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Fossilman Cave Dweller Member since January 2009 Posts: 20,718	What do you think?? Jun 28, 2014 15:13:14 GMT -5 1nickthegreek and snowmom like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fossilman on Jun 28, 2014 15:13:14 GMT -5 Cut this plate for "Snowmom",interesting cuts for sure...Rock is from Michigan on the Lakes (I think)..
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1nickthegreek spending too much on rocks Member since February 2014 Posts: 383	What do you think?? Jun 29, 2014 4:18:56 GMT -5 snowmom likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by 1nickthegreek on Jun 29, 2014 4:18:56 GMT -5 Wow, very unique whatever it is. Rather than having the translucency of agates, the reds look more like slate or something that is totally opaque. Wonder what it is?

Fossilman Cave Dweller Member since January 2009 Posts: 20,718	What do you think?? Jun 29, 2014 8:19:23 GMT -5 snowmom likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fossilman on Jun 29, 2014 8:19:23 GMT -5 Going to make a nice cab...
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Peruano driving up their electric bill Heads Up! Member since March 2011 Posts: 2,427	What do you think?? Jun 29, 2014 8:48:18 GMT -5 kap and snowmom like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Peruano on Jun 29, 2014 8:48:18 GMT -5 I'd venture a wild guess that the reds are feldspar which commonly appears in such situations. It does have a cleavage pattern that results in flat exposures. tom
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What do you think?? Jul 1, 2014 6:50:23 GMT -5

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Post by snowmom on Jul 1, 2014 6:50:23 GMT -5

I second the pink as feldspar...it is definitely the most common pink stuff here. This was pulled out of Lake Huron. doesn't look like anything in it was ever alive, does it? So porphyritic jasper of some sort maybe? even more 'busy' once you get inside it, lots of wear on the outside didn't show the pink, and it didn't look as though it would be so full of flecks of

calcite or quartz

Thanks for cutting it and posting the results, Fossilman!

Fossilman Cave Dweller Member since January 2009 Posts: 20,718	What do you think?? Jul 1, 2014 8:40:33 GMT -5 snowmom likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fossilman on Jul 1, 2014 8:40:33 GMT -5 No problem.....Thumbs up
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donkeyrokman noticing nice landscape pebbles Member since June 2014 Posts: 78	What do you think?? Jul 1, 2014 9:51:32 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by donkeyrokman on Jul 1, 2014 9:51:32 GMT -5 Am I seeing specks of green in it?

Fossilman Cave Dweller Member since January 2009 Posts: 20,718	What do you think?? Jul 6, 2014 9:07:50 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fossilman on Jul 6, 2014 9:07:50 GMT -5 It was a wild cut,greens,black and pinks,with some greys!
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donkeyrokman noticing nice landscape pebbles Member since June 2014 Posts: 78	What do you think?? Jul 7, 2014 10:15:03 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by donkeyrokman on Jul 7, 2014 10:15:03 GMT -5 Hrmm. I thought that would help with the ID, but I'm still clueless. I'm thinking breccia over porphyry, though.

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What do you think?? Jul 9, 2014 6:13:33 GMT -5

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Post by snowmom on Jul 9, 2014 6:13:33 GMT -5

Read a member post last week about basanite... and got to looking stuff up so I would understand it. read this link and it clicked... I think this stuff is basanite...
www2.imperial.ac.uk/earthscienceandengineering/rocklibrary/viewglossrecord.php?gID=00000000097

note references to feldspar and porphyry... and the stuff is hard!

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