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Post by melhill1659 on Aug 17, 2017 18:46:31 GMT -5
That's a fine start to your growing rock garden! Tad warm eh? OH... warm not worm 😂😂😂 YES VERY H.A.F.
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Post by melhill1659 on Aug 17, 2017 19:09:02 GMT -5
Soooo captbob, when are you going to tell us why you've been quiet lately???
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Post by captbob on Aug 17, 2017 19:20:57 GMT -5
I don't want to rile the Fun Police
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Post by melhill1659 on Aug 17, 2017 19:31:54 GMT -5
I don't want to rile the Fun Police Well dang it, PM me then!!! I won't get riled.
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Post by melhill1659 on Aug 17, 2017 19:38:17 GMT -5
Wow, Summervilles are so rare out west that I never even saw any when I was living in California. Got a nice one in trade from a buddy and that's the only one I'd even seen out there. Very cool to see how they occur in the wild. Couple questions. Is the cool eye agate looking nodule on the right of the pic beneath the "Hottie in the boots" pic a Summerville. If so, that's a nice one! Also further down in the pics there is a weird coral looking "v" shaped nodule that shows purple on the upper left here it is chipped. Whatssat one? That looks very cool! Great field trip report!.....Mel Do you mean these? ,
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Post by melhill1659 on Aug 17, 2017 19:43:07 GMT -5
Oh Sabre52, the Mickey looking one. Ask at Jamesp. It's Coral and he gave it to me.
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 17, 2017 19:53:37 GMT -5
I don't want to rile the Fun Police PM me the smutty stuff too. Meant the fun stuff you been doing.. I like fun stuff.. and am leery of the penguins.. Don't send realy fun stuff so I have to report you to the government. Just little fun.
Here's an old report on that material melhill1659 I had read it before and was thrilled to see your material and read your current review. Thank you ..
www.gamineral.org/ft/2014/ft201404.html
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Post by jamesp on Aug 17, 2017 20:07:13 GMT -5
Oh Sabre52, the Mickey looking one. Ask at Jamesp. It's Coral and he gave it to me. Most of those coral heads were 3-4 feet in diameter back when. They silcify partially in most case, no telling what shape or part of the head silicify's. So all kinds of shapes are created. Then the soft areas dissolve from acid water and leave all kinds of silicified shapes. The ph 4 to 5 water dissolves limestone efficiently. No effect on the silicified part. No different than pet wood. OK, ducking out and back to scheduled program.
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Post by melhill1659 on Aug 17, 2017 21:23:12 GMT -5
I don't want to rile the Fun Police PM me the smutty stuff too. Meant the fun stuff you been doing.. I like fun stuff.. and am leery of the penguins.. Don't send realy fun stuff so I have to report you to the government. Just little fun.
Here's an old report on that material melhill1659 I had read it before and was thrilled to see your material and read your current review. Thank you ..
www.gamineral.org/ft/2014/ft201404.html
Great article. Thank You for sharing it with me.
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 17, 2017 21:40:06 GMT -5
OK, that coral is too cool. Thanks for the ID... T.O.M.
PS: Gym I used to go to had multiple Mels, One very pretty girl, one very handsome guy.....and me *L*. When someone would shout, "Hey Mel!" we'd all turn around but of course, the shout was never for me. So one of my more humorous buddies started calling me Tom. I said "Why Tom?". He says " Not Tom, T.O.M. T.he O.ther M.el. Buddies huh?
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Post by melhill1659 on Aug 17, 2017 21:51:42 GMT -5
OK, that coral is too cool. Thanks for the ID... T.O.M. PS: Gym I used to go to had multiple Mels, One very pretty girl, one very handsome guy.....and me *L*. When someone would shout, "Hey Mel!" we'd all turn around but of course, the shout was never for me. So one of my more humorous buddies started calling me Tom. I said "Why Tom?". He says " Not Tom, T.O.M. T.he O.ther M.el. Buddies huh? That's hilarious Mel!
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Post by coloradocliff on Aug 17, 2017 22:24:43 GMT -5
Oh Sabre52 , the Mickey looking one. Ask at Jamesp. It's Coral and he gave it to me. Most of those coral heads were 3-4 feet in diameter back when. They silcify partially in most case, no telling what shape or part of the head silicify's. So all kinds of shapes are created. Then the soft areas dissolve from acid water and leave all kinds of silicified shapes. The ph 4 to 5 water dissolves limestone efficiently. No effect on the silicified part. No different than pet wood. OK, ducking out and back to scheduled program. Thanks for the muriatic acid advice jamesp . Got a gallon today. Do you have a set dilution? or recommendation for wood?
