stewdogg
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Post by stewdogg on Aug 4, 2021 19:38:01 GMT -5
Holy dang stephan that’s a crazy looking cab! How did you come across that Dino bone? Here’s another couple of questions I have… ROCK #3 I keep searching the internet for rocks with crayons smashed/melted in and lol, no luck! ROCK #4 Thanks for any and all help with this game!
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Post by perkins17 on Aug 4, 2021 20:04:13 GMT -5
ROCK #3 My guess is possibly azurite. ROCK #5 Some form of agate or mookaite. [/quote] I'm hoping that I'm at least close on those. You definitely scored on that collection.
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Post by mohs on Aug 4, 2021 20:04:53 GMT -5
hey stew sure the top one is some copper derivative mala/azure crayola colors !
no great insight there and I may be wrong
but whats really interesting is how the minerals mix and metamorphically form! sure the copper mining guys could read that rock like a book
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Post by stephan on Aug 4, 2021 21:51:21 GMT -5
Holy dang stephan that’s a crazy looking cab! How did you come across that Dino bone? Here’s another couple of questions I have… ROCK #3 I keep searching the internet for rocks with crayons smashed/melted in and lol, no luck! ROCK #4 Thanks for any and all help with this game! Thanks! The dino bone was in a collection I bought. It had a few dozen small slabs and preforms — this one was by far the best. I’m going to agree with the suggestion of copper mineral on #3. Flint on #5. I’d suggest chert, but I like it. Doesn’t resemble mooka I’ve worked, but I haven’t worked that much of it. Part of it looks like Dryhead matrix, but the rest doesn’t look like the agate to me. “Fascinating,” as Spock would say
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Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 5, 2021 1:11:23 GMT -5
ROCK #5 Some form of agate or mookaite. The colors make me think of some Cherry Creek Jasper I've seen. Or not.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 5, 2021 13:02:17 GMT -5
That first specimen might be Rio Grande Gravel material as it is common to find booth orbs and mossy inclusions in those agates.
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stewdogg
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Post by stewdogg on Aug 5, 2021 19:58:23 GMT -5
Thanks for all of the great input! I’m learning a lot! Rock #3 makes sense as Azurite or copper tainted rock. I was unsure if I should take a slice and I think I will to see what’s inside. The next one I’m curious what it is because again, I’m unsure if the beauty lies in the outside as it is or if there’s treasure inside. ROCK #5 I only took this from the collection because it was cool as is, so either way I’m happy.😁
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 5, 2021 20:26:59 GMT -5
Thanks for all of the great input! I’m learning a lot! Rock #3 makes sense as Azurite or copper tainted rock. I was unsure if I should take a slice and I think I will to see what’s inside. The next one I’m curious what it is because again, I’m unsure if the beauty lies in the outside as it is or if there’s treasure inside. ROCK #5 I only took this from the collection because it was cool as is, so either way I’m happy.😁 I'm stabbing again...maybe a Cannonball Concretion?
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stewdogg
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Post by stewdogg on Aug 5, 2021 20:37:23 GMT -5
This is why I’m asking here. Even if it’s not correct, I’m learning new material to look for and it’s leading me in different directions than my searching alone.
Those cannonball concreations look cool. Found a page that said they sometimes have crab or other sea creature fossils inside… making it more and more intriguing to open.
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 5, 2021 20:47:48 GMT -5
This is why I’m asking here. Even if it’s not correct, I’m learning new material to look for and it’s leading me in different directions than my searching alone. Those cannonball concreations look cool. Found a page that said they sometimes have crab or other sea creature fossils inside… making it more and more intriguing to open. I got a small one from stephan a while back. I haven't cut it and I'm leaving mine as a "specimen"...which is very unlike me! LOL
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Post by stephan on Aug 5, 2021 22:36:47 GMT -5
This is why I’m asking here. Even if it’s not correct, I’m learning new material to look for and it’s leading me in different directions than my searching alone. Those cannonball concreations look cool. Found a page that said they sometimes have crab or other sea creature fossils inside… making it more and more intriguing to open. I got a small one from stephan a while back. I haven't cut it and I'm leaving mine as a "specimen"...which is very unlike me! LOL It could definitely be a concretion, because, to me, it doesn’t look like a nearly spherical river rock (I have one of those, too). I’m not sure about the cannonball part, though. To the best of my knowledge, those have an iron crust. I wouldn’t swear to it, though. I’d definitely advise leaving the cannonball I sent as-is. I have one that broke open. It’s an inch or so of rusty-looking iron, covering a sandstone core. More interesting intact, IMO.
