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Let's Rock => Rockhounding Tips, Maps, Trips Etc. => Topic started by: lithicbeads on May 23, 2019, 05:22:17 PM
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It was a very low tide today. We woke up to fog horns. As you can see, the fog was still out at noon. You can see the surf breaking far far out, as the rock reef extends that far out on tides this low.
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The lower left rock is a dense black enstitite with very good small flash and the other three rocks are black jades, two with small plagioclase crystals that are chatoyant, and the other is just black jade.
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About a 10 inch wide chrysanthemum stone, Chinese writing rock with nice blue-green feldspar crystals.
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A dark enstitite, light areas are flash that you can see at that angle. If you move it, you see other flash, chatoyancy.
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About a 7 inch high piece of meta-quartzite. This is a jasper that has clear quartz with stringers of pink garnets.
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Washington jade. We had a lot of winter damage at our place, and while I'm not caught up, not even close, I'm finally getting around to spending some attention on rocks. Old man winter was a SOB.
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Red enstitite.
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Fully silicified variolite.
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I'm loving these Frank!
I want to go Jade crawling with you so bad.
I'm hoping that Peter finds a job up that way soon. Once he has his citizenship in hand next year he can apply to jobs that require a security clearance and that opens up Boeing to him.
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Gorgeous material, as always. My folks sent a picture of a fog-bow from across the water, Point No Point, this morning. That Chinese writing stone is stunning.
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Beautiful rocks you found, Frank! I can't even decide what I like best. They're all marvelous.
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Fog bows and fog halos are amazing to see but the ultimate is a moon bow from the steam of a geyser in Yellowstone which I have also seen
. I haven't slept much in my life but I have seen a lot.
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Frank,
I really treasure your photos and comments as we are hunting in somewhat similar rock piles. I'm inspired to go and try to find a larger piece of black jade I left above the highwater line last year. Like you, we had a total mess to clean up after winter and I suffered some mobility issues with a dodgy hip that is slowly getting to be less of an issue with therapy and so far not surgery.
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I can relate , my legs do not work well and I use crutches.
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I’ve never seen variolite before. Lovely material!
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Great photos. Thanks for sharing them!
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About a 7 inch high piece of meta-quartzite. This is a jasper that has clear quartz with stringers of pink garnets.
Love this one.
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Red enstitite.
Curious about this one. There is a stone that looks like sugar rock candy that is pretty common around here. I have found it in various colors and patterns including a brownish purple, blue and white striped and even looking almost identical to yours. Have never been able to identify it though. Does the rough of this stone have a shiny, sugary looking texture?
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This world needs a phone app called LithicBeads for beachgoers so they can tap into your expertise in naming these well camouflaged beach rocks that are both amazing and beautiful. That Washington Jade is truly off the charts! There really is no substitute for good pictures showing native state rocks, and I thank you for those you posted.
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Very interesting material. Will have to the the beach next year. Great material for a sphere.
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The meta quartite definitely has a sugary texture in about 80% of it.