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Post by fernwood on Oct 17, 2017 16:58:26 GMT -5
Coral/Sponge? Very similar to some of my finds. Did it come from a known area with Glacial or prehistoric ocean deposits? In the last photos: Are the dark areas true to color? Do they appear to be a jasper like substance or more red Quartz like? Wish I could see it in person and feel it. Thanks for tagging me, as I love this stone. Oh, size?
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Oct 17, 2017 18:40:43 GMT -5
Definitely a fossil agate. Maybe a crinoid column or chambers of a fossil gastropod.....Mel
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Post by nemesis21 on Oct 17, 2017 19:09:31 GMT -5
Coral/Sponge? Very similar to some of my finds. Did it come from a known area with Glacial or prehistoric ocean deposits? In the last photos: Are the dark areas true to color? Do they appear to be a jasper like substance or more red Quartz like? Wish I could see it in person and feel it. Thanks for tagging me, as I love this stone. Oh, size? Everywhere I look around here is a mix of glacial till and limestone/seabed deposits so it could very well be either. The dark areas are true to color and looks more opaque and textured than a quartz(rhyolite I'd guess, but I really don't know for sure). I looked at it under a microscope and it doesn't have the strongly delineated lines that most agates have and the translucent part with the filaments sticking up is semi-granular quartz but the picture is under water. Like I said, If it didn't have the breccia parts in it I would be more inclined to call it a fossil/chert. Maybe I'm wrong about what the breccia pieces are. As for the weight I think its 2lbs 5oz or so if I remember correctly. Definitely a fossil agate. Maybe a crinoid column or chambers of a fossil gastropod.....Mel Thanks! I'll have to do some digging into some fossil pictures. |
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Post by fernwood on Oct 17, 2017 20:10:54 GMT -5
Listen to Mel, he knows a lot more than I do, lol. Well, more experienced with this type of material.
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Post by Tommy on Oct 18, 2017 0:48:54 GMT -5
Gotta cut that sucker...  |
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Post by nemesis21 on Oct 18, 2017 9:32:28 GMT -5
Gotta cut that sucker... Hah, I feel like everyone here says that. Once you get a saw you guys must go saw crazy, huh?  Some day I may buy a saw and go crazy too, but until that day I just get to appreciate the outer beauty and call you all saw crazy! |
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 18, 2017 9:53:25 GMT -5
I sure would cut him... Amazing slabs will be coming off that guy!!
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Post by MsAli on Oct 18, 2017 10:26:50 GMT -5
Very pretty and I wouldn't cut it either. Just polish it up ; ) When I go home, we dig in the mine pits, found something similar but it's back at my parents house so don't have picture of it.
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Post by toiv0 on Oct 19, 2017 21:59:23 GMT -5
see material come through all the time looking close to that. I just call them odd lakers. There are some fossils to be found up around me other than the mary ellen but few and far between to be identified as thats a sharks tooth or a sponge. I think fossils are kind of like stone artifacts. If you believe or think hard enough about it you can make a case for or against it. In the end nice rock.
I believe if you cut that one in the picture might have a lot of druzy pockets or just plain holey.
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Post by toiv0 on Oct 19, 2017 22:01:18 GMT -5
Oh and by the way 2 pounder.... laker would be worth 200 dollars plus whole fossil I would cut it.
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Post by MsAli on Oct 19, 2017 23:22:27 GMT -5
see material come through all the time looking close to that. I just call them odd lakers. There are some fossils to be found up around me other than the mary ellen but few and far between to be identified as thats a sharks tooth or a sponge. I think fossils are kind of like stone artifacts. If you believe or think hard enough about it you can make a case for or against it. In the end nice rock. I believe if you cut that one in the picture might have a lot of druzy pockets or just plain holey. It does have some holes straight through so it makes me wonder if that's what I would find inside with the druzy just being on the outside. I do go back and forth with cutting it, but right now it is content on my night stand. It is way over 2lbs in weight. I am going to put it on the scale tonight and get an actually weight, but I am guessing it is close to 10lbs. |
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Post by dakotabirder on Oct 20, 2017 7:23:53 GMT -5
Gotta cut that sucker... Granted, I've only been out here a short time, but... I envision an entire group of people out here who have homes filled with...half a bookcase...half a coffee table...half a couch, etc. Seems like the first thing I see out here from folks is an overwhelming desire to cut things in half.  |
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