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Post by jamesp on Aug 18, 2017 4:55:41 GMT -5
Most of those coral heads were 3-4 feet in diameter back when. They silcify partially in most case, no telling what shape or part of the head silicify's. So all kinds of shapes are created. Then the soft areas dissolve from acid water and leave all kinds of silicified shapes. The ph 4 to 5 water dissolves limestone efficiently. No effect on the silicified part. No different than pet wood. OK, ducking out and back to scheduled program. Thanks for the muriatic acid advice jamesp . Got a gallon today. Do you have a set dilution? or recommendation for wood? Sorry Cliff, I may have confused. The 4-5 ph acid water is the river water down this way. It is potent tannic acid from the rotting jungle. It dissolves the silicified fossil rich limestone bedrock and leaves them on the river bottom. Mind you it takes a long time. Ha, that is why the Okeefenokee Swamp water is drinkable for many folks, the tannic acid about kills all bacteria. Limestone bed rock dissolved by whiskey colored tannic river water. Coral is from a recent ocean and sits on top of those older limestone bluffs where the tree roots are. However the river bottom is chock full of coral since the limestone dissolved away and left the 'shelf' coral behind. This stretch is a bit deep for snorkeling for coral, best to do scuba in these deep areas. BUT, lots of virgin coral in these deep stretches. This is about 2 hours upstream by small boat: River at low level at a shallow shoal. You can see the coral to the left of the boat. As you snorkel toward the center of the river the bottom is all silicified coral, shells, etc. Note the whiskey water, tannic acid flowing out of the Okeefenokee acid machine 100 miles upstream.(Suwannee River) Closer view of silicified coral and fossils. Dissolved out of limestone This is a hard to get to exposure(way upstream and a difficult trip at low river level due to rocks hitting boat prop). Most of this you see is remains of Native man breaking coral up for tools and spearheads. They probably collected the best corals. Maybe one day me and captbob could take melhill1659 up this outback adventure. Bob could fan Melissa with pond fronds while I drive the boat. We could hire a crew of these (young)guys to carry her around
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Post by jamesp on Aug 18, 2017 6:35:15 GMT -5
The Suwannee River has served as an important archeological study. It has many underwater spring boils. Find a boil underwater and be sure to look for artifacts. Florida has about outlawed collecting all artifacts on the river bottoms. So beware. Native man camped at these boils during the ice age as Florida forest is often like a desert being devoid of needed fresh water supply. So native encampments during ice age are sprinkled all over the bottom of this river since it was a mere creek during ice age. Camps full of coral spearheads and artifacts laying there with mastodon bones. Men chowing down on mastodons, cool beans. During the ice age Florida was 3 times bigger since the ocean was lower, and yes Native camps are found miles out in today's oceans.
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Post by melhill1659 on Aug 18, 2017 7:31:11 GMT -5
Limestone dissolved by whiskey. However the river bottom is full of coral BUT, lots of virgins Maybe one day me and captbob could take melhill1659 up this outback adventure. Bob could fan Melissa with pond fronds while I drive the boat. We could hire a crew of these (young)guys to carry her around Jim did you mention Whiskey, Rockhounding, virgins and Me getting to put captbob to work fanning me? WHAAAAT ( fantastic5) Ann YOU GOTTA GET IN ON THIS TRIP! Sounds like a trip of a life time! Pictures will be taken, not all posted.
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Post by jamesp on Aug 18, 2017 8:06:05 GMT -5
Ha ha, comely pirate witches with un-postable photos ! Get's no better
(hey, give me an 'A' for creativity)
Please allow the young guys to do the carrying..
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Post by captbob on Aug 18, 2017 8:08:29 GMT -5
Looks like I need to work on my peeling grapes technique.
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Post by melhill1659 on Aug 18, 2017 13:44:50 GMT -5
To Funny! Welcome back Capt'n!
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Post by fantastic5 on Aug 18, 2017 14:31:50 GMT -5
Limestone dissolved by whiskey. However the river bottom is full of coral BUT, lots of virgins Maybe one day me and captbob could take melhill1659 up this outback adventure. Bob could fan Melissa with pond fronds while I drive the boat. We could hire a crew of these (young)guys to carry her around Jim did you mention Whiskey, Rockhounding, virgins and Me getting to put captbob to work fanning me? WHAAAAT ( fantastic5 ) Ann YOU GOTTA GET IN ON THIS TRIP! Sounds like a trip of a life time! Pictures will be taken, not all posted. I'm always in on a rock trip! Rather get the guys to carry the rocks however. I like the sound of muscular young men carrying all our corals! Tried to find a picture of a he-man carrying rocks, but this one will do
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Post by melhill1659 on Aug 18, 2017 14:49:47 GMT -5
Jim did you mention Whiskey, Rockhounding, virgins and Me getting to put captbob to work fanning me? WHAAAAT ( fantastic5 ) Ann YOU GOTTA GET IN ON THIS TRIP! Sounds like a trip of a life time! Pictures will be taken, not all posted. I'm always in on a rock trip! HE'll do JUST FINE!!!
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