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Post by Jugglerguy on Oct 11, 2017 14:19:42 GMT -5
Remember that 93 pound Petoskey stone that was confiscated a couple years ago? Here’s a link to a Detroit Free Press article about the placement of that rock in Detroit. It mentions that there’s a larger one in Alpena that weighs about 8000 pounds. |
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Post by fernwood on Oct 11, 2017 17:25:02 GMT -5
8000? Amazing.
Thanks to you, I am becoming addicted to this stuff. So much potential. Locals here love it.
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Post by TheRock on Oct 11, 2017 19:21:02 GMT -5
Remember that 93 pound Petoskey stone that was confiscated a couple years ago? Here’s a link to a Detroit Free Press article about the placement of that rock in Detroit. It mentions that there’s a larger one in Alpena that weighs about 8000 pounds. Well Rob if that be the case, How come its not in your garage?  after all it is in your back yard! Seriously a good article have you been to the Museum and seen it and do you believe it is a Petoskey stone? ~Duke |
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Post by Jugglerguy on Oct 11, 2017 19:47:00 GMT -5
I’ve been to the museum. They’re actually selling my tumbled Petoskeys. I’ve also been to their fossil park a couple times. The local cement plant brings loads of limestone from their quarry for people to dig through. I don’t go there much because it’s all picked over. I have not noticed the big Petoskey because I probably thought it was just a big chunk of limestone. There are a lot of big chunks of limestone around here, so they don’t exactly stand out. Petoskey is not hard to identify, so I’m sure that’s what it is. There’s a guy from Midland, I think, who calls himself Paleo Joe. He guides fossil hunts here several times during the summer. I heard him say that he’s seen Petoskey stones so big in the LaFarge quarry that he parked his truck on top of them.
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Post by TheRock on Oct 11, 2017 20:40:47 GMT -5
Jugglerguy That's pretty interesting Of course in that article it didn't look like an kind of fossil to me and like you said just a BIG ROCK. Ill be looking fwd to this spring and summer the Duke's 4 Winds RV will be heading North to the land of Petoskey and into the UP to look for some good stuff. I'm sure I will gain some experience if nothing else. So Rob what would you say is a BIG PETOSKEY STONE? ~Duke
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Post by Jugglerguy on Oct 11, 2017 21:14:33 GMT -5
I’ll try to get over there this week for a picture. It looks like a Petoskey stone in the picture to me, and it qualifies as very big.
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Post by TheRock on Oct 11, 2017 22:55:43 GMT -5
I’ll try to get over there this week for a picture. It looks like a Petoskey stone in the picture to me, and it qualifies as very big. Thanks look fwd to seeing it!  ~Duke |
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Post by fantastic5 on Oct 12, 2017 7:34:03 GMT -5
Remember that 93 pound Petoskey stone that was confiscated a couple years ago? Here’s a link to a Detroit Free Press article about the placement of that rock in Detroit. It mentions that there’s a larger one in Alpena that weighs about 8000 pounds. So what's up with this statement from the article: (Paleo) Joe Kchodl, a fossil expert who sets up natural-history exhibits across the state, said that the 93-pound stone of fossilized coral is indeed "rare to find." But he pointed the Free Press to the Besser museum for the much larger example.
He said smaller pieces of the specimen are quite easy to find, so it's tough to say how much a massive chunk is worth.
"It's so hard to estimate the value of it, because they are so common," he said. "How do you put a value on something like that""
He also pointed out: The variety of fossilized coral isn't technically a Petoskey stone until someone slices, polishes and "then charges people a bunch of money for it." |
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 12, 2017 7:46:47 GMT -5
Remember that 93 pound Petoskey stone that was confiscated a couple years ago? Here’s a link to a Detroit Free Press article about the placement of that rock in Detroit. It mentions that there’s a larger one in Alpena that weighs about 8000 pounds. So what's up with this statement from the article: (Paleo) Joe Kchodl, a fossil expert who sets up natural-history exhibits across the state, said that the 93-pound stone of fossilized coral is indeed "rare to find." But he pointed the Free Press to the Besser museum for the much larger example.
