I know there used to be some geologists on here....
Digging around my house to put in a french drain and pulled some behemoth rocks out.
Not the greatest pictures and I know this rock is nothing special but I liked the way it looked like it almost has layers and was wondering if someone could tell me what kind of rock it is?
"I'll take a wild stab at it. It's not easy with just a photo. In the old days I would actually employ taste and smell, sometimes. My gut reaction is Mylonite Schist, with some later fluids percolating through, leaving some calcite(?) veining along shear planes."
"I'll take a wild stab at it. It's not easy with just a photo. In the old days I would actually employ taste and smell, sometimes. My gut reaction is Mylonite Schist, with some later fluids percolating through, leaving some calcite(?) veining along shear planes."
Somehow I knew this thread would take a schist ;-)
"I'll take a wild stab at it. It's not easy with just a photo. In the old days I would actually employ taste and smell, sometimes. My gut reaction is Mylonite Schist, with some later fluids percolating through, leaving some calcite(?) veining along shear planes."
Somehow I knew this thread would take a schist ;-)
OK, I'll granite -- you're the first with a geologic pun ... :-(
The furthest I can go with any authority is that this appears to be a clay rich metamorphic rock, with likely later solution transport through fractures. : No significant value, but a very cool rock. Nice find.
The furthest I can go with any authority is that this appears to be a clay rich metamorphic rock, with likely later solution transport through fractures. : No significant value, but a very cool rock. Nice find.
Hi Cory!! I was wondering where you were -- I was hoping you'd show up for this one. Miss you!
The furthest I can go with any authority is that this appears to be a clay rich metamorphic rock, with likely later solution transport through fractures. : No significant value, but a very cool rock. Nice find.
Hi Cory!! I was wondering where you were -- I was hoping you'd show up for this one. Miss you!
Miss you too!
I'm just so busy with other stuff I rarely photograph anything any more. *shrug*
The furthest I can go with any authority is that this appears to be a clay rich metamorphic rock, with likely later solution transport through fractures. : No significant value, but a very cool rock. Nice find.
Hi Cory!! I was wondering where you were -- I was hoping you'd show up for this one. Miss you!
Miss you too!
I'm just so busy with other stuff I rarely photograph anything any more. *shrug*
The furthest I can go with any authority is that this appears to be a clay rich metamorphic rock, with likely later solution transport through fractures. : No significant value, but a very cool rock. Nice find.
Hi Cory!! I was wondering where you were -- I was hoping you'd show up for this one. Miss you!
Miss you too!
I'm just so busy with other stuff I rarely photograph anything any more. *shrug*
Miss ALL of you SO much.
I know how to fix that... :D
What she said. Just make it habitual to pop in for 30 minutes twice a week and make a few posts and we'll be good to go :-)
My guess is a yellow quartzite, but I was waiting to see if Cory would show up with an expert opinion. It's been decades since my days of instant rock ID.
