lancemountain
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Post by lancemountain on Jul 27, 2018 21:28:15 GMT -5
Hello! I was "shelling" today on Long Beach Island in NJ this week and found pounds of this stuff. Any idea? Some opinions I've gathered - Lightening strike on sand Coal (jet)? Asphalt The army corps of engineers have been dredging a few miles up and they hit a large Peat vein- maybe that? They are not heavy- I can post more pictures if need be. However gives me the answer would be greatly appreciated! And I can send a few pieces out! IMG_3415
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Post by MsAli on Jul 27, 2018 21:34:43 GMT -5
Odd question maybe, but what do they smell like?
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Post by vegasjames on Jul 27, 2018 21:37:28 GMT -5
Looks like slag. Could have washed down from somewhere or maybe there used to be a factory near the site.
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lancemountain
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Post by lancemountain on Jul 27, 2018 21:49:38 GMT -5
Odd question maybe, but what do they smell like? sea water but I'm washing them now
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mud
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Post by mud on Jul 27, 2018 22:24:06 GMT -5
Looks like slag. Could have washed down from somewhere or maybe there used to be a factory near the site. x2. I vote for slag.
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surreality
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Post by surreality on Jul 27, 2018 22:48:18 GMT -5
I'm curious, too; have found similar in Cape May a little further south from time to time.
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Post by MsAli on Jul 27, 2018 23:26:26 GMT -5
Odd question maybe, but what do they smell like? sea water but I'm washing them now Asphalt, peat and coal all have distinct smells I'm leaning towards slag as well
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Post by pauls on Jul 28, 2018 0:02:55 GMT -5
Slag for me too.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 28, 2018 7:22:03 GMT -5
slag
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lancemountain
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Post by lancemountain on Jul 28, 2018 10:20:51 GMT -5
interesting! Any idea how slag got on the beach? And of course the real question- can it be tumbled? here are more pictures IMG_3452 IMG_3451
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 28, 2018 10:22:52 GMT -5
Yuppers slag....
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2018 10:51:48 GMT -5
interesting! Any idea how slag got on the beach? And of course the real question- can it be tumbled? If not washed down a stream, then could have been used to build breakwaters, seawalls or as ship ballast that was dumped. Coal-fired steamships may have even produced and dumped some of it. Millions of tons of it about produced by industry and disposed of in lots of ways (railroad beds, landfill, etc.). Yes, you can try to tumble. Whether it holds up depends on how fractured it is underneath that crust, but I've seen some interesting polished pieces of old slag. Added: some very old slag has undergone subsequent mineralization over the centuries (such as at Greece's famous Lavrion/Laurion seaside dumps) and can contain some interesting minerals that are prized by collectors.
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wpotterw
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Post by wpotterw on Jul 28, 2018 16:30:54 GMT -5
Hello! I was "shelling" today on Long Beach Island in NJ this week and found pounds of this stuff. Any idea? Some opinions I've gathered - Lightening strike on sand Coal (jet)? Asphalt The army corps of engineers have been dredging a few miles up and they hit a large Peat vein- maybe that? They are not heavy- I can post more pictures if need be. However gives me the answer would be greatly appreciated! And I can send a few pieces out! IMG_3415
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shadyatbest
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Post by shadyatbest on Jul 28, 2018 17:08:45 GMT -5
It's either slag or meteroites. I doubt meteorites.
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Post by TheRock on Aug 2, 2018 13:50:02 GMT -5
It's either slag or meteroites. I doubt meteorites. ............. Ancient Astronaut Theorist's Say Yes! ~Duke
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goatgrinder
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Post by goatgrinder on Aug 2, 2018 17:26:01 GMT -5
No people, these are coal clinkers, coal ash, some call it slag but it's not glassy. Not bad, not good, just is. Coal burning power plants have literal mountains of this stuff in their backyards.
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Post by vegasjames on Aug 2, 2018 17:42:37 GMT -5
en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/slagslag noun 1mass noun Stony waste matter separated from metals during the smelting or refining of ore. ‘the burning liquid iron was forming a scum of slag’ 1.1 Stony material ejected by a volcano; scoria. count noun ‘flow after flow of lava, slags, powders, and ejecta cast upon the previous outpourings in grotesque patterns’
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Post by grumpybill on Aug 3, 2018 18:37:28 GMT -5
...these are coal clinkers, coal ash... That's my thought, too. I carried many buckets of clinker from the furnace out of the basement when I was a kid.
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shadyatbest
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Post by shadyatbest on Aug 6, 2018 12:52:44 GMT -5
Aliens
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