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 6, 2021 10:51:47 GMT -5
I got a small one from stephan a while back. I haven't cut it and I'm leaving mine as a "specimen"...which is very unlike me! LOL It could definitely be a concretion, because, to me, it doesn’t look like a nearly spherical river rock (I have one of those, too). I’m not sure about the cannonball part, though. To the best of my knowledge, those have an iron crust. I wouldn’t swear to it, though. I’d definitely advise leaving the cannonball I sent as-is. I have one that broke open. It’s an inch or so of rusty-looking iron, covering a sandstone core. More interesting intact, IMO. Definitely being left "as is". That makes total sense to me on cannonball concretion versus just a concretion.
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stewdogg
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Post by stewdogg on Aug 10, 2021 9:09:48 GMT -5
Alright, I’m going to leave ROCK #5 as a nice looking ball of concrete. Maybe I’ll drop it on accident and get to see what’s inside. Here’s another one I’m looking for a little assistance with… ROCK #6 It has some decent weight to it for how small it is. Looks like a chunk of chocolate wrapped in cellophane as it hardened. Maybe a petrified walnut…😁
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Post by perkins17 on Aug 10, 2021 10:40:01 GMT -5
stewdogg maybe meteorite? Don't do anything with it until you know for sure that it isn't.
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 10, 2021 21:16:42 GMT -5
stewdogg maybe meteorite? Don't do anything with it until you know for sure that it isn't. I like what you're thinking. If it were mine, I'd be willing to consider or explore the meteorite theory as well because the surface looks "melted"...to me.
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Post by mohs on Aug 10, 2021 21:35:51 GMT -5
that certainly is an interesting texture that whitish seem like some high heat oxidation
of course can't rule out meteorite hard to tell even when your holding it in your hand let alone from a picture so more study
if its just a rock a fine grain magnesia/iron combo what known as mafic metamorphic sedimentary just a wild somewhat informed guess
keep on Ed
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Post by RickB on Aug 11, 2021 5:07:25 GMT -5
Thanks for all of the great input! I’m learning a lot! Rock #3 makes sense as Azurite or copper tainted rock. I was unsure if I should take a slice and I think I will to see what’s inside. The next one I’m curious what it is because again, I’m unsure if the beauty lies in the outside as it is or if there’s treasure inside. ROCK #5 I only took this from the collection because it was cool as is, so either way I’m happy.😁 Were there any native american artifacts at the sale? I've seen stone tool artifacts or natural geofacts similar to this.
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Post by Peruano on Aug 11, 2021 6:51:51 GMT -5
check the streak on #6. It could be a iron family formation. Those geometric patterns do show up in hematite like stones.
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stewdogg
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Post by stewdogg on Aug 11, 2021 8:56:00 GMT -5
perkins17 jasoninsd mohs Peruano ROCK#6 I was going to do the nail scratch test with my knife and realized that there was already a piece that looked cracked, so I pulled on it with my fingernail and it flaked a little piece off and exposed the inside. The inside was a little softer and a tiny bit of it scratched off to powder. The powder was a reddish brown and is making me think that this rock is an iron formation of some kind. RickB Huh, that's very interesting! His collection came from him traveling all around the USA, so his collection is vast and has a strong possibility that there were some native american artifacts along the way. This is one that I will leave alone for a while till I get closer to knowing what it was. I do feel very tempted to see what's inside, but have plenty of other rocks to satisfy that urge. Thanks for the help everyone!!
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stewdogg
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Post by stewdogg on Aug 11, 2021 11:37:49 GMT -5
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