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Post by MsAli on Jun 23, 2019 17:28:35 GMT -5
Great job! I like how you captured the pattern. Thank you! It reminds me of waves |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jun 23, 2019 21:51:30 GMT -5
That's an awesome cab of MEJ, Ali! Great job on the video and photos, too. I'm quite jealous.
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Post by MsAli on Jun 24, 2019 7:54:11 GMT -5
That's an awesome cab of MEJ, Ali! Great job on the video and photos, too. I'm quite jealous. It may be the only one. I for the life of me cannot find the rest of this or the other chunck I have.  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jun 24, 2019 8:00:44 GMT -5
That's an awesome cab of MEJ, Ali! Great job on the video and photos, too. I'm quite jealous. It may be the only one. I for the life of me cannot find the rest of this or the other chunck I have.  Don't worry, it will show up. Happens to me all the time.  |
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Post by fernwood on Jun 24, 2019 8:35:56 GMT -5
Never knew MEJ was any color but red. So cool.
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NRG
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by NRG on Jun 24, 2019 9:30:37 GMT -5
I didnt know this either until I started some research on MEJ. The color comes from the amount of iron, bacteria and oxygen at the time. The weird thing is it still has that MN smell (iron) even though I dont see any red in it Under the right conditions iron can turn things green as well. Edit: Looks like stonemon already said that... Indian Bloodstone is colored by iron. |
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fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by saxplayer on Jun 24, 2019 17:10:44 GMT -5
Awesome work.
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Post by toiv0 on Jun 24, 2019 17:35:41 GMT -5
Such a great shine on ME.
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Post by MsAli on Jun 24, 2019 20:22:59 GMT -5
Such a great shine on ME. It's really awesome. I saw some pieces that were green and red. Definitely need to search for some of that. I know alot of it comes out of Biwabik. Which is by you right? Do you know if you can snorkel the pit? |
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Post by wigglinrocks on Jun 24, 2019 21:31:37 GMT -5
That's an awesome cab of MEJ, Ali! Great job on the video and photos, too. I'm quite jealous. It may be the only one. I for the life of me cannot find the rest of this or the other chunck I have. Very nice cab . I've been looking for my green MEJ since seeing your post , finally found one . Ah the joys of having almost enough rocks . Do your chunks look sorta like this ?   |
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Post by toiv0 on Jun 25, 2019 6:02:38 GMT -5
Such a great shine on ME. It's really awesome. I saw some pieces that were green and red. Definitely need to search for some of that. I know alot of it comes out of Biwabik. Which is by you right? Do you know if you can snorkel the pit? I have a big piece of green that I will be cutting when I get a new pulley for my 24 inch saw. Don't see green very often but it out there. Biwabik is not to far but never explored that area. I can't snorkel in any pit. |
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Post by MsAli on Jun 25, 2019 9:23:20 GMT -5
It may be the only one. I for the life of me cannot find the rest of this or the other chunck I have. Very nice cab . I've been looking for my green MEJ since seeing your post , finally found one . Ah the joys of having almost enough rocks . Do your chunks look sorta like this ? From what I can tell that's what they look like. I almost didnt keep them as I just thought green rock, but then I saw those MEJ swirls and did a happy dance |
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Post by MsAli on Jun 25, 2019 9:44:14 GMT -5
It's really awesome. I saw some pieces that were green and red. Definitely need to search for some of that. I know alot of it comes out of Biwabik. Which is by you right? Do you know if you can snorkel the pit? I have a big piece of green that I will be cutting when I get a new pulley for my 24 inch saw. Don't see green very often but it out there. Biwabik is not to far but never explored that area. I can't snorkel in any pit. I was looking at the pit and it looks like it is being worked for countertop material. |
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Post by wigglinrocks on Jun 25, 2019 21:20:52 GMT -5
Very nice cab . I've been looking for my green MEJ since seeing your post , finally found one . Ah the joys of having almost enough rocks . Do your chunks look sorta like this ? From what I can tell that's what they look like. I almost didnt keep them as I just thought green rock, but then I saw those MEJ swirls and did a happy dance The other green chunk I have , playing hide and seek , has a more typical MEJ look . This one is kinda sparse on stromo swirls , has a more agatey look to it . |
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Post by MsAli on Jun 25, 2019 21:27:33 GMT -5
That's what mine are doing. I have no clue where I put them.
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Post by wigglinrocks on Jun 25, 2019 21:48:10 GMT -5
Probably hiding under a rock . Leave no stone unturned .
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Post by MsAli on Jun 25, 2019 21:59:52 GMT -5
They just dont want to be found yet. I have to start packing everything up in boxes to mail back home so I'll come across them eventually.
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Post by wigglinrocks on Jun 26, 2019 8:38:49 GMT -5
They will be in the last place you look , so look there first .
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Post by MsAli on Jun 26, 2019 9:21:36 GMT -5
They will be in the last place you look , so look there first .  |
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minerken
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Post by minerken on Jun 26, 2019 11:37:44 GMT -5
If I remember my mineralogy correctly, there are iron minerals that are green. Digging in to some dim memories but I seem to remember ferric iron is red/orange and ferrous iron shows up as a green mineral. I believe it has to do with the valence/charge on the particular assemblage. Could explain the smell? absolutely correct, common in marine sediments it depicts the oxidation state environment at the time of formation oxidation vs reduction where ferric iron is Fe2O3 and the ferrous is FeO. Not saying green MEJ is common just the process. |
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