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 guess the rock! 
#15510622 - 12/13/11 03:18 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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http:// i'm starting this thread in spirit of the guess the plant thread, in hopes that it'll do as well and be as fun. if you guess correctly and get confirmation from the poster, you get to choose a rock to identify. you must guess the location the rock came from and the type of rock. please only post rocks with clues and details which make it identifiable, and know the origin. don't just post a simple ugly rock.
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hint: it comes from oregon.
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I suck at guessing the plant. I'm probably even worse at guessing the rock.
Looks like quartz covered with some kind of iron ore.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15510864 - 12/13/11 04:05 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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nope, it has a name. it is a well known form of quartz though, and iron oxide does cause the red. it's a very famous and sought after material.
also, the red is not on the outside only. this picture is of a cut slab.
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Quote:
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nope, it has a name. it is a well known form of quartz though, and iron oxide does cause the red. it's a very famous and sought after material.
also, the red is not on the outside only. this picture is of a cut slab.
damnit that was all i had to contribute, cant believe i remember that stuff from my geology class in highschool. but i have no idea what the rock is called.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15510891 - 12/13/11 04:10 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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Beefy1 said:
I suck at guessing the plant. I'm probably even worse at guessing the rock.
Looks like quartz covered with some kind of iron ore.
would be my guess as well.
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google is a good place to start. the very general term for this stone gets it's name from the drillo river in sicily, which in ancient times had a different name that sounds similar to the general term(not the name i'm looking for).
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My guess is Stuffedpepperite
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Newbie]
#15510942 - 12/13/11 04:22 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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troll?
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Newbie]
#15510949 - 12/13/11 04:22 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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Dwayne Johnson ..
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No, comedy relief. There was no malice behind that post.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Newbie]
#15510958 - 12/13/11 04:24 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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no worries, had a good laugh.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Newbie]
#15510960 - 12/13/11 04:24 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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is it a frozen steak.. ill get the propane grill ready.. 
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Newbie]
#15510968 - 12/13/11 04:27 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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Thunderegg?
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Caine]
#15510982 - 12/13/11 04:29 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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It's a rock. A red rock. It came from the ground.
Durr.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Caine]
#15510986 - 12/13/11 04:30 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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it is near many thunderegg locations, but it's not one.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Newbie]
#15510989 - 12/13/11 04:31 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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River drillo used to be the Acate. So maybe Agate. I see some polished onyx that looks similar but the bands seem much too even.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15511006 - 12/13/11 04:34 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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good one beefy! now you just need the name of the agate.
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I'm looking. Might take a while.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15511037 - 12/13/11 04:42 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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carnelian?
Just a guess.
I'm learning as I go along.
Now I'm going to be stopping to look at every rock I see in addition to mushrooms and plants.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15511050 - 12/13/11 04:48 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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not carnelian agate. rocks are always good to know. if i can get more people interested in rockhounding, then i've done some good for the rock community. there are as many species and varieties as there are plants and fungi.
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i'll give another hint: the red are 3 dimensional dendrites, which have another name, being part of the whole name. it's not from eagle rock.
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one more hint: it comes from a ranch, being part of the name.
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one more hint: it comes from a ranch, being part of the name.
Baker ranch agate. Mind you I am a geological noob, so have patience with me.
Seriously, some of the textures and colors on these agates are just mind blowing. I can see some good synergy between geology and psychedelics.
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Richardson's ranch?
Maury mountains?
I'm not really sure what you're looking for.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15513372 - 12/14/11 01:19 AM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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you're close, very close. eagle rock was actually an extremely close hint, like across the road. maury mt is about 20 or 30 miles farther east. it's closer to lucky strike than richardson's.
well, maybe not literally across the road, but very close.
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Quote:
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one more hint: it comes from a ranch, being part of the name.
Baker ranch agate. Mind you I am a geological noob, so have patience with me.
Seriously, some of the textures and colors on these agates are just mind blowing. I can see some good synergy between geology and psychedelics.
extremely psychedelic stuff, yes! you should see some of the folks that come into my booth at faerieworlds high on the goods. alot of them have never actually looked at rocks other than just in passing. one guy's friends even said he slept cuddled up with a big piece of obsidian he bought from me.
baker ranch is near demming, new mexico. this piece is from oregon.
