Toiv0
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since March 2017
Posts: 100 
|
Post by Toiv0 on Apr 5, 2017 16:47:05 GMT -5
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Member since January 1970
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2017 17:02:47 GMT -5
Sweetsauce!!
|
|
Sabre52
Cave Dweller 
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
Posts: 20,503
|
Post by Sabre52 on Apr 5, 2017 17:15:35 GMT -5
Nice! I've seen red, purple, green and multi but never Halloween Mary Ellen....Mel
|
|
|
|
Post by rockjunquie on Apr 5, 2017 17:56:40 GMT -5
Sweet!
|
|
|
|
Post by toiv0 on Apr 5, 2017 20:59:27 GMT -5
I didn't even think it was going to be ME, I found one I think is going to be a moss which is unusual for here also.
|
|
|
|
Post by Original Admin on Apr 5, 2017 21:09:15 GMT -5
Major ghosts inhabiting that beautiful stone  Mel is right about halloween. |
|
|
|
Post by Toad on Apr 6, 2017 16:49:48 GMT -5
I need better gravel pits. Great find.
|
|
|
|
Post by pghram on Apr 7, 2017 12:16:54 GMT -5
Fantastic colors, very unusual.
Peace,
Rich
|
|
Gem'n I
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since March 2008
Posts: 980
|
Post by Gem'n I on Apr 12, 2017 12:15:32 GMT -5
Wow drool warning needed...both on the pieces and location.
|
|
grizman
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since July 2011
Posts: 878
|
Post by grizman on Apr 12, 2017 23:03:17 GMT -5
Now that is some wonderful stone. the color combos are unreal. What a super find.
|
|
Erich
spending too much on rocks
Member since November 2015
Posts: 411
|
Post by Erich on Apr 13, 2017 7:51:53 GMT -5
Now that is nice! Is the gravel pit fee use or just a random pit you found?
|
|
|
|
Post by fantastic5 on Apr 13, 2017 8:55:21 GMT -5
That's super cool! You got an early start today. Love it.
Question about ME. Are all stromatolites Mary Ellens or only certain patterns and/or colors? I have a piece or two that I collected near Wamsutter Wy, but they are just dull brown stromatolites.
|
|
|
|
Post by wigglinrocks on Apr 13, 2017 10:26:59 GMT -5
There is a wild looking rock .
|
|
|
|
Post by toiv0 on Apr 13, 2017 10:43:14 GMT -5
Now that is nice! Is the gravel pit fee use or just a random pit you found? Belongs to a neighbor, its about 2 miles up the road. Free |
|
|
|
Post by toiv0 on Apr 13, 2017 10:55:55 GMT -5
That's super cool! You got an early start today. Love it. Question about ME. Are all stromatolites Mary Ellens or only certain patterns and/or colors? I have a piece or two that I collected near Wamsutter Wy, but they are just dull brown stromatolites. Mary Ellen Jasper got its name as this reddish material was originally found at the Mary Ellen iron mine I believe in Gilbert MN. So any of the stromatolites in this area are called Mary Ellen no mater what mine they are from, even the ones we find in the pits. Mary Ellen is usually the reddish orange (laurentian mine) or brick red and black (Mary Ellen mine) and inferior material in different mines. Everywhere else I believe they just refer to them as stromatolites. There is material that has formed in mats instead of the defined columns we usually associate with the stromatolites. I will try and get a pic of that. The material found in the pits can be orange, purple and any color inbetween. This is cause by the staining of minerals in the soil. The material in the mines is blasted out during their regular operations and turned in to steel. It is ancient iron rich mountains, and forms in thick seams. The material in the pits are the same origin but deposited in the glacial till about 7 to 11 thousand years ago in this area. If it is like Lake Superior agates it would be found as far south as Kansas and west to Nebraska. Kind of long winded and I hope this didn't confuse. |
|
|
|
Post by wigglinrocks on Apr 13, 2017 11:08:05 GMT -5
Perfect explanation .
|
|
Toiv0
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since March 2017
Posts: 100
|
Post by Toiv0 on Apr 13, 2017 11:11:38 GMT -5
This is ME in a mat. I can't remember if the water was high or low when it formed this way.  |
|
|
|
Post by wigglinrocks on Apr 13, 2017 11:17:09 GMT -5
This is ME in a mat. I can't remember if the water was high or low when it formed this way. Thanks . So maybe it is ME I am picking up around here . Think I'm only 150 miles or so , by way of crow , from you . |
|
Toiv0
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since March 2017
Posts: 100
|
Post by Toiv0 on Apr 13, 2017 11:22:45 GMT -5
This is ME in a mat. I can't remember if the water was high or low when it formed this way. Thanks . So maybe it is ME I am picking up around here . Think I'm only 150 miles or so , by way of crow , from you . Could very possibly be. |
|
|
|
Post by wigglinrocks on Apr 13, 2017 11:26:27 GMT -5
Does either type have a more or less tendency to be fractured ? I know the blasted material can be boogered up . |
|
Mel is right about halloween.
