Kai
spending too much on rocks
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Post by Kai on Jul 7, 2019 10:56:57 GMT -5
Rock hounding at the foot of the Julian Alps! So you wanna see where and how I get most of my stones. www.google.com/maps/@45.8799197,13.4910204,1021m/data=!3m1!1e3 (the comma in the google address appears to break the link, so I'm afraid you'll have to copy and paste it to see the exact location... ) A torrent river Soca (Isonzo) flows through the valley very close to where I live. It brings down a big mixture of rocks from a large part of the Alps. The good thing is that I get a wide selection of different materials (a bad thing is that they're all still very young, mainly Triassic and mostly very soft). It is also great that Mother Nature usually does the first stage herself by tumbling the stones down the river bed and rounding them up nicely. But a bad part is that since I don't know where the stones originate from, it's pretty much impossible to determine with 100% accuracy which type of material is which. Downstream the Isonzo river makes several large alluvial deposits of beautiful round gravel, just the ideal size for picking through.
This is the view from the river bed, when standing on the location marked on the Google maps above. It's actually quite boring. It's just gravel.
Until you start to poke around through it.
** A few of my yesterday's finds (which will have to wait for their tumbling turn. Right now I have more interesting toys from the other side of the world in my drum. Thanks pauls!)
I brought back a big bag of stuff, but I haven't sorted through everything yet. Will keep me busy for a few more evenings!
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followthatcab
having dreams about rocks
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Post by followthatcab on Jul 7, 2019 12:15:36 GMT -5
Interesting to see where you get your rocks! Looks like that location is in Italy (or has Google maps wandered too far off from Slovenia)?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2019 12:22:26 GMT -5
Interesting mix. Some looks like it might be rhodonite, some looks like maybe petrified wood, and some have nice patterns even if you don't identify them. From wherever they were pushed up into the mountains, they have survived the trip downstream to where you found them, so should take at least a little polish. Thanks for sharing the photos. I recall studying the medieval history of your whole area, and it is nice to see what the area looks like.
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Kai
spending too much on rocks
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Post by Kai on Jul 7, 2019 12:36:07 GMT -5
Interesting to see where you get your rocks! Looks like that location is in Italy (or has Google maps wandered too far off from Slovenia)? Correct, the location is in Italy. I live very close to the border and both Slovenia and Italy are in the Schengen area, so the border is practically non-existent. All the border crossings are fully passable without control.
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Post by pauls on Jul 7, 2019 12:46:56 GMT -5
That brown and black one looks a lot like petrified wood, it could be flint though. The one on your fingers in the last photo also looks a bit like petrified wood. Really nice location for a bit of rock hunting.
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followthatcab
having dreams about rocks
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Post by followthatcab on Jul 7, 2019 12:53:09 GMT -5
Interesting to see where you get your rocks! Looks like that location is in Italy (or has Google maps wandered too far off from Slovenia)? Correct, the location is in Italy. I live very close to the border and both Slovenia and Italy are in the Schengen area, so the border is practically non-existent. All the border crossings are fully passable without control. Yeah, very practical thing, the Schengen area. It has made crossing the border so much easier. Nice colourful rocks you've found over there, by the way.
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MommaGem
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Post by MommaGem on Jul 9, 2019 16:20:52 GMT -5
Really nice finds!
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