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Hi guys! I am looking for new areas to hunt for rocks and fossils around the KC area. I have been to the Blue river, Kansas river, Cedar creek, Tuttle creek, Perry Lake, Mill creek, and abandoned quarry areas. Anyone have any general locations of where I can find some stuff? I am an avid hunter for all sorts of fossils and rocks (rockhounding is my favorite past time)! I've had the most luck at the Kansas river and Perry lake. Some of my finds include cow skulls, cone coral, shells, agates, vertebrae, and a bunch of druzy quartz geodes and chalcedony. I have included pics of some of my finds - the petrified wood was sanded down and polished up to 3000 grit. Any suggestions are GREATLY appreciated!!!!! Much love KC!
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Hi. Is this an Agate with Amethyst? Has green mossy color in back. It also has shadow like bandings deep inside. Was found north of Duluth, MN.
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Earth Science Week Webinar Series - Mineral Day, October 12, 2020, Talks
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Rocks & Minerals
Earth Science Week Webinar Series http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/ Consumers - The Most Potent Army Against Conflict Minerals http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/conflictminerals.html The Need and Solutions for Robots in Responsible Raw Material Exploration and Mining http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/roboticsinmining.html Resources Beyond Earth: Enabling Future Exploration and the New Space Economy http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/resourcesbeyondearth.html Advances in the Mineralogy of Mars http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/marsminerals.html New Insights into Wire Silver and Gold Formation http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/wiresilvergold.html Gemstones: Timecapsules Connecting Us Through History http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/gemstones.html Data-Driven Discovery in Mineralogy and the Evolution of Planetary Bodies http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/dataminerals.html May The Quartz Be With You http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/quartz.html The Global Supply of Critical Minerals: Assessing and Tracking Critical Mineral Commodities http://www.earthsciweek.org/webinars/criticalminerals.html Yours, Paul H.-
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Hello, I recently found this rock/crystal close to Lake Trinidad State Park. This area is characterized as being in the transition zone between the Rocky mountains and the great plains. I am trying to identify what this rock/ crystal could be. It looks like a very light green quartz with Mica Flakes in it. I believe it maybe quartz because it is able to scratch glass. And them then on the other hand it appears to be a muscovite schist. I honestly do not know what this could be? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. The rock is 3 inches by 1.5 inches width.
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It's been a while since I have been on here. Life got in the way of me looking for rocks and fossils. The property that I have access to hunt in has several seasonal creeks on it. This was found in a dry creek bed. I didn't think a lot about it as these type of "snail" fossils are the main thing that I find. When looking at it closer at home, I realized that the fossil itself seems to be replaced with quartz? The surface has been worn down by weathering and by the creek flow during the spring. I am not sure that the images convey the crystal properly, but the clear, crystal structure is there. Is this a common thing in fossils? It is the first that I have found. It was found outside of Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri, USA and measures 21mm. There is a second "snail" still encased in the rock. The part that is visible is also quartz.
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Last night I scored! A house threw out a ton of stuff, told my friend stop the truck and have a look see. A big recycle tub had over 50 pounds of rocks and fossils. I have a large hunk of quartz crystals, several with decent clusters of purple crystals (amythist?) A good 2 or 3 pound hunk of petrified wood in great condition, rock solid. A small stalactite and a huge (20 pound?) stalagmite. One is pointed and comes from the ceiling, stalactites are rounded and form on the floor. Also a geode the size of a grapefruit. Geodes are spherical rocks that contain hollow cavities lined with crystals. The name geode comes from the Greek word Geoides, which means "earthlike. I was going to attempt a nice clean cut with my angle grinder and cut off wheel but you really need a diamond blade. So I dropped it on the concrete until it broke into several chunks. It had a good void inside, all bearing small crystals, nothing spectacular though. The Giant quartz crystal, star of the show ^ 2 views of the petrified wood, not a great pic of the end but you can see the rings Small one is the stalactite, larger one is the stalagmite. Part of the geode. the purple ctystals.
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Hi all, is this piece a fossil in quartz? It was found in the Andes region, I don´t have it myself, sorry for the pictures. Thanks a lot for your help!!!
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I was bored, went flipping though sites & came across this rock. They think it's Jasper with some Quartz other than that they have no idea what it is. No information as to where it's from, other than a estate sale. The rock is big, What is this rock ?
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Hi, could this be lead ore? Its a soft- non-magnetic metal. When smashed breaks off in chunks. Thats in advance.
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Is this real or man made? Unsure what it is
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Think this might be a quartz, what kind? It looks like a purple red and is pretty hard.
