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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 3, 2017 16:22:51 GMT -5
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 3, 2017 16:30:47 GMT -5
Nothing wrong with that material!!! You going to tumble it?? SCORE!
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Post by 150FromFundy on Mar 3, 2017 16:50:03 GMT -5
I haven't read a whole lot of articles on Mississippi rock. Thanks for posting. Throw in a location photo next time. I'll have to go and Google Bayou Pierre and run the risk of learning something new.
Darryl.
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Post by Pat on Mar 3, 2017 16:58:47 GMT -5
Good looking collection. Lots of color and variety. Thanks!
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 3, 2017 17:51:11 GMT -5
Very cool! I see some real keepers there. Hopefully you will cut some of those and post pictures. Who knew you could find those in Mississippi?
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Post by MrP on Mar 3, 2017 18:12:03 GMT -5
Nice haul.................................MrP
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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 3, 2017 18:32:39 GMT -5
I haven't read a whole lot of articles on Mississippi rock. Thanks for posting. Throw in a location photo next time. I'll have to go and Google Bayou Pierre and run the risk of learning something new. Darryl. Darryl, most of Bayou Pierre is private land but I have a few hook ups that let me lick their rocks 😂 found some pet wood too but haven't gotten the chance to take pics of it all.
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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 3, 2017 18:39:00 GMT -5
Thanks guys! I have lots of pet wood and fossils but our pet that I've found isn't all that spectacular. A couple of weeks ago a local man digging a pond on his property found a ENTIRE PETRIFIED TREE!!! It's huge! Our state geologist is a friend of mine and was showing pictures.
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Post by Tommy on Mar 3, 2017 21:56:09 GMT -5
Very cool finds congrats Rocks in ole Miss - go figure ... I learn something every day.
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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 3, 2017 22:48:57 GMT -5
If you read enough geology reports you can always find something anywhere. Still doesn't stop me from wanting to rockhound Arizona, New Mexico, Mexico, Canada, California, Utah... hell I guess every where 😂
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Post by captbob on Mar 4, 2017 10:36:11 GMT -5
Rockhounding in Florida *sigh*
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 11:06:33 GMT -5
Very cool finds congrats Rocks in ole Miss - go figure ... I learn something every day. Mississippi is right next door to Louisiana and Thunder69 gets lots of thunder agates. Congrats Mel!
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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 4, 2017 12:24:09 GMT -5
Very cool finds congrats Rocks in ole Miss - go figure ... I learn something every day. Mississippi is right next door to Louisiana and Thunder69 gets lots of thunder agates. Congrats Mel! He lives not to far from me! Trying to get him to go Rockhounding!!! Thunder69!!! No thunder agates for me yet 😢
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 5, 2017 14:16:31 GMT -5
Rockhounding in Florida *sigh* I can relate.....
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Post by tropidale on Mar 31, 2017 21:17:12 GMT -5
Sigh, indeed...... Tampa girl here.
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Post by gemfeller on Apr 2, 2017 13:32:29 GMT -5
Your finds are really interesting. I was especially intrigued by the fortification agate in your 3rd image. When I saw it I thought "That's a Laker!" It prompted me to do a little research. For me, one of the attractions of lapidary work is trying to understand the geological processes that created the beautiful stuff I work with. I went to John Sinkankas's 3rd volume of "Gemstones of North America" and found some interesting comments. He wrote that the petrified "forest" near Flora consists of driftwood (mainly fir, birth, seqoia and maple up to 7 feet in diameter) that was carried from the north millions of years ago. He mentioned that studies show that the entire lower third of the state has good potential for finding quartz minerals including lapidary-grade silicified wood, agate and jasper. Most interesting to me was this: "James (1949) discusses the possible origins of the agates which are common in the gravels of the southwestern part of the state; many of the specimens are of the Lake Superior type." I haven't read James's account but it made me realize that vast amounts of water must have flowed over that region when the 2-mile-high glaciers melted and retreated at the beginning of this current interglacial period around 13,000 years ago. The deluge must have carried many different rocks and materials from the northern part of the U.S. and Canada. The Mississippi River must have been an awesome thing to behold at that time. It certainly helps to undertstand how Lake Superior agates ended up in Mississippi. This material was labeled "Butter Brickle Agate, MS." It came as a gift and I don't know anything else about it except it looks like some sort of breccia that contains lots of iron oxide.
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Post by melhill1659 on Apr 2, 2017 14:56:20 GMT -5
gemfeller, I too am very intrigued with the geological process. In the last 2 years I'm finding out that because of melting glacier, the Mississippi River and it tributaries that I actually live in one of the best Rockhounding states possible!! Not only because of the mentioned above but because we don't have a vast majority that cares. I live about 30 minutes from Flora and the Petrified Forest. I live in Madison county where most of our geological studies find and will continue to find Pet wood. That is what's not covered with subdivisions. The rock bottom creek I hound in mostly goes for about 20 miles in both directions from my starting place. It's also shades and the water is cool. I couldn't ask for more (well maybe some copper minerals). I study every report, bulletin and map I can get my hands on. I also have a large format printer that I print out geological maps, topo maps and overlays of different things like certain quadrants, rivers&streams, different formations etc...
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Post by 1dave on Apr 3, 2017 9:10:51 GMT -5
gemfeller, I too am very intrigued with the geological process. In the last 2 years I'm finding out that because of melting glacier, the Mississippi River and it tributaries that I actually live in one of the best Rockhounding states possible!! Not only because of the mentioned above but because we don't have a vast majority that cares. I live about 30 minutes from Flora and the Petrified Forest. I live in Madison county where most of our geological studies find and will continue to find Pet wood. That is what's not covered with subdivisions. The rock bottom creek I hound in mostly goes for about 20 miles in both directions from my starting place. It's also shades and the water is cool. I couldn't ask for more (well maybe some copper minerals). I study every report, bulletin and map I can get my hands on. I also have a large format printer that I print out geological maps, topo maps and overlays of different things like certain quadrants, rivers&streams, different formations etc... YES! That is the way to really enjoy any area!
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