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Post by velodromed on May 27, 2024 17:44:40 GMT -5
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Post by vegasjames on May 27, 2024 18:24:02 GMT -5
Does not look like wood. Looks like a large feldspar crystal.
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Post by rmf on May 27, 2024 18:46:11 GMT -5
It does not look like wood if it is feldspar it would have a hardness of about 6. I would guess plagioclase. If it is quartz the hardness should be 7. Check with a known piece of quartz. Either way the rock has been faulted. note the pattern on the right side of pic 2. This shows movement along the fault
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Post by velodromed on May 28, 2024 11:32:37 GMT -5
It does not look like wood if it is feldspar it would have a hardness of about 6. I would guess plagioclase. If it is quartz the hardness should be 7. Check with a known piece of quartz. Either way the rock has been faulted. note the pattern on the right side of pic 2. This shows movement along the fault Yes, I see what you mean. Very interesting. I brought a small chunk home to test and will do so before long. Many Thanks!
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Post by velodromed on Jun 1, 2024 8:41:46 GMT -5
I tried to scratch it with the sharp edge of a piece of feldspar and it did nothing. Then I used a piece of sharp quartz and again it didn’t leave a mark. But the #8 scratcher thing in my hardness testing kit definitely scratched it. For fun, I took the 5” long piece that my friend had broken off for me and threw it in the tumbler. Thank you for pointing out the slide marks, rmf, and that it came from a fault line. I love that kind of stuff. I think our friends were a bit disappointed that it was not petrified wood, so the kid and I are taking over a fairly large chunk that we collected a while back, as well as a few other rocks that I think they would like.
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Post by RWA3006 on Jun 1, 2024 10:26:50 GMT -5
Looks a lot like the quartz we have here in the Wasatch mountains.
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Post by velodromed on Jun 1, 2024 22:53:08 GMT -5
Looks a lot like the quartz we have here in the Wasatch mountains. Yup, I am fully confident that it is milky, or cloudy, quartz. Whereabouts are you on the Wasatch range? I know that’s some beautiful country up there…
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Post by RWA3006 on Jun 1, 2024 23:16:51 GMT -5
Looks a lot like the quartz we have here in the Wasatch mountains. Yup, I am fully confident that it is milky, or cloudy, quartz. Whereabouts are you on the Wasatch range? I know that’s some beautiful country up there… I'm on the West side of the range at the ancient shoreline of Lake Bonneville which is infested with too many people. If I weren't so old I'd move to the southern part of the state where the rock hounding is much better.
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Post by velodromed on Jun 2, 2024 5:34:26 GMT -5
Yup, I am fully confident that it is milky, or cloudy, quartz. Whereabouts are you on the Wasatch range? I know that’s some beautiful country up there… I'm on the West side of the range at the ancient shoreline of Lake Bonneville which is infested with too many people. If I weren't so old I'd move to the southern part of the state where the rock hounding is much better. Thank you! I looked the lake up and w, What an interesting lake. Some articles came up about a massive erosion flood that emptied it a good bit. Is it still low level? You also got me thinking, trying to remember the last time I saw a large natural lake. I literally have to go back to when I used to hitchhike a lot, up through Canada and into Alaska. Reservoirs and artificial recreational lakes have been the norm since those days, living in populous California and Texas areas. I understand about the too many people thing. I am hoping my wife and I can get farther away from society before we’re too old. But we are in our mid 50s and raising a very social 11-year-old, so that may not happen lol.
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Post by HankRocks on Jun 2, 2024 9:27:05 GMT -5
I'm on the West side of the range at the ancient shoreline of Lake Bonneville which is infested with too many people. If I weren't so old I'd move to the southern part of the state where the rock hounding is much better. Thank you! I looked the lake up and w, What an interesting lake. Some articles came up about a massive erosion flood that emptied it a good bit. Is it still low level? You also got me thinking, trying to remember the last time I saw a large natural lake. I literally have to go back to when I used to hitchhike a lot, up through Canada and into Alaska. Reservoirs and artificial recreational lakes have been the norm since those days, living in populous California and Texas areas. I understand about the too many people thing. I am hoping my wife and I can get farther away from society before we’re too old. But we are in our mid 50s and raising a very social 11-year-old, so that may not happen lol. The only problem with moving to a less populated area is being too far from adequate health care. If a person can be assured that their health will not be a problem then living hours away from proper care would not be an issue. The irony is that the adequate health care available in larger cities also brings with it the issues that older folks(myself included) are less able to deal with; Higher Cost of living, traffic, crime, etc.
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Post by velodromed on Jun 2, 2024 16:51:42 GMT -5
Thank you! I looked the lake up and w, What an interesting lake. Some articles came up about a massive erosion flood that emptied it a good bit. Is it still low level? You also got me thinking, trying to remember the last time I saw a large natural lake. I literally have to go back to when I used to hitchhike a lot, up through Canada and into Alaska. Reservoirs and artificial recreational lakes have been the norm since those days, living in populous California and Texas areas. I understand about the too many people thing. I am hoping my wife and I can get farther away from society before we’re too old. But we are in our mid 50s and raising a very social 11-year-old, so that may not happen lol. The only problem with moving to a less populated area is being too far from adequate health care. If a person can be assured that their health will not be a problem then living hours away from proper care would not be an issue. The irony is that the adequate health care available in larger cities also brings with it the issues that older folks(myself included) are less able to deal with; Higher Cost of living, traffic, crime, etc. Yes, there are so many issues. It comes down to balancing what you want vs can actually manage. Which is why we just moved into a smaller house on the small lot from a larger home on an acre. But it’s out in the far north San Antonio area we want to be and is also near the kids schools. There’s a huge field behind us and some trails off to the left that I can walk the dog. It’s very safe area, only 20 minutes from our doctors and all. I want to get further out, but will have to see how physically adept I am in a few years. If all of the procedures and surgeries I’ve had in the last couple years work, I could end up able to do so much more again. Maybe then we could get a little more land, have a bigger garden…
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Post by HankRocks on Jun 2, 2024 21:41:01 GMT -5
Good luck to you and you're plan, hope it works out and your health holds out.
Henry
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Post by velodromed on Jun 3, 2024 0:15:40 GMT -5
Good luck to you and you're plan, hope it works out and your health holds out. Henry Thank you, Henry, and good luck to you and yours!
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