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Post by RickB on Nov 30, 2021 16:15:02 GMT -5
mohs , just a thought, but it being scoria, how about trying to burn the paint off. I don't think a little fire would mess up an igneous rock.
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Post by mohs on Nov 30, 2021 16:22:40 GMT -5
mohs , just a thought, but it being scoria, how about trying to burn the paint off. I don't think a little fire would mess up an igneous rock.  excellent idea RickB! |
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Post by miket on Nov 30, 2021 17:41:51 GMT -5
Not really around here, my friend... Right on Mike How about seashells? Over in Papago I’ve found many tiny white bi-valves shells Sea-shells in the desert. Seem strange. Today I was doing some digging in soft soil spot in that park. That hard to find in that area. Its acres & acres of granitic rocky clastic piedmont. Drive a couple miles away & all you’ll find --for miles & miles & miles & miles ect.... -I’m talking whole humongous valley basin- is nothing butte deep soil/dirt filled land Hardly a rock to be found All that said: in my dig I found a different type of shell. besides just the tiny white bivalves Little white nautilus type shells like ammonite shape- but modern- I suppose have to get a picture Anyway just wondering if you find sea shells in your area? My idea looking your basin pictures is that land raised from some ancient sea. Oh yes, lots of fossil shells, coral, etc. Even Ammonites around here. We were definitely under water. There were even sharks if you can believe that.
Here's a few links to read if you have time...sorry one is Wikipedia! 
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Post by mohs on Dec 1, 2021 10:24:45 GMT -5
Yo Mike miket I really enjoyed those links Good pictures & info The imagine ideal of geologist How the continents form is boggling  Remnant of fossil tho indicate some very strange things Ancient clays, chalk & charks  www.cretaceousatlas.org/geology/o’mohs indeed |
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Post by miket on Dec 1, 2021 10:31:35 GMT -5
Kinda crazy, if you think about it all! |
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Post by mohs on Dec 1, 2021 10:49:29 GMT -5
Yes it is Mike
It seems like I have a curse of thinking to much
About all the imponderables
That why I got interested in geology
Somewhat solid
Although
Heraclitus stated -ya can't roll the same rock twice
Parmendies replied- there only one rock and it doesn’t roll at all
MohsKnohs - the ancients knew their Rock !
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Post by mohs on Dec 2, 2021 17:58:20 GMT -5
the nautilus type shells found in Papago  kind of neat Can anyone tell the type, age,-- ectal ? Are they fresh water or salt water? thanks! |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 2, 2021 18:39:26 GMT -5
Those look like snail shells, mohs. I've got them all over up here.
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Post by amygdule on Dec 2, 2021 18:40:50 GMT -5
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Post by mohs on Dec 2, 2021 19:15:02 GMT -5
Wow thanks amygdule ! That answers lots Forgot all about snails Recall decades ago Snails emerging after strong monsoons rainstorms Always real strange. Years go by. Then all of sudden hundreds of them emerge just hanging around Like mushrooms, I suppose. Magic indeed And now doing little mor googling The tiny bi-valve shells are some sort freshwater mussel really appreciate it hummingbirdstones too ! do know about periwinkles  |
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Post by mohs on Dec 3, 2021 14:30:40 GMT -5
Well I’ll be Snookered...mostly Saw a butte in Papago I hadn’t hiked/ Figured I better get up that hill See the view - for set & rise Ascending started noticing lots of milky white quartz shards about Strange in the Papago’s Then I  there must be a pod about I got that idea from a recent video’s Low&behold I found it A epidite ‘n quartz pod! Massive! Broke out a plate w/ my trusty crow  digged on the Papagohs quartz pod  The geology can be deceptive The quartz cap is shallow At least where i easily crowed out chunks Just couple inches down -- then it red bedrock would have imagine quartz pod would be massive U deep Unless the top surface is all that left from weathering? That would be remarkable Buute something up-- I nocapesh |
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Post by mohs on Dec 4, 2021 17:08:00 GMT -5
Hi Guys Az Mining & Mineral Museum Once a year gives a demonstration of their stamp mill operation. Here is the long view of the mucker This mucking machine would be underground Its purpose is to scoop up ore and dump it into a railed cart That cart would then haul the partially crunched ore up out of the mine to be delivered to the stamp mill.  |
