Rock Identification?
Jun 8, 2023 16:15:41 #
While I walking around my back yard I found this half of a white rock with a barnacle on it.
I don't live near salt water so I am guessing that some neighbor tossed it into my yard.
The broken side of the rock has a crystal appearance, but I don't think it is crystal.
I don't live near salt water so I am guessing that some neighbor tossed it into my yard.
The broken side of the rock has a crystal appearance, but I don't think it is crystal.
Jun 8, 2023 16:22:10 #
Jun 8, 2023 16:25:46 #
…I’m guessing a lawn mower cut the rock and shot it over to your side…I’m guessing it’s marble…from your neighbors garden…
Jun 8, 2023 16:27:24 #
SkyKing wrote:
…I’m guessing a lawn mower cut the rock and shot it over to your side…I’m guessing it’s marble…from your neighbors garden…
Jun 8, 2023 16:27:24 #
Looks like a quartz stream pebble that started off tumbling down a stream getting rounded off and washed down to the shore and got caught at the surf line in a tidal pool where the barnacle encrustation occurred. At some point after that it got broken (perhaps when mined for paving or decorative gravel and crushed to be the way you see it today). Who knows? I’m just makin’ this up.🤓
Jun 8, 2023 20:35:07 #
Jun 8, 2023 21:23:27 #
Longshadow wrote:
How large is it?
Souvenir from a beach trip?
Souvenir from a beach trip?
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I estimate it at approx. three inches.
Jun 8, 2023 21:25:27 #
jrvinson45 wrote:
Looks like a quartz stream pebble that started off tumbling down a stream getting rounded off and washed down to the shore and got caught at the surf line in a tidal pool where the barnacle encrustation occurred. At some point after that it got broken (perhaps when mined for paving or decorative gravel and crushed to be the way you see it today). Who knows? I’m just makin’ this up.🤓
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Possible. Interesting short story, Thanks.
Jun 8, 2023 21:28:55 #
SkyKing wrote:
…I’m guessing a lawn mower cut the rock and shot it over to your side…I’m guessing it’s marble…from your neighbors garden…
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Back yard has a cyclone fence and is lined with a rather tall set of Emerald Greens, but I wouldn't rule your theory out.
Jun 8, 2023 21:39:01 #
SoHillGuy wrote:
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I estimate it at approx. three inches.
I estimate it at approx. three inches.
In that case I'll go along with SkyKing's theory, along with jrvinson45's.
Jun 9, 2023 08:32:43 #
fetzler
Loc: North West PA
jrvinson45 wrote:
Looks like a quartz stream pebble that started off tumbling down a stream getting rounded off and washed down to the shore and got caught at the surf line in a tidal pool where the barnacle encrustation occurred. At some point after that it got broken (perhaps when mined for paving or decorative gravel and crushed to be the way you see it today). Who knows? I’m just makin’ this up.🤓
I agree.
Jun 9, 2023 08:43:54 #
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Jun 9, 2023 12:30:40 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
Longshadow wrote:
How large is it?
Souvenir from a beach trip?
Souvenir from a beach trip?
It looks like it could be a sand dollar that has seen better days. A view of the obverse side might prove interesting.
Jun 9, 2023 13:21:39 #
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