I still think it's from aliens... Cheers, frank
--- Original Message --- From: Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> Sent: November 8, 2012 11/8/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: Re: Mini-GESO: Strange rock (6 photos) On 11/8/2012 11:33, Walt wrote: > Oops! I meant to update this thread to let everyone know about your > answer, Ann. > > I am inclined to agree with her. It makes perfect sense. > > Still, I've been doing a lot of Googling on alchemy the past few days, > and I think I just might be able to turn it into something a little more > exciting. > > -- Walt Doo DOO doo doo , doo DOO doo doo ann > > On 11/8/2012 10:19 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >> Dave - >> I think it's slag - not puddingstone - >> >> Given it's provence.. also, puddingstone ain't so metallic and note the >> oozing of the forms. >> >> I had written Walt off-list actually and he mentioned there had been >> mutitions factory in the area during WWII. >> >> ann >> (Geology was my minor in college - and then there was that Boston >> Trivia book.) >> >> On 11/6/2012 01:21, David Parsons wrote: >>> Looks like puddingstone. Either an erratic from a glacier, or from >>> the layer of puddingstone comglomerate in your area. >>> >>> It's a sedimentary rock that forms when pebbles and sand cement >>> together near or under water. >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Walt <ldott...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> A friend of mine found this a few inches below the ground's surface >>>> by a >>>> tree in his yard: >>>> >>>> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157631938645371/ >>>> >>>> It's somewhere between the size of a golf ball and a tennis ball and >>>> weighs >>>> about 1.5 - 2 lbs (maybe a little more) and gives the impression of >>>> being >>>> metallic, but doesn't appear to have much iron in it, as a magnet >>>> doesn't >>>> stick to it. >>>> >>>> Someone else thought it might be a geode, but didn't know for sure >>>> -- the >>>> heft made him think it probably isn't. So, I figured I'd ask all the >>>> smarties in PDML if they had any thoughts. >>>> >>>> Anything? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> -- Walt >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
