jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 31, 2016 12:36:10 GMT -5
One thing I envy you guys. Living in southeast Louisiana, there are no creek pebbles. Just mud! Supposedly mud for 30,000 feet down in places... I think 1% of 1% of 1%.....of Florida has creek rock. The rest is sand. And every native many that occupied the area has sorted thru all gravel/stone outcrops to make his wares. feel for you peachfront
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 17, 2016 14:29:45 GMT -5
Great looking tumble!
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Post by captbob on Feb 17, 2016 15:07:14 GMT -5
I think 1% of 1% of 1%.....of Florida has creek rock. The rest is sand. And every native many that occupied the area has sorted thru all gravel/stone outcrops to make his wares. Well yeah, but.... another 5 million years and we ought to have some really killer opal 'round here! can hardly wait
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 17, 2016 15:34:39 GMT -5
I think 1% of 1% of 1%.....of Florida has creek rock. The rest is sand. And every native many that occupied the area has sorted thru all gravel/stone outcrops to make his wares. Well yeah, but.... another 5 million years and we ought to have some really killer opal 'round here! can hardly wait Visited the Brooksville Florida quarry with a rock club and found out Florida has a lot more rock than imaginable. Chunks of pure chert they had dynamited were laying around for further reduction. Nothing too glamorous but glass like quality. Polk county quarries are where the real goodies are at. And so wish the phosphate quarry would allow entry north of White Springs Florida. Coral haven. Rumor has it mastodon skeletons on a regular basis. Girl scouts at Brooksville sitting on chert Not sure what opaline silica is but I think a lot of it is in Florida. Again, not so glamorous in colors.
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Post by captbob on Feb 17, 2016 15:41:10 GMT -5
Someday, if I can ever get this new camera to work, (I think it's defective, 'cuz even I am not this dense!) I need to do a thread on my Florida calcite collection.
Amazing delicate specimens. ETA: mostly from the limestone mines up in the Lecanto (Citrus County) area.
They impress even me, and I'm kinda hard to impress.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 17, 2016 17:01:17 GMT -5
Someday, if I can ever get this new camera to work, (I think it's defective, 'cuz even I am not this dense!) I need to do a thread on my Florida calcite collection. Amazing delicate specimens. ETA: mostly from the limestone mines up in the Lecanto (Citrus County) area. They impress even me, and I'm kinda hard to impress. Calcite was the target of the old timer I mentioned to you(Mr. Burke) at the Polk County mines. He had an 'in' with the owner or manager and Mr. Burke would sell the specimen calcite on halves with the mine. He must have done well because the machine operator disobeyed him and trashed a 4 foot pocket of calcite formations of some sort. Mr. Burke had him fired. Mr. Burke travelled the world buying and collecting. That Florida calcite was his prized rock of all. Makes sense, Florida is eat up with calcium carbonate and silica. Get the camera going
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