Just happy to share a bit of desert. Paul M.
----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 10:09 AM Subject: [Papermodels II 34938] Re: Hello Everyone!! Paul, Nice rock. I love rocks and basic geology. There's a big rock (nowhere near size to Big Rock, but BIG) in The Flume in the White Mountain National Forest. Man, every time I see that thing all I can do is look and look. When I was in first grade, my friend's father was either an amateur rock hunter or geology professor. Under his front porch his father kept the spare hunks of what he brought home and we used to play in there. Adult fist-sized hunks of white and pink quarts. hand sized slabs of mica, black onyx, pyrite - it was great. Thanks for this thread bringing back those fond memories! -----Original Message----- From: Paul McCool <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 12:58 pm Subject: [Papermodels II 34937] Re: Hello Everyone!! Stone mountain may be a larger hunk of rock, but it isn't free-standing, nor is Ayres Rock. They are both monolithic and only partially exposed. Giant rock is completely exposed as it sits on the desert floor. Giant Rock broke about ten years ago, shedding a chunk the size of a large bus. The break was caused by thermal stress from repeated campfires under a large overhang on its south side. I've attached before and after pics. Sadly, the pristine white of the break has since been defaced with spray paint, motor oil, and a coat of bright red paint, applied by some "artist" from L.A. Paul M. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Hairston" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 10:11 PM Subject: [Papermodels II 34932] Re: Hello Everyone!! Theirs also Stone Mountain Georgia. It's a single granite rock I understand. Jim James J. Hairston 8559 Birch Creek Rd. Keller Tx. 76248 H: (817) 337-4183; E-Mail: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul McCool Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 10:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Papermodels II 34919] Re: Hello Everyone!! Giant Rock is the world's largest free-standing boulder in the world. Located next to Spy Mountain in Landers, California, this stony behemoth is seven stories high and covers 5800 square feet. For those who are wondering, "But isn't Ayers Rock in Australia the biggest? That's another huge rock, but it is not free standing. A sedimentary rock, Ayers is partially, if not mostly, buried. Geologists consider Giant Rock to be an "erratic" deposited during the last Ice Age." It is estimated to be 65 and 135 million years old. When the rock split in February, 2000, its interior was discovered to be gleaming white granite. Ayres Rock is actually the second largest monolithic rock in the world. And, yes, your desert is worse. I like ours. <VBG> Paul M. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mandy F" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 7:58 PM Subject: [Papermodels II 34917] Re: Hello Everyone!! > > Hang on.. I thought WE had the biggest rock? And we have our own desert. > Worse than yours. ;) > > .... McCool... desert.. hmmmm > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul McCool" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 2:16 PM > Subject: [Papermodels II 34914] Re: Hello Everyone!! > > >> >> I'm not jealous of the Aussies. My desert is just as nice to look at as >> their Outback, and we have bigger rocks.<VBG> >> >> Paul M. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John" <[email protected]> >> To: "Papermodels II" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 7:40 PM >> Subject: [Papermodels II 34913] Re: Hello Everyone!! >> >> >>> >>> Hey--not everybody on this list is from Oz--just some of the more >>> important ones. Those of us elsewhere are sometimes jealous. >>> >>> John Freeman >>> Vancouver Island >>> Canada >>> > >> >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