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Ooh, this is fun! I dont know shit about rocks
Red moss agate?
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: GEncore]
#15516086 - 12/14/11 05:15 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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not considered moss agate, but close. the inclusions take a more organized form than typical moss.
think feathers and eagle rock! it's a valuable material.
damn, am i the only person on here that knows rocks? i thought there were a few others.
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I know a little bit, but you may being a little too specific. You live in Oregon, and are posting a rock very specific to a place in Oregon. Not very fair for people that live thousands of miles away.
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I know a little bit, but you may being a little too specific. You live in Oregon, and are posting a rock very specific to a place in Oregon. Not very fair for people that live thousands of miles away.
i didn't mean it as an insult or a bragg, sorry if i came across as such. it is a world famous material though. you can find lots of pictures online. the game would be way too easy if there were no specifics. if we went by true geologic terms, every form of agate, flint, chert, jasper, and opal would all fall under chalcedony. geology has no term for these rocks other than that. for rockhounds, it's quite a different story. if this rock was sold as simply agate or plume agate, it would have almost no value to anybody other than the factories in china, india, mexico, or brazil.
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Plume agate?
Just did some more googling
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I don't think you came off insulting or bragging.
I assumed it was an agate when I first saw the thread and I spent about 45 minutes trying to figure out what type with no luck.
Maybe give the win to Beefy1 so we can try another. Or maybe some more hints.
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yeah, i'd like to do a little searching myself. it is a plume agate. i'll give the initials of the material: crpa, and it's near prineville.
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Climbing Rock?
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nope, i've included(big hint with that word) in these posts lots of keywords that will get you to the source.
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Carey Ranch !
Pick another because I am having an even harder time trying to find one for everyone to guess.
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we have a winner! i'll post another soon if nobody else who came close posts one.
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Ill give it a try.This one is probably easy for you.
I couldn't find a bigger picture of one that wasn't polished. I'll keep looking though.
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Canadian river plume agate?
this is fun for real
EDIT: Ah nvm too late, wasn't even right
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: GEncore]
#15516504 - 12/14/11 06:39 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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it was carey ranch plume agate.
it sure looks like fire opal, i'll guess from lightning ridge.
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Fire opal is correct but it is not from Lightning Ridge.
This Hemisphere.
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i got the location wrong.
fire opal from nevada, likely rainbow ridge.
could also be from royal rainbow or royal peacock mines.
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Not Rainbow Ridge.
I found another picture.
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Oh wait. You were right. I was looking for Virgin Valley Black Fire Opal. And I guess Rainbow Ridge is in the Virgin Valley.
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yeah, i drive through virgin valley alot, it's so beautiful out there. this summer i saw a herd of wild burrows while driving from utah to my obsidian mines. the fees for digging there have gone up to $300 or so per day! god damn cash and treasures show!
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Mohawk Valley Quartz ?
That double facet is amazing and a very telling clue I hope.
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nope, but it is a very unique and famous variety of quartz.
the double termination and clarity are strong clues.
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mohawk valley is actually in herkimer county now that i look, they're called herkimer diamonds, so i'll accept mohawk valley. your turn.
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Is it what is called a Herkimer diamond?
Searching double terminated clear quartz crystal gets way too many results with no name.
Any clues as to location?
Fuck. Too slow again.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15517027 - 12/14/11 08:17 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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well, you were on it!
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A folk name or what they consist of along with the general area they can be found will suffice.
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moqui marbles, or iron concretions
i'll also add that they come from southern utah, weathered out of the navajo sandstone formation that most people are familiar with via the arches and grand escalante staircase.
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Correct. We need more participants!
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Looks like some kind of Australian opal? Maybe black? I don't really know but that is puuuuurrrrrtyy
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: McTwist]
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hey mctwist, how ya doin'?! not opal or from australia. keep trying though!
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hey mctwist, how ya doin'?! not opal or from australia. keep trying though!
