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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 22, 2018 18:35:05 GMT -5
Last weekend, from Friday afternoon through Tuesday, we got 19 inches of snow here. We also had winds up to 45 mph, so I figured that's a good time to get back out on the lake. Today it was 48 degrees at the lake, so I was quite comfortable. I was a little nervous about trying to get into my kayak with waders on, but I decided to go for it. I'm glad I did. I was beautiful. I even got a little sunburn. I have to paddle across some open water to get to the rocks, and the beach looked good where I landed. Not much snow at all. It's been in the upper forties for the past few days so we've lost a lot of the snow week got a week ago. This guy didn't make it thought the winter. I think it might be a carp. It's much bigger than it looks in the picture. Apparently, the snow was deeper before. This Petoskey was a little too big to fit in the boat. I found one of the nicest banded cherts ever (for me). Then I found this. I thought it looked like a Lake Superior Agate, but we don't find those here in Lake Huron. I just posted it on a LSA Facebook page and the initial consensus seems to be that it's fossilized stromatolite. I've never seen anything like this here, and I spend a lot of time on this beach. toiv0 , what do you think? A little more snow here.
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Post by toiv0 on Apr 22, 2018 18:54:57 GMT -5
I haven't seen anything like it. Is it hard like an agate? Looks like it could be either. It has bands, eyes like a laker, matt formations like a stromatalite. More toward agate though.
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Post by fernwood on Apr 22, 2018 18:59:36 GMT -5
Stromo with iron or other mineral staining/replacement to give the red banding?
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 22, 2018 19:02:35 GMT -5
I haven't seen anything like it. Is it hard like an agate? Looks like it could be either. It has bands, eyes like a laker, matt formations like a stromatalite. More toward agate though. No idea how hard it is. If it’s an agate, then it’s really lost. It’s about five hours to Lake Superior.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 22, 2018 19:04:18 GMT -5
It doesn’t show in the picture very well, but the agate like rock is shaped like it’s part of a sphere about the size of a musk melon.
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Post by toiv0 on Apr 22, 2018 19:26:54 GMT -5
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Post by toiv0 on Apr 22, 2018 19:30:53 GMT -5
Stromo with iron or other mineral staining/replacement to give the red banding? Red up north is almost associated with iron which is of no shortage in the north.
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Post by MsAli on Apr 22, 2018 19:31:26 GMT -5
Great finds!
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Apr 22, 2018 20:34:36 GMT -5
I cant help with what it is but I know its a keeper. Really cool find. Now I am looking forward to getting my Kayaks out. Hopefully the snow melts before my Memorial Day trip.
Chuck
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Post by saxplayer on Apr 22, 2018 20:39:20 GMT -5
Chuck, I think it's neat to see your documentary pics with the kayak etc. Neat to see the actual environment these rocks come from. For me - St. Louis - it's mostly purchasing It would be bounds more meaningful to explore in the outdoors and collect a specimen and work it myself. That rock on a shelf >> equally beautiful rock on the shelf bought with cash!
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Post by kk on Apr 22, 2018 21:36:11 GMT -5
Wow, those cuts are looking fab. Love this time of the year, when people post trip reports.
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