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Post by jamesp on Jan 6, 2022 16:20:44 GMT -5
Meteors(meteorites/meteors rockpickerforever ? (I don't want to get it wrong !)) often have streak marks. It could be space born. Makes a great story ! , not saying it is or isn't one, but to clarify - meteor when in space, meteorite when it hits the ground. I'm unsure of what Chad's Lumberlegs stone is, so have not commented on it yet. In addition to what it looks like, hardness, density, and scratch test result, one must still consider where it was found - On the shore of Lake Michigan! When I first saw it, it looked organic, almost like a coconut shell with striations cut into it. But you have examined it (heck, wear it around your neck every day, lol!), so you k now it is, in fact a hard stone.That aside, where would it have come from? How would it have gotten there? Things that don't belong in a certain area, can either have been transported there by natural action (rivers, floods, or glaciers), transplanted by humans (Native Americans), or even been dropped overboard from a vessel on the lake transporting things. Or, it could be 100% natural. I have a small black/dark brown stone found in the desert, most likely from Ocotillo Wells, that resides on my dresser. It, too, has intrigued me what it is. It has ridges on it suggesting petrified wood, but it has a "soft" look to it. I'll take a few pics and post them. Unlike you, I am lazy, and have done no testing on it for density, etc. I have not even weighed it. Coconut shell was the first thing that went thru my mind too. Or some of the extremely hard nuts that wash up on the beaches of Florida from the tropics. I remember posting this chunk of heavy metallic material(probably slag) that was like nothing I ever found thinking it was a METEORITE(I called it a meteor). Well I had no idea who you were and you jumped me like wolverine because I called it a meteor. So bad I had to go for psychiatrist treatments. Lol, that was when I met you almost 10 years ago. You made a deep impression ! I think I will repost that 2 pound chunk. Why don't you post your mystery find from Orson Wells(sounds like a turd) and let's see where it goes. Sea Beans, some are so hard they can be polished to a high gloss. The ones with lips can talk:  These can talk. Don't touch the shells unless you like to have micro-splinters:  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 6, 2022 17:13:57 GMT -5
jamesp , not saying it is or isn't one, but to clarify - meteor when in space, meteorite when it hits the ground. I'm unsure of what Chad's Lumberlegs stone is, so have not commented on it yet. In addition to what it looks like, hardness, density, and scratch test result, one must still consider where it was found - On the shore of Lake Michigan! When I first saw it, it looked organic, almost like a coconut shell with striations cut into it. But you have examined it (heck, wear it around your neck every day, lol!), so you k now it is, in fact a hard stone.That aside, where would it have come from? How would it have gotten there? Things that don't belong in a certain area, can either have been transported there by natural action (rivers, floods, or glaciers), transplanted by humans (Native Americans), or even been dropped overboard from a vessel on the lake transporting things. Or, it could be 100% natural. I have a small black/dark brown stone found in the desert, most likely from Ocotillo Wells, that resides on my dresser. It, too, has intrigued me what it is. It has ridges on it suggesting petrified wood, but it has a "soft" look to it. I'll take a few pics and post them. Unlike you, I am lazy, and have done no testing on it for density, etc. I have not even weighed it. Coconut shell was the first thing that went thru my mind too. Or some of the extremely hard nuts that wash up on the beaches of Florida from the tropics. I remember posting this chunk of heavy metallic material(probably slag) that was like nothing I ever found thinking it was a METEORITE(I called it a meteor). Well I had no idea who you were and you jumped me like wolverine because I called it a meteor. So bad I had to go for psychiatrist treatments. Lol, that was when I met you almost 10 years ago. You made a deep impression ! I think I will repost that 2 pound chunk. Why don't you post your mystery find from Orson Wells(sounds like a turd) and let's see where it goes. Sea Beans, some are so hard they can be polished to a high gloss. The ones with lips can talk: These can talk. Don't touch the shells unless you like to have micro-splinters: James, I am sure you will remember that stressful first meeting the rest of your life, lol. So glad we made it past that and became good friends. Love the photo of your Sea Beans! Those are so cool! What do they say when they talk to you? Do they sing? Meant to comment on the photo of hands. I have always loved artwork on rocks by indigenous peoples. I did just take some photos of the mystery find, will post them shortly. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 6, 2022 17:52:00 GMT -5
For you, jamespHere's a few pics of the unknown etched rock from "Orson Wells" (lol, James!) a number of years ago. First five photos taken dry, last one wet.       Before taking last pic, I washed the rock off and hit it with a toothbrush to knock the dust off of it. Left it wet for the pic, but the sun kept drying it. So I licked it!  If anybody has any thoughts, please chime right in. TIA |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 6, 2022 18:37:25 GMT -5
