JustPlainPetrified Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 I was holidaying on Haida Gwaii (previously known as Queen Charlotte Islands) and had an afternoon on a beach near Tlell. We were actually keeping our eyes peeled for agates but I did come up with one interesting nugget. Maybe somebody knows what this might be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPlainPetrified Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 2 minutes ago, JustPlainPetrified said: I was holidaying on Haida Gwaii (previously known as Queen Charlotte Islands) and had an afternoon on a beach near Tlell. We were actually keeping our eyes peeled for agates but I did come up with one interesting nugget. Maybe somebody knows what this might be? The mask is made of human hair, bear fur, shells and cedar wood. It is used in a potlatch dance/ceremony by the Haida culture. The stone is a white agate. The photo of the coastline is from the top of Tow Hill at the north end of Graham Island on Haida Gwaii. The colourful totem is the latest one installed and we were lucky to learn of its location. It is not on any of the current brochures and was raised only two weeks earlier near Tow Hill across the Hiellen River on Haida Gwaii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Is there a geologic age associated with these rocks (or better a formation)? “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPlainPetrified Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 I did some checking but rocks along the shore aren't always the best indicators of strata. "The Haida Formation is a geologic formation in British Columbia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period." That's about as close as I would give this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 2 minutes ago, JustPlainPetrified said: I did some checking but rocks along the shore aren't always the best indicators of strata. "The Haida Formation is a geologic formation in British Columbia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period." That's about as close as I would give this Then my first guess would be an inoceramid (perhaps inoceramus itself) “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 (edited) They remind me of cone-in-cone structures. pictures from here Also, here are some nice examples. One of them: Edited October 4, 2017 by abyssunder 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoast Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Cone-in-cone was my first thought too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TqB Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I agree, cone-in-cone. Tarquin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustPlainPetrified Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Thanks everyone for helping me in determining what this is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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