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Post by Jugglerguy on May 21, 2013 20:55:57 GMT -5
My father-in-law is retired, but he used to work at a local cement plant. Since last summer, he's been saying that we should go to the cement plant social club, which is on Lake Huron, to look for rocks. Today, he had borrowed the key and we drove out there. It's only about 15 minutes from my house, so it wasn't much of a drive. There aren't lots of really interesting rocks around here, so I was hoping for a few pudding stones and Petoskey stones. Petoskey stones are plentiful here, but the quality isn't as good as those found in Lake Michigan. There are good ones, but they're much more rare. Five of us wandered up and down the beach for almost two hours and we came home with quite a few rocks. Pudding stones on the left, Petoskeys in the middle, and other fossils on the right. We found a few other assorted rocks, but nothing worth taking pictures of. Untitled by jugglerguy, on Flickr The pudding stones: Untitled by jugglerguy, on Flickr The Petoskey stones: Untitled by jugglerguy, on Flickr This is a really nice looking Petoskey for not being polished yet. They usually don't look like much until you shine them up. Untitled by jugglerguy, on Flickr Three favosites and two other fossils: Untitled by jugglerguy, on Flickr
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on May 21, 2013 21:00:16 GMT -5
Nice haul!
Sent from my phone.
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Post by paulshiroma on May 21, 2013 21:23:48 GMT -5
OUTSTANDING! Those are some great looking pieces! Congrats on the great trip!
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Post by Roller on May 21, 2013 22:09:13 GMT -5
great haul !
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on May 22, 2013 6:31:23 GMT -5
That's a great haul Rob. You have a lot of variety in the pudding stones and a couple real nice petoskeys.
your going need a good size saw for a few those!
Chuck
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Post by Jugglerguy on May 22, 2013 11:47:10 GMT -5
Chuck, do you find red ones like that on Drummond Island? I have a couple with almost all white chunks in them. I left one in the lake that was bigger than any of these, but had lots of really big white chunks. I think it was a pudding stone, but it was actually sort of boring. You could have made a whole cab out of just a white spot.
There's a guy near here who makes stuff from pudding stone. He has a 24 inch saw. I'm thinking about offering to trade him a rock for a slab.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on May 22, 2013 12:13:27 GMT -5
We do find some of the red ones but I prefer the light colors so you get that "popping" contrast with bright red jasper and white background. I have had some with quartz crystals so big that I made complete cabs from just the quartz part of the slab. I have even found some copper in a couple slabs. Did you see this crazy pink/peach with green spots in a pudding stone I cut last week? I have no idea what it is. Chuck
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Post by Pat on May 22, 2013 12:44:35 GMT -5
What a good looking bunch of rocks! The red dotted ones are terrific. You are going to have fun with those.
BTW: why should we call you "Chuck"?
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Post by Jugglerguy on May 22, 2013 15:28:47 GMT -5
I did see that picture, Chuck. I don't know what it is either, but it's cool.
Pat, Chuck (DrummondIslandRocks) has pudding stones in just about every batch of tumbled rocks. He makes cabs from them too. His avatar is a pudding stone in the shape of Drummond Island, where he finds his pudding stones. Chuck is obsessed with pudding stones I think. Now I'm in danger of becoming a Chuck, hence the title.
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Post by Pat on May 22, 2013 22:23:40 GMT -5
Oh! Got it. I can understand the obsession. Very attractive rock.
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