I'm awesome! Just got accepted to a college in Vermont! Environmental Studies major. =D
I'll have to keep researching about this opal. It's beautiful which is why I chose Australian lol, since they do have some of the best opals in the world, right?
or wait, is it even an opal? damn noobs lolol
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Ammolite? Just throwing a guess out there.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: McTwist]
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hey mctwist, how ya doin'?! not opal or from australia. keep trying though!
I'm awesome! Just got accepted to a college in Vermont! Environmental Studies major. =D
I'll have to keep researching about this opal. It's beautiful which is why I chose Australian lol, since they do have some of the best opals in the world, right?
good to hear you went with that major. i hope it works out and you stay interested.
it's not opal though. scroll back and you'll see a piece of fire opal from nevada.
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Ammolite? Just throwing a guess out there.
nope, but i thought someone would guess that.
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a hint: it's completely endemic to one location in oregon, very valuable.
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here's another picture of the same material, just not as fancy.
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Fire obsidian, why of course!'
I think lol. That's a better guess than opal though. holy shit what was I thinking
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: McTwist]
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correct, fire obsidian from glass buttes. emery coons made those in the second pic. your turn.
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They're not rocks they're minerals.
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They're not rocks they're minerals.
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labradorite from madagascar
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I was going to say labradorite as well. I have no idea where from though.
This is fun and I wouldnt even have known labradorite if it wasnt for searching other stuff for this thread.
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pshhh too easy. try this one
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polybasite
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yes but what else?
bonus points if you guess location
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: McTwist]
#15522131 - 12/15/11 07:38 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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Caclite and Stephanite
From mexico.
I cheated on the second part of my answers. Next time upload the picture to imgur or the shroomery so I cant just go back to where the image was hosted. It was sort of second nature to go back to where its hosted.
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Yeah I thought about that, but I'm too lazy lol
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: McTwist]
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: McTwist]
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Yeah I thought about that, but I'm too lazy lol
Hehe. I'll try and refrain from the easy way out.
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They're not rocks they're minerals.
This thread made me think of Hank, too. for you!!!
Thanks man.
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fluorite, really hard to tell the location.
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Nope.
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They're not rocks they're minerals.
some are actually considered rocks, such as the word agate or any named variety of agate. the same can be said for opal, jasper, flint, and chert. these are not minerals, but chalcedony is, which classifies them all the same, which is just plain lazy for minerologists. they are all a form of micro crystalline quartz.
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Another picture.
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I cheated on the second part of my answers. Next time upload the picture to imgur or the shroomery so I cant just go back to where the image was hosted. It was sort of second nature to go back to where its hosted.
Well, Shit, All of the 'guess the..." threads are easy to cheat. Google image search will find the exact picture for you if it's ever been posted on the internet.
These threads depend on people being honest.
The all mighty Google says that's Alabama Blue Star Quartz
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apatite, but i can't get the location.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15522258 - 12/15/11 08:07 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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Matt78420 said:
They're not rocks they're minerals.
some are actually considered rocks, such as the word agate or any named variety of agate. the same can be said for opal, jasper, flint, and chert. these are not minerals, but chalcedony is, which classifies them all the same, which is just plain lazy for minerologists. they are all a form of micro crystalline quartz.
I think he was just making a reference to Breaking Bad, but I appreciate the clarification. So basically all of the stones in this thread have been true rocks thus far, no?Quote:
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I cheated on the second part of my answers. Next time upload the picture to imgur or the shroomery so I cant just go back to where the image was hosted. It was sort of second nature to go back to where its hosted.
Well, Shit, All of the 'guess the..." threads are easy to cheat. Google image search will find the exact picture for you if it's ever been posted on the internet.
These threads depend on people being honest.
The all mighty Google says that's Alabama Blue Star Quartz
Takes some looking to find the picture though usually. Also, that does not hold true of the pic is uploaded to the shroomery.
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cheaters huh, we can't have that!
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Also, that does not hold true of the pic is uploaded to the shroomery.
Unfortunately, It still works even if it's uploaded to the Shroomery and the name is changed.
I'm gonna go take some pictures of some rocks myself so people can't cheat.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15522307 - 12/15/11 08:12 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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i should do the same, but my lighting sucks right now. if beefy got it, it's his turn.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15522310 - 12/15/11 08:13 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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Blue Star Quartz from Alabama was right.