For you, jamesp Here's a few pics of the unknown etched rock from "Orson Wells" (lol, James!) a number of years ago. First five photos taken dry, last one wet. Before taking last pic, I washed the rock off and hit it with a toothbrush to knock the dust off of it. Left it wet for the pic, but the sun kept drying it. So I licked it! If anybody has any thoughts, please chime right in. TIA I'm not a fossil person, but that sure does look like a petrified critter to me, Jean. Some type of bug or sea critter, maybe. IDK, I'm clueless, but that's what it looks like to me. |
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Post by Lumberlegs on Jan 6, 2022 18:52:43 GMT -5
For you, jamesp Here's a few pics of the unknown etched rock from "Orson Wells" (lol, James!) a number of years ago. First five photos taken dry, last one wet. Before taking last pic, I washed the rock off and hit it with a toothbrush to knock the dust off of it. Left it wet for the pic, but the sun kept drying it. So I licked it! If anybody has any thoughts, please chime right in. TIA I'm not a fossil person, but that sure does look like a petrified critter to me, Jean. Some type of bug or sea critter, maybe. IDK, I'm clueless, but that's what it looks like to me. Man I thought the same, it reminds me of the movie Alien for some reason. |
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Post by Lumberlegs on Jan 6, 2022 18:56:36 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Jan 7, 2022 1:31:30 GMT -5
If you ever go to most any Florida beach Lumberlegs walk the extreme high tide mark way up where there is an organic row of straw/wood/sticks/dried seaweed. Everyone else will be walking down along the daily low to high tide section looking for shells. Sea beans float like the other organic debris and are found raking thru the old organic debris line from a moon/planet alignment's super high tide or hurricane tide. Very few people look for them. They have often been mixed in that debris for years. And they don't rot, and shouldn't germinate due to being sterilized by their long salt water trip. You finding reminded me of the shape of a sea bean but it is apparently much more dense like a rock. |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 7, 2022 2:02:22 GMT -5
He he, you did steam roll that day. It's good I was probably being a smart ass rockpickerforever. I must agree with hummingbirdstones and Lumberlegs, your find sure does resemble an ice age mammal bone fossil like a scute or a trilobite or some other type of fossil. Crustacean perhaps ? Decapod. Turtle carapace. Phacops trilobite. Sturgeon scute. scleractinian coral. puffer fish mouth plates(not) but some other fish's mouth plate perhaps. crushed antique carburetor float. I'll shut up. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 7, 2022 2:20:06 GMT -5
He he, you did steam roll that day. It's good I was probably being a smart ass rockpickerforever . I must agree with hummingbirdstones and Lumberlegs , your find sure does resemble an ice age mammal bone fossil like a scute or a trilobite or some other type of fossil. Crustacean perhaps ? Decapod. Turtle carapace. Phacops trilobite. Sturgeon scute. scleractinian coral. puffer fish mouth plates(not) but some other fish's mouth plate perhaps. crushed antique carburetor float. I'll shut up. James, that area is full of fossils, but also a lot of petrified wood. I'm leaning more towards that. But I've been known to be wrong, once or twice! I won't be doing anything with it, so don't really need to pin it down with certainty. It's cool just how it is. It lives on my dresser with a bunch of coral from you, and a big honkin' chunk of crazy lace you polished and sent back to me. Oh, and a piece of glass, looks like an Easter egg, that you had made and had Chuck groove wrap. I'm sure there's more up there from you. And I thank you! And also a lot of other stuff, loose rough rocks and shells, etc., anything that is interesting and I may want to pick it up at anytime and enjoy looking at some more! |
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Post by jamesp on Jan 7, 2022 2:27:32 GMT -5
He he, you did steam roll that day. It's good I was probably being a smart ass rockpickerforever . I must agree with hummingbirdstones and Lumberlegs , your find sure does resemble an ice age mammal bone fossil like a scute or a trilobite or some other type of fossil. Crustacean perhaps ? Decapod. Turtle carapace. Phacops trilobite. Sturgeon scute. scleractinian coral. puffer fish mouth plates(not) but some other fish's mouth plate perhaps. crushed antique carburetor float. I'll shut up. James, that area is full of fossils, but also a lot of petrified wood. I'm leaning more towards that. But I've been known to be wrong, once or twice! I won't be doing anything with it, so don't really need to pin it down with certainty. It's cool just how it is. It lives on my dresser with a bunch of coral from you, and a big honkin' chunk of crazy lace you polished and sent back to me. Oh, and a piece of glass, looks like an Easter egg, that you had made and had Chuck groove wrap. I'm sure there's more up there from you. And I thank you! And also a lot of other stuff, loose rough rocks and shells, etc., anything that is interesting and I may want to pick it up at anytime and enjoy looking at some more! So you haven't noticed the micro-video camera mounted in the chunk of crazy lace ? |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 7, 2022 2:31:37 GMT -5
So you haven't noticed the micro-video camera mounted in the chunk of crazy lace ? I have the side with the hole for the camera lens facing up  |
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Post by Lumberlegs on Dec 27, 2022 21:45:54 GMT -5
Every time I run across an article of Komatite, I'm more and more convinced that somehow I have a piece that washed on shore. This is spinifex-textured komatite from Australia. The similarity in the pattern is undeniable....  I'm going with it until proven otherwise. Some of the oldest rock in the world!  |
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