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Pretty sure these are both quartz, but what kind and whats inside? Thanks in advance
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I have mentioned before that I typically grab two or three random non-fossil geological pieces when I am out hunting. They either go on my “cool rock shelf” or to my rockhounding twin. Here are a couple of my latest finds. Both were from the same limestone road cut in central Kentucky. My knowledge is very much lacking in identifying minerals, and really anything geological that is not fossil related, so feel free to chime in with any info. However, I’m not specifically looking for an ID. I mainly wanted to share. I found them interesting and thought others might too. I think this one is a calcite(?) deposit inside of a void (vug?) in limestone. I actually found two of these still sitting nicely in the rock like this. I have seen them before, as they are fairly common around here, but they are typically eroded out and laying loose on the ground. Here is the larger one still stuck in the rock. front side: back: This is one such deposit that eroded out of the limestone. I found it interesting that it looks to be two minerals mixed together. I think calcite(?) and quartz(?). The back is rounded and has matrix stuck to it indicating, to me at least, that it was once embedded in the limestone. Anyway... I thought they were neat and wanted to share. These minerals are found in my area a lot, but I don’t typically see them in this fashion. Enjoy!
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Hello all! I am a new member, and this is my first post. Could I please have some help figuring out if these rocks are petrified wood? Most of them were found in a small Pennsylvanian stream. It looks like they are quartz, crystal quartz, but I am no expert. There should be about two pictures of each rock. Thanks for your help, and I have more pictures of different rocks if needed.
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From Lake Michigan I have two. Not sure if druzy quartz? The single close up image shows a tiny sea shell attached inside. It spent a long time in a ultra sonic cleaner and till their.
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Hey Everyone! I have a question for all of you! I was walking along the Eel River here in Northern California looking for fossils from the Pleistocene. The river bars here are full of debris from farther up into the Klamath Mountains of the Coast Ranges. Every so often I like to split open other rocks that I know arent fossiliferous, and so was the case for this rock. Once split open I immediately noticed the bright yellow crystals. My question to all of you... what mineral is this? I thought at first yellow calcite but when I preformed an acid test it was totally inert. This makes me suspect quartz and the individual grains seem to confirm it. To my knowledge citrine crystals should exhibit a dichroic property and I think I see that exhibited in my sample as well. Mindat lists known localities for citrine quartz all over Northern California but all of them are about 150 miles from my location and absolutely nowhere near the headwaters for the Eel River system.
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Here I am again, with questions on another rock! I can recognize more and more fossils and rocks, but I love finding things I don't recognize. :-) This limestone rock, found in Huntsville, AL, as a portion that has a lot of quartz in it, and a lot of tunnels and crevices. I recognize the crinoid fossils but am not sure about some of the other ones. I have put questions marks on the areas I am wondering about, and asked a question in one image. It also almost looks like there are areas where geods were trying to form, but that may just be due to all of the quartz. Help appreciated! Thanks! Ramona
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pyrites with quartz and Druz, unknown origin. 2 mm
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In honor of @ynot's multi page big crystal hunt, I present the exact opposite. 1 little, itty bitty, teeny tiny tri-point twin floater. I found this lodged in a battered cluster last year, lightly wedged in a section of crystals. Measuring a mere 4 mm long, it's kinda pretty. Used my Dino-lite for the pics using an external light source at 50 x. Not the greatest pics but I hope you like.
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It’s the prettiest one have found with any size, but I dont know what exactly it is. Any help will be much appreciated as y’all are the smartest and most honest I have ran across!( Hey Flattery can’t hurt lol!) 4 inches tall, 2 To 3 inches In width, and 5 inches long
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Wow, this is one ugly stone, this thing would make an onion cry. You need two pair of gloves and a spatula just to handle it. If Dr. Frankenstein did not create this thing then mother nature must of had one heck of a bad day when it was created. I think it's a piece of quartz that has been badly altered in some way, I've never seen anything like this. Anybody ever seen anything like this?
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Was wondering if these were agatized Coral?
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I found this beautiful piece. It has tigers eye in it, but not sure about the rest. Any help would be appreciated.
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Here is another one of my finds. I was out on a Hunting trip in the Rocky Mountain range and stumbled upon this beauty in the middle of a recent burn area. This was a piece that was a part of a much larger rock. It was mixed with quartz crystal. I was lucky to find a piece broken off. The piece I have is about the size of a small bowling ball. My thoughts are burned petrified wood. The black is almost like black quartz embedded in other rock.
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Big Hill (KY) geology and fossil expedition 11-2-2019
Darrell Barnes posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Big Hill (KY) geology and fossil expedition 11-2-2019 video link Kentucky Academy of Science Saturday afternoon activity: Quartz infilling identified by Dr. Frank Ettensohn, expedition host Stylolites identified by Dr. Frank Ettensohn Archimedes bryozoan identified by Mr. Daniel J. Phelps Mr. Phelps describes crinoid, brachiopod (Composita) and modern isopods=pill bugs or rolly pollies Crinoid stem columnals described by Darrell Barnes in rock detritus collection site (Mark Montgomery interacts) Dr. Frank Ettensohn identifies the spine of a crinoid by Darrell Barnes-
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