Damn you google.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15522326 - 12/15/11 08:15 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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My state gemstone by the way!
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15522332 - 12/15/11 08:16 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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Also, that does not hold true of the pic is uploaded to the shroomery.
Unfortunately, It still works even if it's uploaded to the Shroomery and the name is changed.
I'm gonna go take some pictures of some rocks myself so people can't cheat.
Wouldn't you already have to have an idea of what the plant is in order to be able to search the other google picture out and match the two? I'd like to know how so as to make my next time in the plant thread cheat proof.
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Blue Star Quartz from Alabama was right.
Damn you google.
Go again, I won't cheat this time.
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Wouldn't you already have to have an idea of what the plant is in order to be able to search the other google picture out and match the two? I'd like to know how so as to make my next time in the plant thread cheat proof.
Nope. Not searching for images by name, searching by pixels I think.
Just right click the thumbnail, Copy image URL, go to regular google search, paste it into the box. Click search, it will return no results. at the end of the message saying no results, there will be a link 'try image search'
It will give you the exact picture along with a list of similar pictures.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15522368 - 12/15/11 08:21 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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Nah, go ahead. I am ready to do some more searching and guessing.
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i usually(not always) upload the pic to my pic folder on my hard drive, then go to properties and change the name at the top. then it goes to the shroomery and the website it's from is changed to shroomery. i think that makes it impossible to trace. tell me if i'm wrong.
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Sorry, you're wrong. I wish you weren't
Try it with this one.
I downloaded, renamed, uploaded to Shroomery, posted.
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You can still search by image on google.
We just need the honor system here.
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Wouldn't you already have to have an idea of what the plant is in order to be able to search the other google picture out and match the two? I'd like to know how so as to make my next time in the plant thread cheat proof.
Nope. Not searching for images by name, searching by pixels I think.
Just right click the thumbnail, Copy image URL, go to regular google search, paste it into the box. Click search, it will return no results. at the end of the message saying no results, there will be a link 'try image search'
It will give you the exact picture along with a list of similar pictures.
Aa! Sou?
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Sorry, you're wrong. I wish you weren't
Try it with this one.
I downloaded, renamed, uploaded to Shroomery, posted.
What about resizing the image?
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We just need the honor system here.
Truth. In the guess the plant thread, Locky's pic still had the binomial name I the file name, so I figured it was right not to answer.
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guess this rock.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
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Wouldn't you already have to have an idea of what the plant is in order to be able to search the other google picture out and match the two? I'd like to know how so as to make my next time in the plant thread cheat proof.
Nope. Not searching for images by name, searching by pixels I think.
Just right click the thumbnail, Copy image URL, go to regular google search, paste it into the box. Click search, it will return no results. at the end of the message saying no results, there will be a link 'try image search'
It will give you the exact picture along with a list of similar pictures.
that sucks, well, play fair everyone. i'll get my own pics soon. i'll get hundreds in quartzsite as well for my return in late march.
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You can still search by image on google.
We just need the honor system here.
Yep. Typing words in and looking at the pictures is fine.
Search by image kinda defeats the whole purpose of the thread.
Re-sizing doesn't help. you can just click find all sizes.
Got to be on the honor system here.
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guess this rock.
Thats a nice example of Atlanta Paynobills Smoketheshite.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15522431 - 12/15/11 08:31 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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Sorry, you're wrong. I wish you weren't
Try it with this one.
I downloaded, renamed, uploaded to Shroomery, posted.
sure looks like mexican crazy lace agate.
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You can still search by image on google.
We just need the honor system here.
Yep. Typing words in and looking at the pictures is fine.
Search by image kinda defeats the whole purpose of the thread.
Re-sizing doesn't help. you can just click find all sizes.
Got to be on the honor system here.
I'm all for honor!Quote:
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guess this rock.
Thats a nice example of Atlanta Paynobills Smoketheshite.
 man, you're good at ID's.
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guess this rock.
you have to win before you can post your rock, good laugh though.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15522468 - 12/15/11 08:39 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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Sorry, you're wrong. I wish you weren't
Try it with this one.
I downloaded, renamed, uploaded to Shroomery, posted.
laguna agate from mexico has more tubes than crazy lace, so i'll go with that.
