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[shirleygirl]

here are some more found on the back property near the creek

 

[shirleygirl]

here is the next group found on the back of my property near the creek

 

[shirleygirl]

Next group that i need help in identifying

 

[shirleygirl]

Here is the next group I need help in indentify

 

[shirleygirl]

here is the last group

 

[Secret squirl]

Does anyone know if this stone type exists? "Laternes ". All I get with google is lanterns. It is said to float? Any info would be appreciated.

 

[arizau]

Does anyone know if this stone type exists? "Laternes ". All I get with google is lanterns. It is said to float? Any info would be appreciated.

Google "geological terms beginning with l". I did and there is no such word/term so it is likely that what you read was a misprint/mispelling of some other word.

That said, maybe you are misinterpreting the usage of the word float in what you are reading. In geology float can be a descriptor of naturally eroded pieces of stone from a suspected ore body...follow the clues (float) upstream/uphill and the source vein may be found.

 

[Secret squirl]

Google "geological terms beginning with l". I did and there is no such word/term so it is likely that what you read was a misprint/mispelling of some other word.

That said, maybe you are misinterpreting the usage of the word float in what you are reading. In geology float can be a descriptor of naturally eroded pieces of stone from a suspected ore body...follow the clues (float) upstream/uphill and the source vein may be found.

It is mentioned in the "ancient charges of freemasonry". Here is the quote:
"one pillar was marble, for that will not burn with any fire. And the other stone was laternes for that will not drown with any water."
You may be correct, but it was supposedly used to preserve ancient scrolls, so it may just not allow water to seep in? IDK.
I do find it interesting. Thank you for responding. Let me know if after checking out the info provided you have any other thoughts.

And here is a cut and paste google link:
https://www.google.com/search?clien...hUKEwiZp9H8gbnrAhXBsJ4KHU_BBiAQ4dUDCAw&uact=5

 

[Secret squirl]

Here is a better link.
https://freemasonry.bcy.ca/texts/pillars.html

 

[Steve1236]

I've posted this material in rocks and gems but it is still stumped and wondering if anyone here knows what this black mineral with deep red and silverish reflections, its brittle, a steel pushpin wouldn't scratch it and the color when I'm grinding is blackish and so is the streak color, any ideas, maybe polybasite or pyrargyrite? It was found in a small tributary just below a old forfeited Ag-Cu lode claim.

 

[Mzwoods]

Came from Arizona from someone who collected Indian artifacts the black mark was made from a diamond cutting wheel trying to cut one although not perfectly round they r perfectly balanced they all weigh around 200 carats each give or take 20. They have some magnetic pull and sometimes push. If u set one on an ice cube it burns a hole through it as if it’s hot yet remains cool I haven’t found a tool that will cut one although we did finally manage to break one.

 

[dinx]

Am i posting properly?? Ive been away awhile.....

 

[tomclark]

Decades ago a friend rented a house here in St. Pete. There was this large flattish-oval "rock" in the yard like a flattish football. One day when we went over to a party at his house I noticed that it was broken. "I cut my ankle on it when mowing for the last time!" he said. He's taken a sledgehammer to it.... "You want it?" Hell yeah I like all rocks LOL so I took the largest pieces and some of the smaller pieces.There were shards of it all over. The rock is melted/solidified sand and soil. After my friend moved a year later his landlord asked him, "Where's my specimen?" Holy crap.... Some story that it was wanted by FL university, had been on display etc..... You can see individual sand grains fused together along with air pockets all over inside. The outside seems to show where the temperature dropped and less loosely fused grains from a glass crust surface. I never took it to a Geologist. I've never been able to identify how this was created. It would seem that super heavy electrical discharge melted this ball of sand and soil but I have never seen fulgurites like this massive thing...maybe man-created?? Old landlord died, story was never given fully. What is this?? LOL

 

[seahorse]

Rock found need ID

I am thinking can this might be something i found PIKES peak national forest Colorado. Thanks for looking.

 

[hanzilavoka]

My brother in law found this from the mountain. Just liketo know is this a rare rock?

 

[\NerdyRockGirl/]

I love how cool it looks. Would love to identify.

This will be my favorite thread, I can tell already. Found this lil' beauty on a pad leveled for construction of Townhomes in Tubac, AZ. It's about1.25" long and has cool crystals that have grown nicely in the cavernous areas. Not abnormal in weight. I had to fly back to VA to care for my mom and don't have the rock w/me. I apologize for not taking more / better shots or a shot showing scale.

 

[Dylan040495]

Hey guys, anyone know what either of these are please? All found on the east coast of England below White cliffs, any advice would be appreciated. Thank you

 

[\NerdyRockGirl/]

It is mentioned in the "ancient charges of freemasonry". Here is the quote:
"one pillar was marble, for that will not burn with any fire. And the other stone was laternes for that will not drown with any water."
You may be correct, but it was supposedly used to preserve ancient scrolls, so it may just not allow water to seep in? IDK.
I do find it interesting. Thank you for responding. Let me know if after checking out the info provided you have any other thoughts.

And here is a cut and paste google link:
https://www.google.com/search?clien...hUKEwiZp9H8gbnrAhXBsJ4KHU_BBiAQ4dUDCAw&uact=5

Probably way off the mark but Pumice Stone floats, does anyone know if at some point in history anyone made lanterns from Pumice?

 

[\NerdyRockGirl/]

Absolutely gorgeous whatever it is! 😍

 

[\NerdyRockGirl/]

I dug this up 20 years ago. Some said they believed to be slag glass. Cornell university wanted to send to nm to identify.
What do you think?
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Super cool! At a quick glance looked like you were holding a large glistening heart ❤