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Post by mohs on Dec 4, 2021 17:14:40 GMT -5
They had a machine under ground that would partially crush the ore. Then the super duper scooper mooocker would scooped up the ore, & dump it into a railed cart to be transported out of the mine  Guess I just repeated my self…. O well... I keep doing things (rofl)ver & o  ... |
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Post by mohs on Dec 6, 2021 14:48:50 GMT -5
The ore would be dumped into controlled holder bin & methodically measured dumped into the mills case to be pulverized. This particular stamp mill is a 5 hammer as been around a long long time. Been well maintained This is the gold in hand ha  The machine was surprisingly quiet in operation. I forgot to ask if that was case 100 years ago out at hard break mine, Saw lot of underground rocks !! |
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Post by mohs on Dec 8, 2021 15:04:08 GMT -5
Hey guys This a gold slurry spiral concentrator disc used at the mill.  After the mill as pulverized the ore a good portion of fine grain slurry is Is poured into the spinning disc. The mesmerizing spiral spin sifts & transporting the gold to the center of the disc. This gold slurry pours through The center hole into a container which then makes for easy panning. at a minimum its 28 inches across heavy ! made in Mexico |
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Post by mohs on Dec 13, 2021 16:24:51 GMT -5
I dig quartz  Started a quartz cairn at a base of a mighty saguaro. Really fine bright quartz The dirt road is just off U.S. 60. Opposite side from Picket Post Mountain The dirt road forks to either route 367 and 8 I took route 8 just over the railroad tracks. Sure some here have traveled it Can Anyone tell me where and how far route 8 goes? I’m thinking its the old Apache Trail & leads to the once used tunnel and bridge. If your ever in the area place a stone for 'the mohs' |
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Post by mohs on Dec 14, 2021 9:16:58 GMT -5
Hi fernwood Beth Sunday at Pueblo Grande Museum the annual open air Indian Craft Festival took place. Quite a large event with lots of craftspeople displaying their crafts & fair amount in attendance As you can imagine turquoise and silver were prominently displayed. & thought you’d enjoy this  I had fairly long chat with the Navajo weaver, Emily Always been fascinated with these demonstrations... |
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cadefoster117
having dreams about rocks
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Post by cadefoster117 on Dec 14, 2021 15:11:15 GMT -5
All the photos in this thread are making me miss Arizona. You've found some really great specimens. Gneiss work!
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Post by mohs on Dec 14, 2021 15:42:20 GMT -5
Hi Cade ! Welcome to RTH cadefoster117 I meant to do that earlier Butte we met in what I call the rockbox Ah Missouri I’ve only drove through Although I used to live a couple blocks away from Missouri Ave in Phoenix You might have heard of it? Welcome from Northern Arizona! Hey I used to live in Arizona! Wish I had bothered to collect any rocks while I was there, there are some beautiful ones. I have similar tale Had land in Show Low, Az pre -rock hounding daze recalled lots of petrified wood on that fabulous land Easy pickings We sold the land and never grabbed a piece Butte the story as happy ending Anyway tell us more What part of Zona ? Thanks for the reply See ya about Ed |
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cadefoster117
having dreams about rocks
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Post by cadefoster117 on Dec 14, 2021 17:21:14 GMT -5
Hi Cade ! Welcome to RTH cadefoster117 I meant to do that earlier Butte we met in what I call the rockbox Ah Missouri I’ve only drove through Although I used to live a couple blocks away from Missouri Ave in Phoenix You might have heard of it? Hey I used to live in Arizona! Wish I had bothered to collect any rocks while I was there, there are some beautiful ones. I have similar tale Had land in Show Low, Az pre -rock hounding daze recalled lots of petrified wood on that fabulous land Easy pickings We sold the land and never grabbed a piece Butte the story as happy ending Anyway tell us more What part of Zona ? Thanks for the reply See ya about Ed
Heya, thanks for the welcome!
I went to grad school at ASU so I lived in Tempe and Phoenix. But I would drive all over going to parks, ghost towns, hiking etc. Picked up not a one rock! I have not been to Show Low. I would love to own land somewhere though. That must have been nice.
I do miss the wide open spaces there. Not the highway system in Phoenix though, that was designed by architects on LSD.
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