He said smaller pieces of the specimen are quite easy to find, so it's tough to say how much a massive chunk is worth.
"It's so hard to estimate the value of it, because they are so common," he said. "How do you put a value on something like that""
He also pointed out: The variety of fossilized coral isn't technically a Petoskey stone until someone slices, polishes and "then charges people a bunch of money for it." I guess until they are polished they are just Hexagonarias, lol "Hexagonaria is a genus of colonial rugose coral. Fossils are found in rock formations dating to the Devonian period, about 350 million years ago. Specimens of Hexagonaria can be found in most of the rock formations of the Traverse Group in Michigan. Fossils of this genus form Petoskey stones, the state stone of Michigan" Chuck |
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Post by Jugglerguy on Oct 12, 2017 11:55:34 GMT -5
Remember that 93 pound Petoskey stone that was confiscated a couple years ago? Here’s a link to a Detroit Free Press article about the placement of that rock in Detroit. It mentions that there’s a larger one in Alpena that weighs about 8000 pounds. So what's up with this statement from the article: (Paleo) Joe Kchodl, a fossil expert who sets up natural-history exhibits across the state, said that the 93-pound stone of fossilized coral is indeed "rare to find." But he pointed the Free Press to the Besser museum for the much larger example.
He said smaller pieces of the specimen are quite easy to find, so it's tough to say how much a massive chunk is worth.
"It's so hard to estimate the value of it, because they are so common," he said. "How do you put a value on something like that""
He also pointed out: The variety of fossilized coral isn't technically a Petoskey stone until someone slices, polishes and "then charges people a bunch of money for it." That's his line. I've heard him say that several times. Like Chuck said, he considers it a hexagonaria fossil. Petoskey stone is an informal name. |
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Post by mohs on Oct 12, 2017 12:37:44 GMT -5
jus substitute Schwartz for Petoskey
and you'll get my point
g'day
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Post by TheRock on Oct 13, 2017 0:24:44 GMT -5
Well Ain't that a Bunch O CRAP I wanted to see Who's Schwartz got the Job done!  |
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Post by Jugglerguy on Oct 14, 2017 18:43:21 GMT -5
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Post by fernwood on Oct 15, 2017 5:29:45 GMT -5
Yes, that is huge.
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Post by manofglass on Oct 15, 2017 12:38:55 GMT -5
Nice petoskey
Walt
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Post by TheRock on Oct 15, 2017 22:11:04 GMT -5
Yes now see in those pictures I see Petoskey written all over it! Just what little I know about them the papers picture looked like limestone or something. In your pics you brought out the identifying features. thanks for sharing. ~Duke |
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Post by fossilpeeps on Oct 17, 2017 12:41:04 GMT -5
We know Paleo Joe! We run into him at several of the Rock, Fossil and Mineral shows in Michigan. He specializes in Trilobites. Yes, he give tours for people to go find things in the quarries near Alpena and other states. You can either pay him, or you can join a Rock, Fossil and Mineral club and go on their outings to the same areas. When my hubby and I went into the LaFarge Quarry north of Alpena - about 14 years ago - with a group, there was a HILL of fossils! The quarry pushed back the "overburden" to expose the under-layers they were really after. In the process they created a large hill of complete colonies of Petoskey, Favosite and Horn coral. PRESTINE condition! Complete! Never been washed smooth by water! We collected as many as we could carry. From what we have been told, that hill we were on is gone now - but if you belong to a Rock, Fossil and Mineral club they go in (by appointment) to collect still. The quarry workers find a lot of different types of fossils while digging in the quarry hole, but they just pitch them into the rock grinder!!! They say they don't have time to save these ancient fossils. Too bad - they have probably destroyed some really interesting things. Our Rock, Fossil and Mineral club has gone into the quarry (by appointment only) and they have collected some interesting fossils. That huge Petoskey stone boulder is the largest I have seen. Attached is a photo of a boulder with Petoskey Stone colony (along with other fossils) embedded in it we saw this summer up north.   |
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after all it is in your back yard! Seriously a good article have you been to the Museum and seen it and do you believe it is a Petoskey stone? ~Duke
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