Collecting Rocks and Minerals Group: Messages by JadeJunkie

It's amazing what they can discern from bones now!
WANTED:

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if you see this man, do not approach,
call the police immediatly!
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any other examples out there?

~Zeke

It's been a bad day
weather domistic or foriegn a terrible day

A while back my friend Aaron, my son and I went on a prospecting trip that turned into a death march. we lost or had to leave behind all our treasures save this one rock I stowed away in my pack. Here is the slideshow:

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Any ideas? doesn't seem like just quartzite nor does it seem like "agate"...the black makes me think....well i don't know. Take a good hard look at the album and tell me if you have seen this stuff before. I can take it if it's just quartzite;-)
~zeke

This is what is going on in Washington...any support members here can provide is appreciated. the following is the email sent to wiki members:

Washington State Mineral Council Project
If you live in Washington state, please consider volunteering for this important project.
MISSION STATEMENT
"...To determine what actions the Council can take to retain access to private lands in Washington.

Specifically this includes three current problem areas: Lucas Creek, Adna and Studebaker Creek.

In our efforts we should all strive to make this an example for other problem areas.

Objectives are coalescing along several lines:

To draft code of conduct building upon the rockhounders code of ethics that incorporates the concerns of all constituencies. To seek official endorsment of this statement by the regulatory authorities.

To determine private land mineral rights owners and managment entity concerns for each site in question and offer specific constructive solutions. Club or Council sponsership of sites, private joint ventures and small stream restoration projects are all possibilites.

To establish increased credibility for clubs and club members. We need very good PR to help reverse the increasing pace of closures and regulatory restrictions. This is an exceptional challenge in the face of the greed exhibited by the plunderers who reside almost exclusively outside of our community.

Please contrbute your suggestions to this thread. There are a lot of potential tasks that will contribute to these objectives. I will put the objectives and tasks together as the ideas converge.

Regardless, contacting Weyerhauser is on the critical path. To respect their privacy, please send me suggested contact indivduals by private message. And if anyone knows the underlying mineral rights ownership for these tree farms, please post that info...."

To add your name to the volunteer list, please email The wiki coordinator: Gamaliel114 (ME:-)
Please provide the following information in your email:

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Volunteer lists will be provided to project coordinators only. This project has only just begun. There is currently no time table set for any projects. you will be emailed with updates or just visit this page or the thread(s) below.

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Thank You,
~Zeke
(Wiki Project Coordinator and wiki moderator)
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I've started photographing some of my newest rocks. follow the link. Click on the pictures there to view slideshows of each of the pieces. View the whole slideshow to get a better feel of the rock. Still learning my new camera, so some aren't that good. i always take dry shots first, then wet...so at first they don't look like much. More soon.

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~Zeke

Does anyone know anything about how botryoidals are formed?
Is it chemical, or does it have to do with crystal lattice structure or is it a matter of the pressure diffence of one material forming agianst another. Is it analogous to boiling water? What are the theories out there?

~Zeke

Here is something which I do know what it is. I'll give you clues, starting with the fact that it is a metasomatic that was first a metamorphic. I know you guys like volcanic rocks more, so you'll be happy to know that a volcano was involved in the process.

In another (jade) group we are trying to figure this one out. Other pieces of this stuff are emerald green and pink/red. I think i know what it is, what do you all think? Wild guesses are appreciated.

~Zeke

How do geologists know sediment is glacial till? Is it infered by the pattern or variety of the deposits? Are the rocks weathered a certain way? Or is it a matter of dating the sediments to a known glacial period and path of deposition? What I find curious is thier ability to call areas around rivers and creeks glacial deposits when it seems that it would be difficult to distiguish the material from deposits from local erosion (caused by the river or creek or land slides).

~Zeke

Unfortunatly my contributions here can only be links to my pages on the "wiki" right now. But I think you all will enjoy them, and probably have something to say about them (no one on the wiki ever really ventures an opinion except Eric). There's the jade, but then there's all the ? that I find (and all the ? jade that probably isn't I post), that I think only you all could venture a guess, or point me in the right direction. I'm going to start bringing the camera out with me (it's borrowed) so I can show you some of the geology (especially on Finney Creek, which has a lot of bed rock showing in the creeks and road cuts). In particular I think (given your love of vulcanism) I'll photograph some of the old lahar flows off Mount Baker on Boulder Creek (its on the way to some jade bearing creeks and I think very neat). In the mean time, please take the time to look at my "trip reports" and give me a harsh critique, if I can help it, I don't want to lead others astray...but I'm sure you'll all enjoy the galleries...
You can just browse starting from my profile here
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or jump to the newest ones below

Finney Creek Folly

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Pilchuck Creek

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Deer Creek,Oso

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Deer Creek Eureka!

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Grandy Creek

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Deer Creek

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Deer Creek Spring '09

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Pilchuck Spring '09

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If you want to comment do it here (just link to the item or note it's name and I'll post it here for you so everyone can see what we're talking about.)

Thanks, I hope you enjoy looking at my rocks.

~Zeke