Couple cool rocks I found in California

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vegasjames no longer being taken for granite Member since June 2013 Posts: 9,567	Couple cool rocks I found in California Jun 26, 2023 8:37:41 GMT -5 victor1941, rockjunquie, and 10 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by vegasjames on Jun 26, 2023 8:37:41 GMT -5

jasoninsd can identify rocks - even green ones I Wish I Knew Half The Stuff I Thought I Knew 30 Years Ago! Member since July 2020 Posts: 18,424	Couple cool rocks I found in California Jun 26, 2023 9:51:38 GMT -5 vegasjames and 1dave like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jasoninsd on Jun 26, 2023 9:51:38 GMT -5 Reminds me of some kind of Stromatolite...
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victor1941 driving up their electric bill Member since November 2011 Posts: 2,172	Couple cool rocks I found in California Jun 26, 2023 10:05:57 GMT -5 vegasjames, 1dave, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by victor1941 on Jun 26, 2023 10:05:57 GMT -5 James, is the stone wet or does it have desert polish? What do you think it is?

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Couple cool rocks I found in California Jun 26, 2023 10:32:31 GMT -5 victor1941, 1dave, and 1 more like this

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Jun 26, 2023 10:05:57 GMT -5 victor1941 said:

James, is the stone wet or does it have desert polish? What do you think it is?

They are naturally coated with desert varnish, and are dry.

No idea what these are. Only picked them up because they would be great for someone who makes the wire trees with stones in them. These would be great bases.

Found something similar like this I brought back just to show people that many rocks in the desert can look like meteorites since I see so often on rock boards thinking any unusual rock has to be a meteorite, especially if magnetic. Not the case. So, I brought this one back as people will mistake the dips for ablation marks on a meteorite, and as you can see a magnet sticks to it. Nothing I could see interesting inside though. I ground a window, and if I recall right, it was pretty much just off white inside.

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liveoak still telling self it's just a hobby Member since January 2022 Posts: 4,706 Member is Online	Couple cool rocks I found in California Jun 27, 2023 6:24:05 GMT -5 vegasjames and 1dave like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by liveoak on Jun 27, 2023 6:24:05 GMT -5 Those are way cool, I'd have brought them home just to look at them ! Thanks for showing them. Patty
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realrockhound Cave Dweller Chucking leaverite at tweekers Member since June 2020 Posts: 4,495	Couple cool rocks I found in California Jun 27, 2023 15:05:33 GMT -5 via mobile vegasjames and 1dave like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by realrockhound on Jun 27, 2023 15:05:33 GMT -5 Is that a magnet on the last one? Not a meteorite is it 😂

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Couple cool rocks I found in California Jun 27, 2023 18:00:57 GMT -5 1dave and realrockhound like this

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Jun 27, 2023 15:05:33 GMT -5 realrockhound said:

Is that a magnet on the last one? Not a meteorite is it 😂

No, not a meteorite. That was the idea about bringing it home though. I am constantly seeing posts on some of the other rock boards I am on where people are posting everything from basalt to slag, and each time there are people claiming it is a meteorite. Especially if a magnet sticks to it, or if it ha anything that looks like regmaglypts (ablation marks) like these kind of loo like. So I brought this home and took the photos of the rock with a magnet sticking to it to show that not all magnet attracting rocks or rocks with weathering that looks like regmaglypts are meteorites.

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Couple cool rocks I found in California Jul 6, 2023 11:30:16 GMT -5 victor1941 and vegasjames like this

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Over a hundred tons of space dust falls on Earth every day. The "Black Sand" found every where are the burnt up remains of iron meteorites. Most of the stuff that is falling now are from the Apollo Asteroid belt. The Main comet they came from was made of Iron, Sulfur, Nickle, Cobalt, and Iridium. Most places where nickle is mined they also find iridium. An unrecognized Apollo asteroid Impact Site. One of them killed off the dinosaurs.

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This looks like it has flow bands. Volcanic or metamorphic?

It would be interesting to slice one open to see if the pits once contained calcite or something soft that has weathered out.

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vegasjames no longer being taken for granite Member since June 2013 Posts: 9,567	Couple cool rocks I found in California Jul 6, 2023 17:46:58 GMT -5 1dave likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by vegasjames on Jul 6, 2023 17:46:58 GMT -5 I don't plan to cut these. I am leaving them as is and will trade them. Figured they would be really nice bases for people who make the wire trees.

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