I was leaning toward some type of petrifed algae and/or oolites on half of his specimens. The other stuff with the white in it is some form of chert-sedimentary rock at a glance.
There are hundreds of miles of this stuff in the western US. DF Robert & Wendi Beauford wrote: >>Now, I know these here may not be celestials, but I appreciate it if you >>could tell me what they might be: >>http://pages.britishlibrary.net/mhy10/meteor/grn.htm >>Cheers.... >>Mohamed >> > >This may well be the only positive thing I've said to you so far, Mohamed. >You have found some very nice rocks this time. I don't know what that green >stuff is (you are correct, it is not meteorite), but it looks like it would >make some absolutely fabulous cabachons. Go for a good pale green blending >to white with some of that rich black matrix spider webbing it, and, if it >comes out the way that it looks like it might, you could be in a 50cent/gram >or better range on the finished cabs. >Also, with that gorgeous waxy surface and the conchoidal fracture the stuff >has, be sure to look around the area and check for artifacts. The stuff may >well have been worked into tools by early people. >Good find this time! >-Robert Beauford : ) > > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
