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Post by racermon on Jan 21, 2010 9:55:13 GMT -5
this is from the site of the montrose dig from the supply canal . i have no idea what it may be. its very hard. looks porous and has worm fossils attached its about the size of a baseball . it looks like it was melted glass but not like when you melt a bottle in a fire. it s more like it was in a rock structure then got broken out. ? Attachments:
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Post by racermon on Jan 21, 2010 9:56:57 GMT -5
this is one side Attachments:
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baehron
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Another day in Paradise
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Post by baehron on Jan 21, 2010 13:21:04 GMT -5
Great looking specimen. From title of post, is that from Niagra Falls area?
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Post by colorshapetexture on Jan 21, 2010 22:49:50 GMT -5
Neat find. There has been industry around the falls since the industrial revolution started. Since it was Nickola Tesla who invented AC power at the falls. Which started the whole industrial revolution. Maybe it was a melted insulator from an early experiment. Or more than likely industrial tinted window glass from a fire. Thats just a guess because I see bubbles in the clean break. Kind of a glass give away. But thats just a guess. I like the Frankenstien melted when an experiment went boom and melted it theory to. LOL GL Jim Then again I went back and looked at it. ... I have come to the conclusion...... I have no idea....  |
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Post by racermon on Jan 22, 2010 22:31:28 GMT -5
well thanks so far for the insite , i didnt know about Tesla .
it looks like glass but dont break like glass.
other post . yes its from the niagara falls area. about 5 miles from the falls but from the dumps of the water supply ditch dug many years ago.
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Post by JohnD on Jan 31, 2010 19:08:55 GMT -5
Niagara Falls is the only place I have ever been that has a monument celebrating the fact that Nikola Tesla was so very important in the develoment and use of electricity.
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Post by hardcorerockhounds on Feb 11, 2010 22:33:38 GMT -5
Is it metallic?
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Post by racermon on Feb 12, 2010 15:11:04 GMT -5
NOT metallic, its green and would be considered aquamarine color from brazil. not magnetic.
is very clear at the broken spot.
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Post by racermon on Feb 12, 2010 15:15:03 GMT -5
hope this pix helps Attachments:
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Post by earthnhands on Feb 12, 2010 15:54:42 GMT -5
is it prehnite? i think that is the name...the green stuff that carnelianpete has.
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Post by racermon on Feb 12, 2010 17:19:28 GMT -5
i wish i knew for sure . it is really interseting. there is a small blade of the gypsum between 2 layers of what apperars to be a calsium layer .
so how is carnelianpete? thanks
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Post by hawkewind on Feb 12, 2010 18:06:01 GMT -5
Niagara Falls is the only place I have ever been that has a monument celebrating the fact that Nikola Tesla was so very important in the develoment and use of electricity. Ames Power Station in Colorado "The station was built during the "War of Currents" between Westinghouse and Thomas Edison as to whether alternating current or direct current electric power would prevail, and its success led to adoption of alternating current at much larger plants at Niagara Falls (1895) and its eventual dominance worldwide." |
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Post by Dicky the Rockhunter on Feb 12, 2010 19:41:43 GMT -5
I wil stop at the Tesla museum in town next week and ask He did a lot of his research here in olorado Springs
Dicky
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Post by racermon on Feb 14, 2010 10:47:35 GMT -5
another Attachments:
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Post by racermon on Mar 22, 2010 17:14:15 GMT -5
any new ideas here? this is still buggin me.
if your near mechanicsburg pa anytime and want to view in person e mail
fafmworkinbp@yahoo.com
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