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ManyRings YaBB Newbies Offline www.RockHoundLounge. com Posts: 3 Location: Southern California Joined: Apr 25^th, 2012 Gender:	New - Introduction from Southern California Apr 25^th, 2012 at 11:54pm	Print Post
	Hi all, � Any help you can shoot my way would be much appreciated. I found this Forum as I was browsing for info on my new hobby. I have always loved the beauty of rocks and the history they detail. I have been lucky enough to have a pretty good collection of the rough stuff just by being an outdoors type and living in three different States. (Utah, Wyoming and now, Southern California for the last 25 years) Over the past 10 to 15 years, my folks in their retirement years became avid Rock hounds and acquired a grip of rock from all over The Western States. My Dad (80) with failing health and Mother gave their prize collection of rocks and tools to My Wife and I. I am now approaching retirement and plan to totally take advantage of the Gift We were given. I just wish I had their knowledge to get started. I guess that�s why I am here. Gotta start somewhere. The rocks & minerals etc. I have or have acquired mostly consist of: Gastroliths, petrified wood, soapstone, abalone shell, agate, granite, sandstone, fossils and a lot of stuff I still need to sort out polished and half polished. Note: From Wikipedia, encyclopedia, for those who don't know. A Gastrolith, also called a stomach stone or gizzard stones, is a rock held inside a gastrointestinal tract. Gastroliths are retained in the muscular gizzard and used to grind food in animals lacking suitable grinding teeth. The grain size depends upon the size of the animal and the gastrolith's role is digestion. Other species use gastroliths as ballast. Particles ranging in size from sand to cobbles have been documented. My favorites are: 1) Gastroliths. 2) Petrified Wood. Good Luck to ALL!!! And Most Of All "BE SAFE" MANYRINGS � ManyRings, (Referring to tree rings) is a name I acquired from our Kids. They have never stopped reminding me how much OLDER I am, than they are.


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4211 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: New - Introduction from Southern California Reply #1 - Apr 26^th, 2012 at 8:05am	Print Post
	Welcome Manyrings! I like the nickname you've been given. You are, and have been, in good rockhounding areas. Glad you and family have taken advantage of it. I've heard of the Joshua Tree area but can't recall much about it. Would love to hear a report on your fieldtrip there. I must say you are the first I've heard say they collect gastroliths. Unusual, but interesting. On page 2 of the Artifacts section here is a post I made called "Recent Research on the Carolina Bays". There is a link to a video in which they talk about finding gastroliths and their newly discovered archaeological value in this area. You may want to check it out. Best of luck on your hunts, Joe


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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2975 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: New - Introduction from Southern California Reply #2 - Apr 26^th, 2012 at 8:41am	Print Post
	Welcome ManyRings.� It is really great to be able to get into this hobby with the nice headstart from your parents.� I understand you probably want some advice or guidance being reletively new to this hobby.� Perhaps we can start with a few specifics topics you might be interested in, else general guidance for rockhounding might take a few pages to write it all down.� A few topics might be, collecting, buying/selling/trading, polishing, displaying, etc.. You can always check out my "How to become a Rock Hound" page here for a good general guideline: http://www.rockhoundlounge.com/rocked.shtml

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Dennis Senior Member Offline Beryl is good! Posts: 358 Location: Morganton, NC Joined: Oct 2^nd, 2010 Gender:	Re: New - Introduction from Southern California Reply #3 - Apr 26^th, 2012 at 1:21pm	Print Post
	I'd like to welcome you to the forum, too.� And, the nickname is great, too. Gastroliths are very cool.� Being a fossil nut for many years I've enjoyed seeing gastroliths in collections, and have seen a few during some of my jaunts to West Texas and Arizona, especially in areas that dated to the Cretaceous.� Many dinosaurs, like modern day birds and crocodilians, used gastroliths to help grind their food to break up cellulose fibers making it easier to digest.� I've seen jasper gastroliths with bright colors similar to that of Arizona petrified wood.� Although I have found a few dinosaur bones on my trips, I never found a gastrolith with the fossils.� They were found in areas removed from old stream systems where alluvial deposits did not occur, and one paleo professor told me that what I had found were gastroliths and not ordinary stream polished pebbles. Post some pics of your collection.� It would be great to seen them. Dennis


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John Frazier Senior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 311 Joined: Jun 15^th, 2011	Re: New - Introduction from Southern California Reply #4 - Apr 26^th, 2012 at 7:40pm	Print Post
	Welcome to the Lounge. Nice to have someone on the West coast. I think you will enjoy getting to know Scott, Joe and all our interesting members. John


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