Post by fernwood on Jul 16, 2016 23:19:46 GMT -5
Spent an hour in some different areas of the corn fields and was rewarded. Sorry for the blurry photos, but it was low light and my camera batteries were running low. Some nice fossil corals, cherts, and whatzits. All close ups are of larger rocks 3” to 5” in size. Did not photograph the 12 lava bombs I found ranging from 1-6 lbs. Some of these have crystals and opalized areas.
Have some questions on a few, as they cannot be what they look like they are. We don’t have those types of rocks in Wisconsin. But, I was told by a local geologist that he would never be surprised by any of my field finds. I was especially surprised by the lat rock that looks like Michigan Puddingstone. Was told this was possible in my area due to the Niagra Escarpment, but want to find out from the experts here.
Any input would be appreciated. If you think I mislabeled anything please let me know. Trying to learn and grow here. Taking a chance in other words. Everyone here has been so helpful with identifying some of my finds. Relearning everything after a brain injury has been tough, but you are helping me than you could ever imagine.
A 5 gallon pail full of misc rocks.
The smaller ones.
Fossil corals.
This chert type rock looks like picture jasper, but we do not have that in WI. Would it be called banded chert?
A fossil coral with druzy quartz going all the way through.
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Beautiful quartz type.
Interesting color combo on these cherts. The black is part of the rock and slightly magnetic.
Chert with agate banding.
Appear to be a combo of chert, jasper and quartz. Beautiful colors.
Fossil coral in chert? The other side is your basic golden/mustard chert/jasper
This looks like your basic chert on one side, but the other is more colorful and has a thin layer of red/purple quartz., plus lots of banding on the side.
Pudding stone in Wisconsin???
Have some questions on a few, as they cannot be what they look like they are. We don’t have those types of rocks in Wisconsin. But, I was told by a local geologist that he would never be surprised by any of my field finds. I was especially surprised by the lat rock that looks like Michigan Puddingstone. Was told this was possible in my area due to the Niagra Escarpment, but want to find out from the experts here.
Any input would be appreciated. If you think I mislabeled anything please let me know. Trying to learn and grow here. Taking a chance in other words. Everyone here has been so helpful with identifying some of my finds. Relearning everything after a brain injury has been tough, but you are helping me than you could ever imagine.
A 5 gallon pail full of misc rocks.
The smaller ones.
Fossil corals.
This chert type rock looks like picture jasper, but we do not have that in WI. Would it be called banded chert?
A fossil coral with druzy quartz going all the way through.
URL=http://img4.imagetitan.com/img.php?image=13_dq1.jpg][/URL]
.
Beautiful quartz type.
Interesting color combo on these cherts. The black is part of the rock and slightly magnetic.
Chert with agate banding.
Appear to be a combo of chert, jasper and quartz. Beautiful colors.
Fossil coral in chert? The other side is your basic golden/mustard chert/jasper
This looks like your basic chert on one side, but the other is more colorful and has a thin layer of red/purple quartz., plus lots of banding on the side.
Pudding stone in Wisconsin???