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10-10-2010, 09:26 AM
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Rockhounding
All of these found in my relic hunting grounds:
     
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10-10-2010, 09:29 AM
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"A tool is a physical object that is manipulated by the user to affect change in some aspect of the environment. Basically, a tool is defined by use and not by morphology. Therefore, a flake is a tool if used as a tool." ~ Christopher Baber, Cognition and Tool Use.
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10-10-2010, 06:47 PM
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Nice conglomerates! Have any idea of the age or content? Looks like possibly some quartz, pyrite and micah mixed in there...??
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10-10-2010, 09:12 PM
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Hey DesertWalker, this post might not make it... been fighting w/Verizon as far as internet connection for 2 weeks. I get "black outs" after 8:30 PM... comes back about 10-11:00 PM.
No pyrite in those conglomerates. The black and white one is quartz and black tourmaline, I believe. The other ones (pics) contain Feldspar inclusions. My brother in law is a science teacher with a focus on geology. He said that feldspar isn't native here. So either the feldspar samples I HAVE FOUND are from glacial deposts or early mans trade (from my own study). I lean towards glacial deposit. Maybe glacially from the Canada region. There is also evidence of volcanic rock in a predominately field of shale. The pyrite samples I have found are tiny. Pics will come if I can post tonight.
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"A tool is a physical object that is manipulated by the user to affect change in some aspect of the environment. Basically, a tool is defined by use and not by morphology. Therefore, a flake is a tool if used as a tool." ~ Christopher Baber, Cognition and Tool Use. Last edited by Mud Hawk; 10-10-2010 at 09:14 PM.
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10-10-2010, 09:19 PM
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Pyrite Samples:
Multiple Pyrite samples/colors in Quartz:  Pyrite in feldspar and unidentified stone (top): 
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10-10-2010, 09:24 PM
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actually those are not Conglomerates.. they are Intrusives.. either metamorphic or Igneous in origin...
Cool looking samples nonetheless.... 
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10-10-2010, 09:26 PM
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River Garnet
Pennsylvania has very few semi-precious stones. Garnet is one of them.
Here is a sample of a mother stone (stone in which the garnet is released in the streams) or at least the closest lithic source I could find. Also pictured is a dram vial of garnet during a summer of "gold panning". Every speck picked out with tweezers.   ***EDIT*** might be some amythest in there...
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10-10-2010, 09:47 PM
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I picked this up in Pittsburgh (two hours from all other pics) on a horse farm my wife was riding at. I was into meteorites at the time. This sample is extremely dense/heavy for its size. Non-ferrous (non magnetic... not iron... barely registers on a decent metal detector). I cleaned the sample with a brass dremel brush. I also ground a window. Copper color on right edge from light refraction:
 
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"A tool is a physical object that is manipulated by the user to affect change in some aspect of the environment. Basically, a tool is defined by use and not by morphology. Therefore, a flake is a tool if used as a tool." ~ Christopher Baber, Cognition and Tool Use. Last edited by Mud Hawk; 10-10-2010 at 09:49 PM.
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10-10-2010, 09:57 PM
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...and by the way... I HATE MICAH. If you are trying to sample for gold, micah is the devil to the novice.
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"A tool is a physical object that is manipulated by the user to affect change in some aspect of the environment. Basically, a tool is defined by use and not by morphology. Therefore, a flake is a tool if used as a tool." ~ Christopher Baber, Cognition and Tool Use.
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