br347213
starting to spend too much on rocks
Henderson, NV
Member since October 2015
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Post by br347213 on Nov 2, 2015 19:42:39 GMT -5
Hi everyone. I went out on a hounding trek today just east of Las Vegas, NV (I'm from Henderson), near Lava Butte if you're familiar with the area. A few extinct Volcanoes nearby so you get a lot of interesting material. Along the way I found some man made deposits of cement that looked to be preventing erosion along the dirt road. Under the cement was a type of rock I've never seen before and looks awesome for tumbling. I'm afraid it's a little soft and may crumble but we'll see. I'm just wondering, what is this stuff and why did they choose this type of rock to combine with the cement load to stop the erosion? That was the only place I saw this kind of stone, I don't think it's native to the location. The silver parts have a great metallic luster and seems to flake off in some places. it's also on the inside of the stones though too it isn't just a coating. Below are some images of the cement deposit areas as well as a close up of one of the specimens I collected. I've also included the tumbling rough i came away with today and a surprise guest I found in a riverbed Thanks! Edit: Galena maybe? nevada-outback-gems.com/mineral_information/galena_mineral_info.htm here's a blog post from some rockhounds who have been to a galena mine near vegas: www.rockhounders1.com/Argentina%20Mine.htm sure looks similar. But why would whoever laid this cement use galena under it?
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