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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Aug 9, 2015 19:26:23 GMT -5
We went to a beach on Lake Huron to snorkel for rocks today but the waves were high so the water was not clear enough to snorkel. We basically ended up sitting in the rocks in a about a foot of water and sifting through by hand as the waves brought new rocks to shore. I was really only looking for pudding stones so when I seen red on this one I assumed that's what it was but to my surprise it sure looks like a nice agate formation in it. what do you all think? do I get to say I found an agate in south east Michigan? Thanks for loking Chuck
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Post by tims on Aug 9, 2015 19:55:09 GMT -5
Congratulations. Obvious banding and nice colors, maybe even a geode center?
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Post by Jugglerguy on Aug 9, 2015 20:00:42 GMT -5
It sure looks agatey. Those are really nice contrasting colors too. I'm heading out early tomorrow morning for some agate hunting in the Keweenaw, so that's a nice appetizer.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Aug 9, 2015 20:07:35 GMT -5
It sure looks agatey. Those are really nice contrasting colors too. I'm heading out early tomorrow morning for some agate hunting in the Keweenaw, so that's a nice appetizer. Good luck. You will be in a much more likely area to find some. Imagine my disappointment when I realized it was not a pudding stone. Chuck
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Post by Jugglerguy on Aug 9, 2015 21:38:08 GMT -5
When you're disappointed that an agate is not a pudding stone, it's time to seek help.
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Post by nowyo on Aug 9, 2015 21:53:43 GMT -5
When you're disappointed that an agate is not a pudding stone, it's time to seek help. True that. For a first agate that's a darn cute little bugger. Congrats. Russ
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Post by washingtonrocks on Aug 10, 2015 8:30:41 GMT -5
She's a beauty! That red band in white makes for a striking contrast. You'll have to excuse my ignorance, but are agates rare to find in your part of the state? Would this still be considered a 'Laker'? I guess I assumed you could find agates in all of your lakes. Makes this an even more exceptional find I'd say!
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Aug 10, 2015 9:04:13 GMT -5
She's a beauty! That red band in white makes for a striking contrast. You'll have to excuse my ignorance, but are agates rare to find in your part of the state? Would this still be considered a 'Laker'? I guess I assumed you could find agates in all of your lakes. Makes this an even more exceptional find I'd say! Good question. I cant say that I have ever heard of anyone finding fortification agates this far south on Lake Huron and this is probably my 10th trip to this spot and the first I have seen. RTH member mibeachrocks hounds the same beach so maybe he can chime in on the rarity. Chuck
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Post by mohs on Aug 10, 2015 9:26:39 GMT -5
definitely a pudgate
mostly™
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Post by Jugglerguy on Aug 10, 2015 11:29:58 GMT -5
Agates are not found in most lakes. Other than Superior, I think it's extremely rare to find agates in Michigan.
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Post by orrum on Aug 10, 2015 11:35:47 GMT -5
Fairburn fairburn#!!! I say let's call it a FAIRBURN!!!! LOL
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Post by drocknut on Aug 10, 2015 11:45:57 GMT -5
Very cool find.
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Post by washingtonrocks on Aug 10, 2015 12:07:07 GMT -5
Agates are not found in most lakes. Other than Superior, I think it's extremely rare to find agates in Michigan. I just learned something new today. Thought they were more prevalent there.
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mibeachrocks
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since September 2013
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Post by mibeachrocks on Aug 10, 2015 14:56:55 GMT -5
She's a beauty! That red band in white makes for a striking contrast. You'll have to excuse my ignorance, but are agates rare to find in your part of the state? Would this still be considered a 'Laker'? I guess I assumed you could find agates in all of your lakes. Makes this an even more exceptional find I'd say! Good question. I cant say that I have ever heard of anyone finding fortification agates this far south on Lake Huron and this is probably my 10th trip to this spot and the first I have seen. RTH member mibeachrocks hounds the same beach so maybe he can chime in on the rarity. Chuck I have found "Lakers" downstate in Lake Michigan before. My understanding is that they were carried here by the glaciers. If I remember correctly, the authors of one of the books about rocks in Michigan stated that he/she used to be able to find lakers south of Michigan because of glacial debris. I still consider them hard to find. I spent the last week rock hunting in the northern lower peninsula. I brought home about 300 pounds of rocks. I was lucky if I found one or two nice agates in the bunch. The funny thing is that I found them very similar to the way chuck did. Sitting in the surf after snorkeling. Chuck, is the agate set in limestone?
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Aug 10, 2015 16:48:31 GMT -5
I couldn't resist. I had to see this one polished. I just did some quick work on the genie but will eventually spend more time on it. I did not trust the matrix for tumbling. Chuck
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 10, 2015 17:05:04 GMT -5
Good question. I cant say that I have ever heard of anyone finding fortification agates this far south on Lake Huron and this is probably my 10th trip to this spot and the first I have seen. RTH member mibeachrocks hounds the same beach so maybe he can chime in on the rarity. Chuck I have found "Lakers" downstate in Lake Michigan before. My understanding is that they were carried here by the glaciers. If I remember correctly, the authors of one of the books about rocks in Michigan stated that he/she used to be able to find lakers south of Michigan because of glacial debris. I still consider them hard to find. I spent the last week rock hunting in the northern lower peninsula. I brought home about 300 pounds of rocks. I was lucky if I found one or two nice agates in the bunch. The funny thing is that I found them very similar to the way chuck did. Sitting in the surf after snorkeling. Chuck, is the agate set in limestone? Lakers are found as far west as the extreme eastern border of South Dakota, but they're few & far between.
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jessiegumdrop
having dreams about rocks
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Post by jessiegumdrop on Aug 10, 2015 18:41:41 GMT -5
For some reason the polished pictures remind me of the teenage mutant turtles. Anyone remember the orange turtle's name?
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Post by snowmom on Aug 11, 2015 4:31:15 GMT -5
I have found tiny, mostly clear banded agates near Petoskey in Lk Mi but just found an agate from Huron last week. They are pretty rare. I had noticed a similarity in material to IanT's Scottish agates and photos of Lakers, as well as Chinese agates sent to me by Azgnoinc.... so I started looking for that distinctive salmon pink color among the rocks on the beach. I have found pink chalcedony before, but this is the first agate. Folks on the beaches of Lk Huron had been telling me they were finding agates. OK, now I believe them. in this picture of tumbler fodder the agate is about 3 O'clock, with the larger red and black conglomerate pointing at it... collecters of Lakers would laugh...
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Aug 11, 2015 6:47:42 GMT -5
I have found "Lakers" downstate in Lake Michigan before. My understanding is that they were carried here by the glaciers. If I remember correctly, the authors of one of the books about rocks in Michigan stated that he/she used to be able to find lakers south of Michigan because of glacial debris. I still consider them hard to find. I spent the last week rock hunting in the northern lower peninsula. I brought home about 300 pounds of rocks. I was lucky if I found one or two nice agates in the bunch. The funny thing is that I found them very similar to the way chuck did. Sitting in the surf after snorkeling. Chuck, is the agate set in limestone? Lakers are found as far west as the extreme eastern border of South Dakota, but they're few & far between. As the crow flies the eastern edge of South Dakota is 240 miles from lake superior. Even though the the beach I found this rock on was in Michigan it was still 280 miles from lake superior as the crow flies. I know Minnesota is where most of the Lakers are being found so I guess they probably go all the way across that state and just get less concentrated as you go west toward the Dakota's Chuck
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Post by adam on Aug 11, 2015 7:11:11 GMT -5
That's a hot orange agate.
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