Post by textiger on Dec 10, 2005 18:12:58 GMT -5
As I mentioned in my last thread, I got to do some rockhounding and fossil hunting at my father in law's place in central Texas.
Most everything is limestone, caliche and calcite, with hunks of gray flint. I picked up about 5 pounds of calcite to experiment with and not much else.
In a streambed, I found a couple small pieces of this reddish stuff. It stuck out because, as I said, most of the place is limestone and not much color to it. I picked up a couple pieces and could see that it was made of tiny shells cemented together, like a travertine or something. Later that day, while out for a walk, I found a few more, larger pieces, some rather yellowish/brownish. I don't have high hopes of polishing it, but thought it would be worth putting to a saw (as soon as I get one).
Any ideas what it is? (sorry if the pix are a little fuzzy--I was Mr. Shakycam for some reason today).
About the whole load
I also found these two. The ammonite segment is the slight smaller of two I found in the stream bed. I gave the bigger one to my host.
The gray blob is part of the ocean floor, made of the remains of shells cemented together. I'll figure out something to do with it. The ammonite segment is about 7 inches long.
matt
Most everything is limestone, caliche and calcite, with hunks of gray flint. I picked up about 5 pounds of calcite to experiment with and not much else.
In a streambed, I found a couple small pieces of this reddish stuff. It stuck out because, as I said, most of the place is limestone and not much color to it. I picked up a couple pieces and could see that it was made of tiny shells cemented together, like a travertine or something. Later that day, while out for a walk, I found a few more, larger pieces, some rather yellowish/brownish. I don't have high hopes of polishing it, but thought it would be worth putting to a saw (as soon as I get one).
Any ideas what it is? (sorry if the pix are a little fuzzy--I was Mr. Shakycam for some reason today).
About the whole load
I also found these two. The ammonite segment is the slight smaller of two I found in the stream bed. I gave the bigger one to my host.
The gray blob is part of the ocean floor, made of the remains of shells cemented together. I'll figure out something to do with it. The ammonite segment is about 7 inches long.
matt
The pinkish stones with the shells in them will probably polish up nice, at least it'll be fun to try. Thanks for sharing !
