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Post by elementary on Oct 15, 2011 20:52:56 GMT -5
Alien Mummy dug from the Hauser Beds Hungry Little Fellow And finally the dangers of buying too much Crate n Barrel stuff...
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Post by elementary on Oct 15, 2011 11:01:11 GMT -5
As drug traffickers are coming here to feed the need of the drug users, any drug user convicted of using any drug coming from mexico is immediately deported to mexico or whatever nation the drug originated, where they can access with the dealers much easier.
Seriously - if you don't like drug runners, get rid of the drug users. Look at prohibition, as long as you have those who want, you will have those who provide.
Before we can clean up the border in terms of drug running, we need to clean up in house.
Arguments against?
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Post by elementary on Oct 1, 2011 11:48:59 GMT -5
Dag nab it!!!!
I turn around to work with my daughter while writing my answer and I come back and someone gets in before me!!!
Hangs head low, walks away to vent anger by smashing rocks...
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Post by elementary on Oct 1, 2011 11:47:26 GMT -5
I believe apache tears are obsidian nodules that have formed as separate pieces rather than part of any 'lava' flow.
Tears are not just black obsidian. I've also found mahogany and I've heard of sheen being found - though have never seen those. They are tears because they formed in small (up to baseball size) spheres/sphere-like shapes, and when found can cover the ground as if Mr. Johnny Obsidian seed walked by throwing these small nodules across the landscape.
Black obsidian is just obsidian that has no real markings or color scheme beyond black. It's found in large amounts where the lava cooled quickly (I believe - but correct my science Wikirockepedia people).
So - tears are called tears due to their shape and small size and how they are found. They can be made out of black obsidian or other types.
Black obsidian is a color type of obsidian. Tears are one way obsidian can be found.
Long live obsidian!
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Oct 1, 2011 11:38:59 GMT -5
Doesn't Clear Creek plasma come from a place that also has cinnebar?
Don't lick it....especially the red stuff!
I'm not saying it is, but...
Look it up...
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Oct 1, 2011 11:33:17 GMT -5
No. 1 photo looks a lot like the agate from the North Cady Mountains.
Might be from there.
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Post by elementary on Sept 25, 2011 22:15:25 GMT -5
Hey Mel,
Nice pieces for horse pastures.
You got my curiosity up, so here goes my question:
All these share the some color scheme, and I am assuming the same basic source for material. Do you find that depending on the age of the artifacts, there are different materials that may have been traded for by the locals and used in what you find? In Ca, obsidian was moving around from group to group, as well as other materials used for beads and such. Besides flint, did anything else get shipped in for use in tool making, and if so, does that help date a tool, or is it mainly by the design?
Thanks much,
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Sept 25, 2011 22:07:53 GMT -5
Hey Snuffy!!!!
Great finds! I'm glad someone decided to dump his load out there in Texas! I've been lucky to have been to four or five sales out here, and anything could show up in the piles. It's like going through a rummage sale. You never know what treasures might peek their heads out from under the gunk...
(or am I the only one who has gunk in his collection piles?)
Enjoy the slabbing!
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Sept 11, 2011 23:43:48 GMT -5
Man, Steve, I sure wish we had those colors in Ca.
Beautiful pieces. I agree about the second picture - sure makes it look like wood. Love the banding!
By the way - will be stealing the photo for the index if you don't mind. Should I just list as Moab or is there a better locale ID I can use?
Talk to you soon,
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Sept 11, 2011 17:10:53 GMT -5
Garry,
Yep, that's the Pisgah Crater Road site in the Southern Cady's. I took Woody there around last December.
You wouldn't recognize the location now. The road that had been forged back there is now so sandy, it's almost impossible to navigate in places. The hillsides have been gutted in locations and huge amounts of material taken out.
It's an amazing place, but it's incredible how fast new places turn old. You hit it at the right time.
Beautiful material.
(Hey - do I have permission to poach your photo for the Agate Index? thanks)
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Sept 11, 2011 17:05:53 GMT -5
Now that is one for the mantle, or the keeper fossil display, or wherever you good stuff is kept.
Nice find! Found in streambed? Stuck out of the mud? In a field? IN your neighbor's garden?
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Sept 11, 2011 16:59:38 GMT -5
Colt,
That's my job, dealing with 6th graders, and on Monday I get to go in and try to explain to them the events of a decade ago, when they were 1 or two years old.
If my principal allows it - I am going to just sit them down, and I am going to ask them to pick a place: a building, a fire engine, a passenger or pilot on a plane, a policeman, a guard at the Pentagon, the president ... then I am going to run through the timeline. One by one, each choice they make - the place they feel is safe - will be affected. As the horrible events unfold, I will ask those lost to put their heads down.
When it is done, some will still have their heads up. Most will not. I will write a number on the board - the presumed dead - and I will ask them for their reaction. How it felt during the event, and how it felt afterward - and ask them why we - who were old enough to witness it from near and far - react the way we do on that day.
I believe for history to be taught, and to be understood as best as possible by young people, they must experience a taste of it - for joy as well as for sadness.
