skysgt
off to a rocking start
Member since May 2017
Posts: 7
|
Post by skysgt on Jun 2, 2017 9:44:32 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by Pat on Jun 2, 2017 10:05:00 GMT -5
I don't know, but others will. Sabre52
|
|
|
Post by captbob on Jun 2, 2017 10:37:06 GMT -5
Also don't know, but welcome to the forum skysgtWe need more sphere makers here! Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
|
|
skysgt
off to a rocking start
Member since May 2017
Posts: 7
|
Post by skysgt on Jun 2, 2017 10:47:30 GMT -5
Roger that!
|
|
|
Post by rockjunquie on Jun 2, 2017 10:59:50 GMT -5
Dunno, but it polished up nice. btw
|
|
|
Post by coloradocliff on Jun 2, 2017 11:19:49 GMT -5
West Texas Stone?? Might that be Willie Nelson? Cant get the pictures to open. Too big for my ole puter???
|
|
|
Post by coloradocliff on Jun 2, 2017 11:21:11 GMT -5
Welcome to the family Sarge..
|
|
Sabre52
Cave Dweller
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
Posts: 20,487
|
Post by Sabre52 on Jun 2, 2017 13:00:32 GMT -5
My best guess would be some from of rhyolite, of which there are a huge number of types in West Texas. They range from wonderstone and picture jasper types to the more granular types like your specimen may be....Mel
|
|
|
Post by coloradocliff on Jun 2, 2017 13:31:49 GMT -5
Thanks Mel for the number one answer. Coarse for a rhyolite but you know the area and are a pro. Helped a bunch of us.
|
|
skysgt
off to a rocking start
Member since May 2017
Posts: 7
|
Post by skysgt on Jun 2, 2017 23:23:44 GMT -5
Thanks, Mel!
I will try looking up images of rhyolite to see if I can find one that looks just like it, or at least similar.
Patrick Lanclos Cibolo, TX
UPDATE: I've just found numerous images on the Internet of "Flow-Banded Rhyolite" and it looks pretty similar to that type. However, I did not find any that had deep red/maroon markings.
|
|
skysgt
off to a rocking start
Member since May 2017
Posts: 7
|
Post by skysgt on Jun 2, 2017 23:46:58 GMT -5
West Texas Stone?? Might that be Willie Nelson? Cant get the pictures to open. Too big for my ole puter??? No, Willie ceased being a West Texas Stone a long time ago ..... Now he's more of a West Texas Embalm!
|
|
|
Post by coloradocliff on Jun 3, 2017 8:25:59 GMT -5
West Texas Stone?? Might that be Willie Nelson? Cant get the pictures to open. Too big for my ole puter??? No, Willie ceased being a West Texas Stone a long time ago ..... Now he's more of a West Texas Embalm! And Willie is doing Volkswagon commercials.. Lots of variability in rock as you know. You ever do any of the Big Bend ranch collecting with Terri? A few of us are thinking maybe this fall when It cools down and before muley season. Bet she would tell you the same as mel and might elaborate on it if you contacted her.
terismithrockhunts.com/
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Member since January 1970
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2017 13:34:42 GMT -5
My best guess would be some from of rhyolite, of which there are a huge number of types in West Texas. They range from wonderstone and picture jasper types to the more granular types like your specimen may be....Mel This piece looks clastic. Is rhyolite ever clastic? OP is how hard is this material?
|
|
Sabre52
Cave Dweller
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
Posts: 20,487
|
Post by Sabre52 on Jun 3, 2017 15:56:58 GMT -5
Hmmm. To me, it looks like an extruded rhyolite with a mix of coarse crystalline components almost like you'd find in a the shell of some T-eggs ie Lucky Strikes. I'd expect a sedimentary clastic conglomerate to be a bit more well defined as far as the components go if it were composed of coarse fragments or less well defined if composed of fine particles but heck, I'm more of an agate guy, not a mineral guy so I could very well be incorrect....Mel
|
|