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Post by Rocket Rockhound on Jan 24, 2021 14:26:30 GMT -5
Hello everyone here are some rocks from Lake Ontario that I found. Not really sure what any of them are exactly so please let me know if you do! 1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12.  I also made a video on them so here is the link for that |
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Post by holajonathan on Jan 26, 2021 2:13:08 GMT -5
First few are quartzite and maybe one or two actual quartz. The one that looks like granite with green stripes in unakite. I see a few metamorphic granites in there as well.
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Post by Rocket Rockhound on Jan 27, 2021 17:56:48 GMT -5
First few are quartzite and maybe one or two actual quartz. The one that looks like granite with green stripes in unakite. I see a few metamorphic granites in there as well. Is quartzite translucent? |
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Post by holajonathan on Jan 31, 2021 17:12:50 GMT -5
First few are quartzite and maybe one or two actual quartz. The one that looks like granite with green stripes in unakite. I see a few metamorphic granites in there as well. Is quartzite translucent? Somewhat, if light colored and not too thick. It is not as translucent as quartz, nut I wouldn't exactly call it opaque either. |
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Post by Rocket Rockhound on Feb 1, 2021 13:24:09 GMT -5
Ok thank you
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Post by rmf on Feb 1, 2021 15:03:41 GMT -5
1 quartz
2 quartz
3 quartz
4 quartzite
5 quartz
6 quartz
7 unakite
8 quartz
9 granite
10 quartz with some agate <= should polish nice
11 unakite
12 possibly jasper, maybe basalt and quartz mixture hart to tell with out hardness testing
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Post by lookatthat on Feb 1, 2021 15:10:13 GMT -5
We get some granite around here that looks like #11.
Some of the rest should take a nice polish.
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Post by greig on Feb 1, 2021 16:05:30 GMT -5
Quartz, granite and epidote are my votes. I have yet to find any true agate along the north shore of Lake Ontario. Still it is fun to look. Never know what the glaciers dropped.
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Post by Rocket Rockhound on Feb 1, 2021 19:07:49 GMT -5
1 quartz 2 quartz 3 quartz 4 quartzite 5 quartz 6 quartz 7 unakite 8 quartz 9 granite 10 quartz with some agate <= should polish nice 11 unakite 12 possibly jasper, maybe basalt and quartz mixture hart to tell with out hardness testing Thank you for the help! I can’t wait to polish these. Rock 12 seems to have banded layers of green on its side. |
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Post by Rocket Rockhound on Feb 1, 2021 19:09:20 GMT -5
We get some granite around here that looks like #11. Some of the rest should take a nice polish. Yeah 11 I’m not sure how it will do in the tumbler. But I’m excited to see how the others turn out! |
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Post by Rocket Rockhound on Feb 1, 2021 19:14:22 GMT -5
Quartz, granite and epidote are my votes. I have yet to find any true agate along the north shore of Lake Ontario. Still it is fun to look. Never know what the glaciers dropped. Yeah I was thinking the green is probably epidote too. These rocks were found on the south shore of Lake Ontario. I’ve yet to find a true agate with banding on Lake Ontario but some of the quartz I’ve found allow light all the way through and seem to have moss agate like stuff inside it. It will be interesting to seem some of the rocks after the rough tumbling stage. Those glaciers had to of dropped some true agates into Lake Ontario to find! |
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Post by greig on Feb 2, 2021 1:39:03 GMT -5
Quartz, granite and epidote are my votes. I have yet to find any true agate along the north shore of Lake Ontario. Still it is fun to look. Never know what the glaciers dropped. Yeah I was thinking the green is probably epidote too. These rocks were found on the south shore of Lake Ontario. I’ve yet to find a true agate with banding on Lake Ontario but some of the quartz I’ve found allow light all the way through and seem to have moss agate like stuff inside it. It will be interesting to seem some of the rocks after the rough tumbling stage. Those glaciers had to of dropped some true agates into Lake Ontario to find! The agate from northern Ontario was more to the west. I still look and am always hopeful. Lots of quartz to be found and some of the colours are from staining. I might give it a go again later this week, just for something to do and the dog will have a nice walk. |
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Post by Rocket Rockhound on Feb 2, 2021 7:43:18 GMT -5
Yeah I was thinking the green is probably epidote too. These rocks were found on the south shore of Lake Ontario. I’ve yet to find a true agate with banding on Lake Ontario but some of the quartz I’ve found allow light all the way through and seem to have moss agate like stuff inside it. It will be interesting to seem some of the rocks after the rough tumbling stage. Those glaciers had to of dropped some true agates into Lake Ontario to find! The agate from northern Ontario was more to the west. I still look and am always hopeful. Lots of quartz to be found and some of the colours are from staining. I might give it a go again later this week, just for something to do and the dog will have a nice walk. I found tons of quartz when from this spot which is just fine for me for now since I’m only 6 months into my Rockhounding adventures, especially with the nice colors from staining. The beach were I got these rocks felt very unpicked, so I’m very hopeful for when I can go back in the summer to find a banded beauty. Walking the lake and doing a Little Rockhounding is my go to now for something to do and daisy sure does seem to enjoy those nice walks. She is such a sweet dog. |
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