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Post by snowmom on May 29, 2015 4:58:49 GMT -5
we have Michigan black jade here, it is actually basanite, super dense basalt with extra silica and iron. yours looks partially translucent. Very pretty cab out of that!
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Post by snowmom on May 28, 2015 16:09:47 GMT -5
whatever happened to gilamonster anyways,? I signed up for his updates on email and never heard a thing. ?
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Post by snowmom on May 28, 2015 15:59:38 GMT -5
melanistic critters appear from time to time. melanistic raccoons were common where I used to live in IL as were melanistic deer. This website shows a picture of a super dark bobcat. Other site I looked at reported that melanistic bobcats have been reported only in FL, but I am not sure that the info on that one is up to date considering comments on this link and Jean's confirmed( by her photos) sighting! retrieverman.net/2011/02/25/melanistic-bobcat/
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Post by snowmom on May 28, 2015 4:38:05 GMT -5
So beautiful! Picture of the 'hounds on the beach give better understanding of the size and scope of the terrain. I love your posts. So exotic. I fear I would not get far in all those rocks. Looks like so many have potential that I'd end up filling bags and buckets right away. It doesn't look like much limestone there, mostly basalt and related igneous/metamorphic stuff? We have similar(in rockiness though different sorts of rocks) beaches in some places here but nothing nearly as vast, have walked a few miles in it and can attest to the misery factor that you mention. I think of it as physical therapy for my sense of balance and depth perception, both of which I think have improved greatly just through need NOT to fall down in that stuff. (owie). Still trying to figure out some sort of cart or hauler that I can use out there. Interesting comments on your trolley and how it works for you there. Hope you will also show us photos of these rock finds when you cut them. I 'bout can't get enough of seeing what comes from the Bay area and also the photos of the terrain itself. Just beautiful! Thanks for the post. Keep them coming!
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Post by snowmom on May 28, 2015 4:20:08 GMT -5
so beautiful! not bored, love all the photos and descriptions. So cool to see bobcats on the side of the road. I think of them as woodland creatures, but I guess they must be like coyotes and adaptable to wherever they end up. I have yet to see one but I understand they live here too. The stalk on that last agave looks like a flag pole. Hard to decide how thick and tall it actually was. century plant indeed, the mother plant around its base looks like it has been there forever. Is it windy there this time of year (thinking no, because of the haze). I am wondering if the stalks are so tall to facilitate spread of pollen or seeds or both...what time of year are the seeds released? Love that you took us with you, and love seeing what you saw. I will most likely never see it 'in person'. grateful for the opportunity provided in the photos and explanations. Thanks for posting these.
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Post by snowmom on May 27, 2015 6:16:29 GMT -5
yes, thin slices and powdered rock from each sample was used for diffraction studies and microscope. Ann fantastic5 could tell you more- she was there!
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Post by snowmom on May 27, 2015 6:12:59 GMT -5
welcome from Michigan!
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Post by snowmom on May 27, 2015 6:07:37 GMT -5
very interesting stuff! love the colors in there. will look for more pictures of this neat material from you. Might make a few heart cabs of the reddest stuff? thanks for the post.
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Post by snowmom on May 27, 2015 6:04:54 GMT -5
pretty stuff and so varied, but I suppose predictably, the brecciated stuff is what stole my heart.
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Post by snowmom on May 27, 2015 5:44:42 GMT -5
beautiful!
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Post by snowmom on May 27, 2015 5:43:32 GMT -5
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Post by snowmom on May 27, 2015 5:36:10 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that Deb! It really bewilders my mind to think humans have been trudging across the earth for tens of thousands of years ! When you witness some of the locals variety of humans its like we only been on earth for a couple decades haven’t learnt a damn thing But Scott raises a good question I haven’t found definitive proof of rhinoceros in France (or Europe for that matter) But one assumes from the cave drawers depiction that they must have existed and been local. But that is assumption. mostly www.naturalsciences.be/ap/IJadin/Publications/Magrite/Magrite.pdf/Magrite.pdf butchered remains of wooly rhinos found for this period in Belgium. close enough?
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Post by snowmom on May 26, 2015 10:34:56 GMT -5
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Post by snowmom on May 25, 2015 5:07:55 GMT -5
I'll let my husband deal with it. I told him I'll never forgive him if he dies first, he has a collection of thousands of military figures and related items. He says just throw them in a dumpster but I know how much money he has spent on collecting them the past 40 years, and that would just be criminal. The trick would be to find somebody who loves the same stuff. I'm sure he will just get somebody to haul away the rocks.
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Post by snowmom on May 25, 2015 4:48:37 GMT -5
awesome piece of wood!
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Post by snowmom on May 25, 2015 4:47:24 GMT -5
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Post by snowmom on May 25, 2015 4:26:22 GMT -5
lots of really distinctive work there. Love the red druzy. Clever you to insert the turquoise in the lapis crack, it looks lovely! Leaving the pyrite edge in the last one is neat, too. just a great collection of unique pieces. Thanks for the show!
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Post by snowmom on May 24, 2015 13:35:41 GMT -5
the album was made in Jamaica- is that where the stone came from? they are both stones? The woman on the cover is Mick Jagger in drag, is the stone something that looks like something else as well? that's all I could come up with- I did dig a bit.
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Post by snowmom on May 24, 2015 13:29:11 GMT -5
I looked at the radar this morning- that storm system passing through ranged from the gulf all the way to Mn...looks like we will get a little taste on the northern end tonite and tomorrow, we are still way under the usual rainfall quotient for spring, it will be welcome. What a huge system.. looks like the same weather pattern we had all winter. interesting!
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Post by snowmom on May 24, 2015 5:26:39 GMT -5
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