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Mexican lace Geode is what I had
Close enough.
Got any photos of your personal stash? (of rocks)
I was expecting you to just try the google trick on that one.
Test to see if adding black lines will confuse Google enough.
No good. Still finds it.
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either one really, from same general area. they get mixed and confused alot. coyamitos also fall into this grey area.
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http://
here's one of mine. i'll add that it comes from oregon.
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Another Agate I think.
Need some clues on location to try to get more specific.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15522880 - 12/15/11 09:52 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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another famous variety of agate, still being mined today.
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Graveyard Point Plume Agate?
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good one! you're learning well! your turn.
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Oh I am not prepared. I didn't think I would get it on the first guess! I figured Plume agate and the colors seemed to match with the pictures of Graveyard Point agate I was seeing so I went for it.
Give me a bit to find something to post.
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Jasper?
Hard to tell with the unnaturally smoothed edges.
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biggs canyon jasper
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It is jasper but not Biggs Canyon
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That's close though.
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owyhee jasper
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No. Here is another photo. You will probably have it after this picture passifloracaerulea.
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could be either imperial jasper or hart mt jasper. they look very similar.
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Hint: It is found near river of the same name.
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could also be dechutes picture jasper
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Red River Jasper?
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could also be dechutes picture jasper
Bingo
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http://
try to get the name of the mine for this one too.
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Maybe change the name of this thread to guess the agate?
Fire agate I think.
Working on the mine
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15523509 - 12/16/11 12:10 AM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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fire agate is correct. there have been a few other stones than agate on here. i have posted 3 types of agate, 1 obsidian, and a herkimer. there has also been blue quartz, jasper, and that silver ore that i thought was a lead ore.
there was fire opal too.
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i'll give it to you, it was deer creek. i'm off to bed soon.
your turn beefy.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15525673 - 12/16/11 01:05 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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gold on quartz from the mother load gold belt in the sierra nevada foothills of california.
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Sorry, you're wrong. I wish you weren't
Try it with this one.
I downloaded, renamed, uploaded to Shroomery, posted.
sure looks like mexican crazy lace agate.
so thats where that art style comes from 
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it's a very old art form, the oldest of them dating back 443-495 million years, or the ordovician age.
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gold on quartz from the mother load gold belt in the sierra nevada foothills of california.
Exactly.
You're up
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
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Ohhh I think I know this one. I didn't even have to reference google once. Lets hope I am right.
Morrisonite?
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fuck yeah! i thought i'd have to give out a whole lot of clues for that one. thanks for throwing in the graemlin of jim!
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some type of Jade.
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malachite, most likely from africa.
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some type of Jade.
Nope.
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malachite, most likely from africa.
Yep. 
Your turn.
On a side note.
That Fire agate you posted is so beautiful.
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i wish it was my fire agate. i get mine out of southern california, from the opal hill mine and another spot nearby, where i can dig whole nodules out of soft ash. opal hill mine is all in hard andesite rock, requiring sledge, chisels, and gads. i'm lucky to find a tiny spot of fire in it, though it does usually have some pretty sagenite, which i love. i'll dig a new one up here.
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one is obviously smokey quartz. the other... try to get the mine it came from too. this is california material.
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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tourmaline02.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourmaline#Chemical_composition_of_the_tourmaline_group
Wiki comes through finally.
HOly shit that stuffs expensive. THey want like $3000 for a tiny little piece. look on google. There's several mines in san diego area that have similar looking stuff. I'll go with
Tourmaline Elbaite Cryo-Genie Mine, San Diego Co., California, USA. That's this one anyway
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15528604 - 12/17/11 01:06 AM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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tourmaline on smokey quartz, from the himalaya mine, near pala. i would love to someday own one of those mines. i will if i inherit money, and one is up for sale. i get crazy when i see one advertised, but i don't have nearly enough money, and then be able to keep it running as well.
close enough, since the formation is the same, your turn.
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Oh man I love tourmaline!! so beautiful and it feels so great in your hand
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: McTwist]
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one more before I call it a night. I'll check back in 20min or so
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15528786 - 12/17/11 02:10 AM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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NOthing?
