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Post by victor1941 on Jul 20, 2023 12:07:30 GMT -5
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 20, 2023 13:37:41 GMT -5
Funny thing about marfa black plume. I just pulled out some eagle rock the other night that looks identical. I know it’s eagle rock because I self collected it. Funny how rocks miles apart can look identical in some cases.
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Post by Peruano on Jul 20, 2023 14:37:45 GMT -5
They are all composed of the same electrons and molecules, just in an infinite variety of combinations. Its geological processes that combine them and we should not expect every local to be unique or identifiable. I know the collectors, venders, and claim holders want us to believe differently but I'm not so sold on names attached by the unwashed public. I've people swear that the rock I picked up in central New Mexico was Montana agate and indeed it was in their eyes, and if I wanted to claim it was on the internet, tain't so.
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Post by realrockhound on Jul 20, 2023 17:18:44 GMT -5
They are all composed of the same electrons and molecules, just in an infinite variety of combinations. Its geological processes that combine them and we should not expect every local to be unique or identifiable. I know the collectors, venders, and claim holders want us to believe differently but I'm not so sold on names attached by the unwashed public. I've people swear that the rock I picked up in central New Mexico was Montana agate and indeed it was in their eyes, and if I wanted to claim it was on the internet, tain't so. I completely get that. I got types of plume agate all from within a 10 mile radius that looks identical. Locality to where it was found is the only difference. But it makes sense that it looks the same because the same material that helped form it is all throughout that region. Still fascinating to me that material from Texas can be a dead ringer for material found in central Oregon. Mostly from the standpoint that you would assume conditions that helped form one type of materiel would vary between such great distances, if that makes sense. |
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