spiceman848
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Post by spiceman848 on Dec 21, 2016 17:58:24 GMT -5
Revived a large box of rocks today from a good friend. He travels around the U.S. To drill oil wells. Some of the rocks had no name or location printed on them. If you can help, please do. All the rocks are around 7 MOHs
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Dec 21, 2016 21:59:16 GMT -5
Post by ziggy on Dec 21, 2016 21:59:16 GMT -5
Revived a large box of rocks today from a good friend. He travels around the U.S. To drill oil wells. Some of the rocks had no name or location printed on them. If you can help, please do. All the rocks are around 7 MOHs My guess on the middle one is jaspilite. It is a mix of Jasper and Hematite. The largest outcropping of this stuff is found in Ishpeming Mi. at Jasper Knob. This link takes you to the Mindat page showing some of the jaspilite actually at Jasper Knob hill. The mohs hardness of jasper is 7. Jaspilite can be found in at least three places in Canada and two in the U.S. The other one in the U.S. being in Vermont at a place called Diamond hill. My guess on the top one is a Thunder Egg. The one pictured below is simply called an Oregon Thunder Egg on the Etsy page I found it on.
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Dec 21, 2016 23:21:42 GMT -5
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 21, 2016 23:21:42 GMT -5
Yes top one is a thunderegg,its from eastern Oregon...
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Dec 21, 2016 23:23:30 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2016 23:23:30 GMT -5
Dale,
#3?
Leaverite??
just busting your chops my friend!!
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Dec 22, 2016 6:58:45 GMT -5
Post by ziggy on Dec 22, 2016 6:58:45 GMT -5
Dale, #3? Leaverite?? just busting your chops my friend!! With all the holes and porosity I would judge it a Leaverite as well. The first two are really nice though.
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Dec 22, 2016 11:03:47 GMT -5
Post by Fossilman on Dec 22, 2016 11:03:47 GMT -5
I want to see the outer side of #3 Dale....... It might be a mudball thunderegg......
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Dec 22, 2016 11:05:33 GMT -5
Post by Fossilman on Dec 22, 2016 11:05:33 GMT -5
Yes top one is a thunderegg,its from eastern Oregon... It's also an egg from the "Lucky Strike" claim area.....
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Dec 22, 2016 17:30:39 GMT -5
Post by 150FromFundy on Dec 22, 2016 17:30:39 GMT -5
2 out of 3 ain't bad. It's good to have a non-rockhoud friend looking out for you. However, could you imagine what the possibilities would be if he were an obsessed rockhound like many of us. Travelling around the US with a drill and a license to drill. Whoa!
Darryl.
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Dec 22, 2016 20:50:17 GMT -5
Post by spiceman on Dec 22, 2016 20:50:17 GMT -5
Thank you, Diamond hill is a good guess. I have a bag labeled white Quartz from diamond hill. So that is a good guess. Thank you again Dale
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Dec 22, 2016 20:58:40 GMT -5
Post by spiceman on Dec 22, 2016 20:58:40 GMT -5
Dale, #3? Leaverite?? just busting your chops my friend!! Leaverite.... A classic name :) First, Itold you that in sign language you are direct and to the point. I know what leaverite is and I'm smiling.:) No problem at all.
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Post by spiceman on Dec 22, 2016 21:05:48 GMT -5
Thank you all for the help. I still have 20 more pounds of rocks but they have the location and or name so that will give me something to do, during the wintertime.
I still like leaverite, told my dad about that and he is still laughing.
Sometimes the simple things in life are the best.
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Dec 22, 2016 21:28:47 GMT -5
Post by ziggy on Dec 22, 2016 21:28:47 GMT -5
Thank you, Diamond hill is a good guess. I have a bag labeled white Quartz from diamond hill. So that is a good guess. Thank you again Dale The stuff (Jaspillite) in your picture looks a lot more fractured than the Ishpeming stuff anyway so hey, I got lucky there I guess when I threw in that mention of Diamond Hill Vermont. You having a bag of quartz from there makes it the most likely place it's from. The mindat page page for Diamond Hill Mine lists Jaspillite and Quartz as the two minerals found there.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2016 21:48:45 GMT -5
Thank you, Diamond hill is a good guess. I have a bag labeled white Quartz from diamond hill. So that is a good guess. Thank you again Dale The stuff (Jaspillite) in your picture looks a lot more fractured than the Ishpeming stuff anyway so hey, I got lucky there I guess when I threw in that mention of Diamond Hill Vermont. You having a bag of quartz from there makes it the most likely place it's from. The mindat page page for Diamond Hill Mine lists Jaspillite and Quartz as the two minerals found there. Ziggy do you guys hound the Michigan jaspelite? I'd love to score some. spiceman merry Christmas to you and yours. Hello to your father too!
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Post by ziggy on Dec 22, 2016 22:16:58 GMT -5
The stuff (Jaspillite) in your picture looks a lot more fractured than the Ishpeming stuff anyway so hey, I got lucky there I guess when I threw in that mention of Diamond Hill Vermont. You having a bag of quartz from there makes it the most likely place it's from. The mindat page page for Diamond Hill Mine lists Jaspillite and Quartz as the two minerals found there. Ziggy do you guys hound the Michigan jaspelite? I'd love to score some. spiceman merry Christmas to you and yours. Hello to your father too! We are going back to jasper hill in july or august. Last time we went there we couldn't find the way up. Hubby has since rectified that problem by positively identifying where to park and how to get up the hill via info found on the internet. If we can get some for you while we're there we will. Hubby is buying a brand new rock pick for the occasion. Now if only we both live 'till then (we're getting old.) With our kind of luck, someone will make collecting off limits there before we can do it. Nice new name you got there...I think
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2016 22:36:37 GMT -5
ziggyI highly recommend the paleo pick. Recently dug up a large (80#ish) Jasper in a couple minutes using this tool. www.estwing.com/g_geo_paleo_pick.phpBest price I found was at Amazon.com and free shipping with prime! But it won't chip rocks for Windows. Only for extraction.
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Dec 22, 2016 22:43:05 GMT -5
Post by ziggy on Dec 22, 2016 22:43:05 GMT -5
ziggy I highly recommend the paleo pick. Recently dug up a large (80#ish) Jasper in a couple minutes using this tool. www.estwing.com/g_geo_paleo_pick.phpBest price I found was at Amazon.com and free shipping with prime! Yoweee That thing is BIG. He was drooling looking at it though. TBH, it's a little pricey for us too. Maybe some day. We were looking more along the lines of an 11" one for $17.20 on ebay..... We already have a chisel edge one but we are getting the pointed style this time. We are on a fixed income and are lucky when we can spend that much. I know, what are we doing messing around with this hobby that costs so much? There is nothing better to do here in Michigan and we build everything we can.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2016 22:46:03 GMT -5
ziggyGet me a couple large FRB of jaspelite and the paleo pick is on me. 😎
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