I'll be back tomorrow, get someone to confirm if I'm not around.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15528798 - 12/17/11 02:13 AM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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Man that is such a beautiful and rich color of blue.
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cavansite from india?
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http:// http://
i just looked up cavansite and i found the pic.
try and get the mineral and term for the crystal form, being one word. 2nd picture is the site where i dig them.
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Looks like Pyrite
No Idea on the location.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15535752 - 12/18/11 06:24 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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it is pyrite. i was looking for the term "pyritohedron", but i'll give it to you. it's a well known location, but i won't give it away here because the deposit is almost gone, and i want to be able to continue collecting them. anyone doing a web search can find them easily.
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it is pyrite. i was looking for the term "pyritohedron", but i'll give it to you..
I was wondering what you called that shape. I spent a long time trying to count the number of sides.
Here's another. They look cubic, but are actually octahedrons.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15536252 - 12/18/11 07:53 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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sure looks like barite to me.
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sure looks like barite to me.
Not barite.
This one came from the Ural mountains in Russia.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15536300 - 12/18/11 08:04 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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maybe magnetite then.
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Nope. Not magnetite.
Named after a Russian guy
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: muistrue]
#15536358 - 12/18/11 08:19 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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what the hell is going on here? beefy's still up. guess beefy's correct then post your picture.
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Oh it's not a free for all in here? My bad, carry on. 
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15536392 - 12/18/11 08:26 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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Looks like fluorite.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: muistrue]
#15536413 - 12/18/11 08:28 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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Looks like flourite.
Nope.
more hints
Commercially important as a source of rare earths. Contains titanium
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: muistrue]
#15536418 - 12/18/11 08:28 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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it must be nurnazen. i had to do a little search, never heard of it before.
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Nope. Not nurnazen. Nurnazen seems to come from Kazakhstan. You're looking for a Russian dude
Name of the mineraL is the same as a type of mineral structure
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15536462 - 12/18/11 08:35 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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Samarskite
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: muistrue]
#15536496 - 12/18/11 08:40 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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Samarskite
Nope
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15536526 - 12/18/11 08:46 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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perovskite, i looked up the composition of minerals and then found the ones containing titanium.
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perovskite, i looked up the composition of minerals and then found the ones containing titanium.
That's the one.
You're up
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15536579 - 12/18/11 08:55 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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mine location and rock name for this one.
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another pic of the mine.
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mine location and rock name for this one.
I remember this one from looking at your photo gallery a few days ago.
I'll let someone else take a guess.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15536739 - 12/18/11 09:24 PM (1 year, 5 months ago) |
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shit, i forgot it was in there and it had the name on it! fixed. i hope someone else gets it. if not, give me the name in awhile and it'll be your turn again.
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hint: rock named after an american painter who went there in 1835.
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hint: only people who can show their native american heritage are allowed to mine this material.
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Bump.
Come on. This is no fun when only two people play.
Current pic:
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15563474 - 12/23/11 08:21 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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i guess the last one was too boring. it was catlinite, or minnessota pipestone, from pipestone national monument.
here's a new one to help get things moving again.
beefy, feel free to take control here while i'm away at quartzsite. i'll give a hint to the latest picture as well. it's a well known mining location in idaho. the lines in the rough are a big clue.
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a red garnet?? -- doesn't look like the star garnet.
maybe emerald creek?
here's one
nothing special but took the pic in new mexico
just name what these formations are called (clue -- you're BRIGHT if you get it)
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: bait_]
#15590674 - 12/30/11 05:45 AM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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sand struck lightning? is that called fulgurite?
I'd like to get me a piece of this:
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: McTwist]
#15592561 - 12/30/11 04:48 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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yup they are fulgurites (very brittle for the most part)
no idea what yours is but its puuuurrrdddyyyy
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: bait_]
#15601002 - 01/01/12 02:42 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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Green one is a moldavite tektite
Still working on Passiflora's
Maybe an uncut Star Garnet?
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15602795 - 01/01/12 09:34 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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i was thinking star also but then the clue was it's a well known mining location in idaho...
guess we need passiflora for the answer
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: bait_]
#15603054 - 01/01/12 10:35 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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Star Garnet is the state mineral of Idaho.
