 15, 2013 23:04:16 GMT -5
Olivine crystals are a good sign. What appear to be melt dimples in the surface are also a good sign. Take it to a nearby University geologist. They should be able to give you a proper ID. They may want to take a small chip off for analysis.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Mar 16, 2013 10:44:51 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2013 22:21:05 GMT -5
cool Jean!! I hope you found a meteorite!
Did you get dumortierite too??
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 18, 2013 19:48:27 GMT -5
Scott, you can't go to Indian Pass without bringing home some dumortierite! But I think the best piece I have is boulder-sized, and came from an estate sale. It was collected many years ago. It's out in my front yard.
There's also a lot of agate and palm bog that came from there. Some of the palm bog is a rich brown color, with light-brown/off-white colored palm roots about a half inch in cross section scattered throughout. Hard, takes a nice polish (I have to work harder to get the scratches out, though). Cool looking stuff.
As for the meteorite, I take it to different shows we go to, and ask people what they think of it. Some day, I'll take it to someone that knows more about them, and get an answer. Too bad I don't know for sure where (or when!) it was found. Jean
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Post by Thunder69 on Mar 18, 2013 20:03:32 GMT -5
Thats a space peanut.....LOL...Seriously a cool find....JOhn
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 19, 2013 10:31:57 GMT -5
Hoping you got a meteorite!!!!!!Cool find!Hey whats a palm bog?I'm into petwood,is it petwood,any pics......
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Post by jamesp on Mar 19, 2013 11:00:40 GMT -5
Yea me too Fossilman.I am curious as to palm bog too.I see petrified peats,mucks, algaes,misc ocean bottoms,clays etc.Some peats are full of palm roots,stumps...
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 19, 2013 11:45:02 GMT -5
We've been to Indian Pass a few times, but one of the most recent was on a field trip with another local club. This was sometime last year. Here is a list from them of what we were looking for: "Materials: Petrified palm root, palm "bog," with or without fossil snails, dumortierite, blonde and other jaspers, plus stray chunks of hematite or kyanite in quartz, if you keep your eyes open." Evidently, the area was a bog at some time in the past, and so when everything died, it just was covered up in the bog. Add a some years and some pressure, and it turned to stone. I don't know how old the rocks in the area are. The prettiest of it is a rich rootbeer color, with lighter colored circles of the palm bundles spread randomly throughout. But it comes in a variety of colors. I have some pieces with fossils - snails and other things - in them. I've got a few older pictures of one piece, it's not the best one, but is representative. Right now I am in the process of clearing stuff away from the cabbing unit Bob's dad made a long time ago that he inherited. He's been wanting to get some work done on it so we can start using it. That means all the rocks have to come out from in front of, underneath and around it, and go someplace else. While I'm doing this, I'll look and see what I can find of this material and take some more photos. Jean
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Post by jamesp on Mar 20, 2013 20:43:36 GMT -5
Looks like a lot a petrifian goin on in that rock.Thanks for posting.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Apr 17, 2013 14:18:50 GMT -5
I have an answer on my wanna-be meteorite - It is a meteor-wrong! Just joined a prospecting group, and asked one of their very knowledgable members. It took less than a second for him to come to a decision. He said it is hematite. Well, I'll put it back on the shelf where it was (with other ones I KNOW are hematite), and keep on looking!
Thanks for your interest! Jean
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Post by jamesp on Apr 17, 2013 16:12:24 GMT -5
I have not said anything but i was looking at that one and thinking you were gonna score Jean.I am glad that you satisfied my curiosity but sad that it's not a meteorite.When i started thinking about the fact that only 25 have been recovered in Georgia i realized how rare they were.Heck,they recovered 1000's of pounds ?? of gold out of Dahlonega Ga.Better chance of finding gold by longshot.....
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Post by billg22 on Apr 17, 2013 18:09:21 GMT -5
Just for the fun of it, throw it as far up as you can and say you saw it fall to the ground from above.
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