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Post by stephan on Oct 18, 2020 9:51:20 GMT -5
Been looking at (rock) photo files in my computer most of the day. Ran across three photos of this rock, then realized it is TURD TUESDAY.
I know I did not collect this one personally. Wish I can remember where I got it from???
Must have been at a sale somewhere.
ETA - Looked around a little more, and was able to ascertain by the photo number and date that this rock came from an estate "non-sale" in San Diego some years ago.
Yes, it was a free rock pick, and we loaded up our truck. The rock collection belonged to a woman and her father. They rockhounded all over the SW US, so no stretch to believe they made it to Utah for dino bone and dung.
Cathy had held sales to rehome tons of rock and lapidary equipment from her dad's home, both before and after he passed. Several years later. she decided to downsize the amount of rocks at her home. We were fortunate to be in a rock club at the time, so got notification of the pick.
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Post by stephan on Oct 18, 2020 10:00:36 GMT -5
A river of coprolite. Everything above and below the bucket is coprolite.  Bucket list field trip. It occurs to me that rockhound literally take buckets for their bucket list trips. Thanks, as always, for sharing the knowledge. And, seriously? Coprolite son Shittering Canyon? Too bad the name was changed. It’s too appropriate. |
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Post by dreamrocks on Oct 18, 2020 10:17:26 GMT -5
What’s the chances if Dino’s were smart enough to use a bathroom near a river did they wash up after?
Just saying it sounds plausible making a deposit at or above the river then run down for a quick rinse
If giant rabbits weren’t around, like the bear said to the rabbit; do you have a problem with it sticking to your fur? Rabbit replays no. The bear says oh good.
Instead of giant rabbits for the Dino’s use they used the next available thing water instead of a rabbit
Wow some of them must have really smart to consider personal hygiene
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 18, 2020 19:20:26 GMT -5
Ancient folks found these coprolites long before I did and harvested quite a few flakes from it's agate. Here's a nice core.   |
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 18, 2020 19:24:39 GMT -5
A couple pretty coprolite flakes.  |
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 18, 2020 19:28:15 GMT -5
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Post by mohs on Oct 18, 2020 19:29:11 GMT -5
just imagine a couple ancient knappers
and the one saying:
Did you just fart?
cause something smells like
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 18, 2020 19:34:45 GMT -5
Here's an interesting pair that fossilized together.   |
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 18, 2020 19:38:20 GMT -5
This one has pebbles embedded in it. I wonder if they are gastroliths or were they pushed into the turd by falling upon them?  |
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 18, 2020 19:42:20 GMT -5
Carrying buckets of crap a few hundred yards will make a guy puff out the belly and jowls.  |
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 18, 2020 19:45:21 GMT -5
Got my workout!  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 18, 2020 19:57:37 GMT -5
Dang, that's quite the haul!
I think you need a logo that says "rwa - the shitter picker upper!"  |
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Post by RickB on Oct 18, 2020 20:23:12 GMT -5
Neat bucket for your collecting.  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 18, 2020 20:53:27 GMT -5
And it's multi-purpose as well.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 18, 2020 21:04:26 GMT -5
Carrying buckets of crap a few hundred yards will make a guy puff out the belly and jowls. You need to hound in areas where it is flat between your picking location and your truck. At least that way you can use a two wheel dolly, or four-wheeled cart to transport your finds. |
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 18, 2020 21:50:52 GMT -5
Carrying buckets of crap a few hundred yards will make a guy puff out the belly and jowls. You need to hound in areas where it is flat between your picking location and your truck. At least that way you can use a two wheel dolly, or four-wheeled cart to transport your finds. I wish! The turds beckon me and I must heed their siren song to wherever they call. Much of the country is incredibly rough. |
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 18, 2020 21:51:44 GMT -5
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 19, 2020 0:07:52 GMT -5
You need to hound in areas where it is flat between your picking location and your truck. At least that way you can use a two wheel dolly, or four-wheeled cart to transport your finds. I wish! The turds beckon me and I must heed their siren song to wherever they call. Much of the country is incredibly rough. I do understand the call of the siren song. You cannot resist, lol. I guess flat is not the word I should have used. You need to get your vehicle as close as you can, backed up so you do not have to turn it around afterwards. And hope there are some paths, trails or somewhat smooth areas without huge rocks or mountains in the way. Yeah, right. I'm sure you do the best you can. I have a large - 100# ? 200#? dark brown/yellow agate I found on a trip out to Indian Pass Road in the south east corner of San Diego county. One can find glassy palm bog, dumortierite, fossils, and agate there, among other things. I found this approximately 1.5' x 1.5' roundish agate part way down a hill, just sitting there pretty as you please. No way could I lift it, so I rolled it up the steep hill, through weeds, over rocks and cactus, and actually got it to the top of the hill where the truck was parked on the road. As I was muscling it up the hill, it sounded like glass going over the rocks. Tink tink tink. My DH had recently had back surgery, so I did not anticipate much help there. We had seen a long wooden board (someone had used it for a motorcycle ramp) earlier in the day alongside the road, when we had to make an unplanned 80 mile round trip to go get the propane tank for the trailer filled. Forgot to fill it before leaving home, DOH! Fridge/freezer needs propane to run. Anyway, we went back out and got that, and used it to slide the boulder up into the truck. Whew! Once we got it home, getting it off not a problem. It's a yard rock for now. Still in the truck.  It resides between the big chunk of purple lepidolite address marker and the ponytail palm.  Where there's a will, there's a way. |
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Post by RWA3006 on Oct 20, 2020 6:59:40 GMT -5
TURD TUESDAY  |
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Post by 1dave on Oct 20, 2020 9:19:13 GMT -5
208 million years ago Jurassic Time Began - BIG Dinosaurs times began with an uplift of western Utah known as the Mesocordilleran Highland. It forced the invading seas to approach through Canada, but also blocked rains from the west making a desert of the area most of the time, so increasingly dry climates dominated the Triassic. Therefore, sand in the form of sand dunes invaded and became the 150-450 ft. Wingate Sandstone. For a time climatic conditions became wetter and streams cut channels through the sand dunes, forming the 140-300 ft. Kayenta Formation. Arid conditions returned to the region with a vengeance; a large desert spread over much of western North America and later became the 0-450 ft. Navajo/Nugget Sandstone. All of these sandstone layers are present tilted up around the rim of the crater. Another unconformity was created by another period of erosion. Mud flats returned, forming the Carmel Formation and the 3 member Entrada Sandstone was laid down next. 40-240 ft. Dewey Bridge Member, 200-500 ft. Slick Rock Member, and the 50-180 ft. Moab Tongue Member. This was topped by a confusing array of layers around Morrison Lake. Within the lake boundaries were 20-100 ft of the Tidwell Member, 130-350 ft. of the Salt Wash Member, and 250-450 ft of the Brushy Basin member. To the far north around Salt Lake and Bear Lake was the Twin Creek Formation. To the west was the Carmel Formation and the San Rafael Group - 0-100 ft Page Sandstone, 220-350 ft Entrada Sandstone (including 20-130 ft. Dewey Bridge, topped by 0-60 ft of Wanakah Formation. To the southwest around Zions Park is the twisting Paria River Member and Page Thousand Pockets Sandstone, the latter continuing on to Page Arizona. These layers have all washed away from the immediate vicinity, but remnants are nearby for examination. A long period of erosion stripped away most of the San Rafael Group in the area along with any formations that may have been laid down in the Cretaceous period. A look at what was happening -  Then came Morrison Times -  Then the Upheaval Impact -  Followed by a LOT OF WATER!  |
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