quartzilla
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Post by quartzilla on May 4, 2022 21:12:44 GMT -5
Bookmarking to see the results! These are another couple nice finds for you under a home, isn't it? Indeed Jason. There are a bazillion mobile home parks all over So Cal and I’ve worked in a lot of them. Most are retirement communities and many of these retiree’s were rockhounds. I’ve seen lots of cool rock landscaping with fossils, basalt, jaspers, etc. This particular single wide wasn’t the first house in that space; there were remnants of a curving brick walkway under the home. I’m guessing the original coach in this spot was much smaller and that maybe these two rocks were lining the old walkway. I’ll be back there tomorrow and I’m gonna keep my eyes peeled for other interesting stuff.
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Post by jasoninsd on May 4, 2022 21:21:44 GMT -5
Bookmarking to see the results! These are another couple nice finds for you under a home, isn't it? Indeed Jason. There are a bazillion mobile home parks all over So Cal and I’ve worked in a lot of them. Most are retirement communities and many of these retiree’s were rockhounds. I’ve seen lots of cool rock landscaping with fossils, basalt, jaspers, etc. This particular single wide wasn’t the first house in that space; there were remnants of a curving brick walkway under the home. I’m guessing the original coach in this spot was much smaller and that maybe these two rocks were lining the old walkway. I’ll be back there tomorrow and I’m gonna keep my eyes peeled for other interesting stuff. The lined walkway makes total sense! I'll be watching for some new treasures tomorrow evening! I had to do work at a house every month where the guy had ammonite fossils strewn around his yard in his rock beds...loved going to that place and looking.
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Post by quartzilla on May 4, 2022 21:24:59 GMT -5
And just to put a date on it the present home was set there in 1980. These two stones have been under there a long time.
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Post by Tommy on May 4, 2022 22:30:22 GMT -5
jasoninsd nailed it - almost certainly a cold mtn egg deposited there by a rockhound or a landscape company who included some random unknowns.
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Post by jasoninsd on May 4, 2022 22:47:23 GMT -5
jasoninsd nailed it - almost certainly a cold mtn egg deposited there by a rockhound or a landscape company who included some random unknowns. WHOOT WHOOT!!
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Post by quartzilla on May 28, 2022 19:43:49 GMT -5
Well alright! Finally got the other egg cut today on the 24” saw at the club. Here is what the innards look like!
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Post by realrockhound on May 28, 2022 19:54:30 GMT -5
I didn’t read through everything so forgive me if I missed something. But depending on location, is there a possibility those were dug up during construction of the house, then just left under ?
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Post by quartzilla on May 28, 2022 20:42:53 GMT -5
I didn’t read through everything so forgive me if I missed something. But depending on location, is there a possibility those were dug up during construction of the house, then just left under ? Not a chance. That whole area is on cobbles and debris washed out from the San Gabriel mountains. Being in So Cal I constantly run across rock gardens and other collector leftovers in these mobile home parks. Some of these places have changed owners 10 to 12 times over the years.
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Post by jasoninsd on May 28, 2022 22:52:57 GMT -5
Well alright! Finally got the other egg cut today on the 24” saw at the club. Here is what the innards look like! That's kind of interesting. If it's a Cold Mountain Thunderegg, it's not as "vivid" as I'm used to seeing with them. (NOT putting down your find!). I wonder if 1dave recognizes the type of Thunderegg...
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Post by CLErocks on May 29, 2022 8:25:04 GMT -5
Those are some cool finds! Thanks for sharing. And the god reminder to always keep my eyes peeled. 👀👀👀
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Post by 1dave on May 29, 2022 9:08:32 GMT -5
Well alright! Finally got the other egg cut today on the 24” saw at the club. Here is what the innards look like! That's kind of interesting. If it's a Cold Mountain Thunderegg, it's not as "vivid" as I'm used to seeing with them. (NOT putting down your find!). I wonder if 1dave recognizes the type of Thunderegg... Sorry, no. It must have been deep in the flow because the pressure above only allowed minimal expansion of the inner chamber. This is the first multi-fractured top plate I've seen. The rough exterior tells me it is from an andesite flow, not a rhyolite.
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Post by jasoninsd on May 29, 2022 9:10:21 GMT -5
That's kind of interesting. If it's a Cold Mountain Thunderegg, it's not as "vivid" as I'm used to seeing with them. (NOT putting down your find!). I wonder if 1dave recognizes the type of Thunderegg... Sorry, no. It must have been deep in the flow because the pressure above only allowed minimal expansion of the inner chamber. This is the first multi-fractured top plate I've seen. Thanks Dave. I was hoping you'd say something I'm regards to the construction of the egg...as I don't remember seeing anything like it...
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Post by quartzilla on May 29, 2022 17:46:05 GMT -5
If you look at the pics close you can see the agate feeders going in to where the little druzy pocket is. The cross hatched areas in red are really redder in person. It kinda looks like lava oozing thru cracks in the ground. Thanks 1Dave for the help with this.
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