Mazanec
spending too much on rocks
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Post by Mazanec on Apr 3, 2004 18:48:38 GMT -5
What are those light brown stones that you find by the zillions in topsoil (at least in Northeast Ohio)? Some kind of sandstone?
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tjmax
noticing nice landscape pebbles
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Post by tjmax on Apr 3, 2004 19:31:18 GMT -5
rabbit droppings? Just kidding, i really have no clue never been there 8)
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MichiganRocks
starting to spend too much on rocks
"I wasn't born to follow."
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Post by MichiganRocks on Apr 3, 2004 19:41:06 GMT -5
Hey tj, that would petrified rabbit droppings. ;D
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Post by docone31 on Apr 3, 2004 21:47:26 GMT -5
Fossilized rabbit scat? Only kidding, it might be a sedimentary stone that was a river run stone. It might look great tumbled. I am not familiar with the geology of Ohio. I read it was once a river valley, and sub tropical zone. Might be interesting to find out. If you can find a tile saw, you might cut one in half and smooth the kerf with a grinding wheel. Once wet it will look like it has been polished.
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Post by Original Admin on Apr 3, 2004 21:59:26 GMT -5
Can you post a picture Mazanec?
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Post by sandsman1 on Apr 4, 2004 0:31:05 GMT -5
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Post by creativeminded on Apr 4, 2004 10:07:56 GMT -5
I think it is a form of chalk depending on how easily it broke. I had a piece of that about that size and I was checking to see if it could be tumbled and it litterally broke apart in my hand.
Tami
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Mazanec
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Post by Mazanec on Apr 4, 2004 11:05:30 GMT -5
I do not have the capability of digital photography, and my money goes to a tumbler first, when I get some! They look a bit darker than on your photos. They actually look worse wet than dry, so tghey are probably no good for tumbling. I will take a few to Rocks "N Chips and see what they say.
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MichiganRocks
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Post by MichiganRocks on Apr 4, 2004 11:13:26 GMT -5
Most likely a form of limestone. Like Doc said, this area was all a shallow sea a very long time ago. The glaciers changed things a lot by dragging down all kinds of rock from the north, but they also dredged up a lot of the sea floor which contained a lot of limestone. Limestone is also a very broad category and can occur many ways.
Ron
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shorty
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Post by shorty on Apr 4, 2004 11:46:21 GMT -5
hi all a got the sams stone you were talking about i think here in northern michigan. i cut one open and i think it is some sort of clay a little harder thow .it whent through the saw with no problem. and the shavings mixed with water and made a clay paste . baby that is what you have. shorty
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shorty
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Post by shorty on Apr 4, 2004 11:49:40 GMT -5
i mean MABY that is what you have. havent had my tea yet. shorty
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