That's why I guessed it.
I don't know any famous mines.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15603063 - 01/01/12 10:36 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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I'll post some stones in here later. I'm not very good at identifying them though.
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Passiflora must still be out hunting rocks.
I'm pretty sure I was right, If not we can go back to it.
give this a try
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
#15604730 - 01/02/12 12:15 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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some sort of calcite deposit?
any clues as to location?
it doesnt look very rhombohedral though it could just be the angle of the pic
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: bait_]
#15604846 - 01/02/12 12:50 PM (1 year, 4 months ago) |
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Here's some stones I found:
The black one is not actually a stone, but rather something else.
I'm not sure what the orange one is exactly. I found it in Idaho, and steel blades are incapable of leaving a mark. It is also slightly translucent when held up against a light.
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This thread sure died with passiflora gone.
Here's the current rock.
It's one of the 48 types of zeolite.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
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hey shroomies, quartzsite was lots of fun and successful! i'm now in borrego springs looking for tortoise shells and waiting for my next show at my parent's house. i found a big whole 35 year old tortoise shell at wiley's well out in the palo verde wilderness a few days ago. i may go to the ocean view mine soon to sift for tourmalines and other beryls.
my last post was star garnet from emerald creek by the way, good going bait!
heulandite!
the most recent pic i'll guess heulandite.
i have some new rocks that i got in quartzsite that i'll take pics of soon.
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Welcome Back.
Not Heulandite.
I think this one's from the Faroe islands
Post one up if you've got one Passiflora- This threads dead without you.
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hey shroomies, quartzsite was lots of fun and successful! i'm now in borrego springs looking for tortoise shells and waiting for my next show at my parent's house. i found a big whole 35 year old tortoise shell at wiley's well out in the palo verde wilderness a few days ago. i may go to the ocean view mine soon to sift for tourmalines and other beryls.
my last post was star garnet from emerald creek by the way, good going bait!
heulandite!
the most recent pic i'll guess heulandite.
i have some new rocks that i got in quartzsite that i'll take pics of soon.
How do you tell the age of a turtle shell? is it like counting the rings on a tree?
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Dest]
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you can tell the age of the tortoise by counting the rings inside the scales, or at least that's what i learned when i was a kid.
i'm going to the oceanview mine this sunday for tourmalines and morganite. i'm fucking excited! it's really alot of bullshit tour crap, but they give you 4 hours to screen their tailings for 60 bucks. i'll grill the owners for as much info about the surrounding geology as well. i was told about people finding pegmatite dikes and breaking into them for nice beryl near the mines but on public land. all of the mountains out here are pegmatite though and it's been confusing trying to find places to dig/break.
i have alot of pictures of rocks i got in quartzsite, but i'm not on my own computer now. i probably won't be able to post anything until i get back to oregon. this weekend i'm thinking of going up near barstow to dig for some beautiful plume agate that someone showed me in quartzsite. anybody who wants to meet up and dig, give me a shout pm(hard work involved). it's exploratory for me still, but i know the general area to find it.
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http:// i'll guess chabasite for the last one. i'll post one here, hoping i got it right. if not, let me know.
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You got it.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
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Bet you cant guess what kind of rocks these are.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
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Hey could any of you knowledgeable rockhounds help me out?
I'm trying to find quartz crystals but I'm not sure where to look.
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guess this rock.
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/thumbs/12-007/944749429-thumb_crack-cocaine.jpg
Repost.
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Re: guess the rock! [Re: Beefy1]
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aww i didn't see that
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LOL
I am going to guess CRACK!!!! Do I win?
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YOU WIN!
Hell yes! Please send all the crack to:
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
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Hey could any of you knowledgeable rockhounds help me out?
I'm trying to find quartz crystals but I'm not sure where to look.
you want to look for pegmatites(groups of crystal conglomerate such as mica, quartz, tourmaline, and feldspar). you're right to look in contact zones, but also just break into the pegmatites when they seem hollow or part of a solid mt. if there are any crystals in a wash, then explore the hills above, and always inspect areas of past human disturbance.
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Edited by Mr. Middle (02/20/12 11:21 PM)
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