***To 'blessed' - thank you for sharing. I've known several veterans from Vietnam and WWII who still don't talk much about their experiences. It's an honor to be trusted with your story here.
To all - thank you for sharing.
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Post by elementary on Sept 11, 2011 10:34:46 GMT -5
Some reflect quietly. Some talk about emotions.
I'm a talker.
I also believe in the power of shared stories.
Sept 11 is my anniversary. I was married in 1999. My wife and I were celebrating by taking a couple days away from home at Cambria, a coastal town 100 miles north of home. On the morning of Sept 11 I woke in our motel, which faces the ocean, and walked over to office to get coffee for my wife. There were several groups of people loading their cars. I noticed they were all walking stiffly, not talking. It was also way before checkout time. I walked in the office and said "HI!" really cheery to the manager. She was standing oddly, leaning against the desk. A TV was playing in the back room. She said 'Did you hear?' I said "Hear what?" "They blew up the Towers." I thought to myself. "HUH?" "The Twin Towers" I thought "Again?" And then she said "They're gone. They flew planes into them." It is the only time in my life that I felt fantasy replaced reality, that I somehow slid sideways into something not quite real. The shock came across and I forgot the coffee and went back to the room - looking I'm sure like all those who I had passed coming into the office - and turned on the TV and watched for a long time. I called my parents and I felt horror and anger. I remember the Horror of watching the shuttle slowly disintegrating over the Atlantic. I remember the rage at hearing the O.J. Simpson verdict. But the Towers stands beyond all of those.
We drove home in silence, listening to the radio and I wondered how our nation would change.
If it moves you, share where you were. This disaster doesn't just belong to New Yorkers. It's all of ours, maybe not as intense or as immediate, but it's still ours.
God bless.
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Post by elementary on Sept 8, 2011 20:52:38 GMT -5
A friend of mine brought in a pretty specimen of Fluorite to school the other day. It belonged to her late husband. She asked how it could be cleaned.
What can I use to remove dust from the specimen. Can I use water, or is some other method better? I just don't want to damage it.
Thanks much,
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Sept 8, 2011 20:49:15 GMT -5
I'm teaching ordering decimals right now in my 6th grade class, so I see a .808
Hope you have fun with it!
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Post by elementary on Aug 27, 2011 22:00:51 GMT -5
Ted,
Thank you very much for the help, and it's easy to do. Anything you have will be welcomed, whether local or national. The only prerequisite is that you make sure the photos are as clear as possible and in a good light so the colors are easy to see. Any blurring worsens tenfold when I convert the index to a PDF.
The easiest method is to create a post in the Rock ID section. Post your pictures there in the largest file possible. Make sure they are labeled with their location as close to the source as possible. At least the nearest town would be great, but if you are trying to protect sources, I'd like at least the county. I will drag the photos from the thread and save them to my computer. They'll then be added to the indexes as I update them. I have individual files on my computer for each participant.
I would like to use your name (first last) and you can either post it with the photos or email me. Otherwise I will use your idname from this forum.
I probably told you more than you needed, but I hope this helps. And again, thank you for anything you want to add.
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Aug 26, 2011 0:28:00 GMT -5
Just an "I'm bored with what's on TV" post. I finished two pieces I got from the sale last Saturday. The first is a piece of fire agate I gave my neighbor as a thank you for watching our pets while we were vacationing. He's not a rock guy and laughs as I unload my car from my rock trips, but this time, as I showed him pieces of fire agate, he gave a little involuntary 'oh'. I laughed and said I'd give him the piece. I think he wasn't impressed with the color (which is not the brightest) but with chalcedony shell attached. The second is from a broken Lead Pipe Springs t-egg. (These are from a region that is now part of Fort Irwin. I don't think these have been available for 30 years. Ever since I heard of these rocks, I've been fascinated by them. This material - Fort Irwin has multiple t-egg beds - has been my holy grail for years.) I wanted to see how the blue held up and see how the contrast between the blue and red looked. I like it. So, now that this is done, maybe I'll pop on the local news and see if the Dodgers lost again... Thanks for looking Lowell
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Post by elementary on Aug 25, 2011 23:56:26 GMT -5
You found the biggest hole I have with the first edition of this set. A while back I realized I missed a whole section of the country. Lakers being the biggest material that I left out. When I get to redoing the central section of the country, I'll be shifting the contents a little bit. I just need to find the time. I've done a little bit of lapidary this summer, but I've done a whole bunch of writing - 170 pages - since the second week of July. I want (and will) get back to the index. I still pull images off this website and other sources, but I haven't done much else since I posted the California material a while back. I'd greatly appreciate images of any and all material that you might have that the index lacks. It might divert me from my fiction for a few days and I could knock out a few updated volumes. I really appreciate the interest in the index. I just take it for granted that these indexes are useful. It's nice for someone to ask about them, even in a general way.
So, with an answer way too long for your very short question, the answer is yes - I will be including the Great Lakes.
Lowell
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Post by elementary on Aug 24, 2011 9:55:25 GMT -5
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Post by elementary on Aug 24, 2011 1:54:24 GMT -5
Maybe yes? Maybe no? Hope this helps. Lowell
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