GF's Mother was digging in the backyard and found....
08-17-2007 | 12:48 AM
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From: central Tx
Originally Posted by GonneVille
Wow, nice rock.
Seriously, it'* a chunk of granite. There are so many different varietes of granite it isn't ven funny. "Granite" is almost as general a term for bedrock as "dirt" is for soil.
Granite just refers to a stone composed of feldspar, quartzite, and a few other things. It doesn't mean any specific amount of anything. Looks like that chunk is pretty high in quartzite, low in feldspar, and has a goodly proportion of something with a high iron content. I'll try to show his to my Dad on Saturday. He and Mom both have their bachelors in geology(how they met), and Dad is ABD for his Masters, as well.
Seriously, it'* a chunk of granite. There are so many different varietes of granite it isn't ven funny. "Granite" is almost as general a term for bedrock as "dirt" is for soil.
Granite just refers to a stone composed of feldspar, quartzite, and a few other things. It doesn't mean any specific amount of anything. Looks like that chunk is pretty high in quartzite, low in feldspar, and has a goodly proportion of something with a high iron content. I'll try to show his to my Dad on Saturday. He and Mom both have their bachelors in geology(how they met), and Dad is ABD for his Masters, as well.
08-17-2007 | 01:29 AM
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Seriously, it'* a chunk of granite. There are so many different varietes of granite it isn't ven funny. "Granite" is almost as general a term for bedrock as "dirt" is for soil.
Granite just refers to a stone composed of feldspar, quartzite, and a few other things. It doesn't mean any specific amount of anything. Looks like that chunk is pretty high in quartzite, low in feldspar, and has a goodly proportion of something with a high iron content. I'll try to show his to my Dad on Saturday. He and Mom both have their bachelors in geology(how they met), and Dad is ABD for his Masters, as well.
Granite just refers to a stone composed of feldspar, quartzite, and a few other things. It doesn't mean any specific amount of anything. Looks like that chunk is pretty high in quartzite, low in feldspar, and has a goodly proportion of something with a high iron content. I'll try to show his to my Dad on Saturday. He and Mom both have their bachelors in geology(how they met), and Dad is ABD for his Masters, as well.
08-17-2007 | 07:19 AM
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Did you photograph it in a dark freaking room? I thought you folks figured out how to turn on the lights up there?
Now..which comes first.. the black light test on the rock or the exhaust on the car ?
Now..which comes first.. the black light test on the rock or the exhaust on the car ?
08-17-2007 | 11:04 AM
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From: West Point, Utah - Village Idiot
Originally Posted by sandrock
I know what it is....
It'* solidified Liquid Schwartz.
Grind it up, rehydrate, shake it up...pour it in your gas tank
It'* solidified Liquid Schwartz.
Grind it up, rehydrate, shake it up...pour it in your gas tank
08-17-2007 | 11:22 AM
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I think there should be a poll to decide what we are going to call it (identify it as)...
and...
It figures that a woman immediately calls it a rock... 
I mean that in only the nicest way.
and...
Originally Posted by Pearl_bonnie02
Nice rock lol.
I mean that in only the nicest way.