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Do You See What I See? (Not Altered)
Dec 20th, 2024 at 4:09am
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I would like to add some pictures of my favorite stones.  These have been found just as they are and not altered in any way. 

All have a striking resemblance to something in our world.
Do you see it?
As I always say,  Nature Rocz!!

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Re: Do You See What I See? (Not Altered)
Reply #1 - Dec 21st, 2024 at 1:25am
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Well, I'm not sure I'm seeing what you're seeing, but there is a lot of the world in those two pieces of Chert.
The Native Americans have been using it for thousands of years. Because of the "Conchoidal fractures" on the white piece I'm tempted, but won't, call it an artifact. It looks like it 'may' have been chipped on a little bit, maybe, and it looks like two nice impressions of sea shells.

Chert is a very undeservedly underrated rock. I think people hear Chert, rhymes with Dirt, so it can't be worth much. It is an abundant sedimentary form of Silica,(Quartz), found all over the Earth, and you have it all around where you live. Lots of Good Chert, too!
Some Cherts can look very much like Agate, and people love to argue about if it's an Agate that looks like Chert. Grin
I like to try and illustrate the formation of Chert by comparing it to Petrified Wood. The wood gets buried by some landslide, flood, or volcanic ash and Silica slowing filters down through whatever is above, and over millions of years replaces the wood with Quartz, or Silica. Chert is the same sedimentary formation. It will filter down and collect on many and any a different hard enough surface, fill cracks in hard rock, or just create a large layer deep under some body of water.

Chert is found all over the world and some of the hundreds of different shapes of the formations are notorious for being called Effigies, Carvings, Relics, and Fairy Stones.
You do not want to "underrate", Chert. Smiley

Here's a Wiki-link and a Geology.com link. Very interesting stuff. I'd read all of both of them as you have time. Wink

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chert

https://geology.com/rocks/chert.shtml
  
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Reply #2 - Dec 28th, 2024 at 9:47am
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Wonderfully said Joe and I agree with you about chert being underrated.

We are fully surrounded by chert/flint/jasper/agate and shell impressions by the boatload!  if I walked out back and picked up a rock I can almost guarantee that it would have an impression of a shell on it (or crinoid) Grin
I did think that the top piece looked as if it had been worked maybe flaked a little bit,  along the edges. It seems to be a bit too perfect in the shape and features. 
The bottom one I thought just kind of resembled an eagle sitting on a branch -but that came out of the ground just like that. I love finding them raw  & untouched that resemble things we see every day.  thank you so much for the interesting article joe I hope you had a good holiday Smiley

- danie
JoeM wrote on Dec 21st, 2024 at 1:25am:
Well, I'm not sure I'm seeing what you're seeing, but there is a lot of the world in those two pieces of Chert.
The Native Americans have been using it for thousands of years. Because of the "Conchoidal fractures" on the white piece I'm tempted, but won't, call it an artifact. It looks like it 'may' have been chipped on a little bit, maybe, and it looks like two nice impressions of sea shells.

Chert is a very undeservedly underrated rock. I think people hear Chert, rhymes with Dirt, so it can't be worth much. It is an abundant sedimentary form of Silica,(Quartz), found all over the Earth, and you have it all around where you live. Lots of Good Chert, too!
Some Cherts can look very much like Agate, and people love to argue about if it's an Agate that looks like Chert. Grin
I like to try and illustrate the formation of Chert by comparing it to Petrified Wood. The wood gets buried by some landslide, flood, or volcanic ash and Silica slowing filters down through whatever is above, and over millions of years replaces the wood with Quartz, or Silica. Chert is the same sedimentary formation. It will filter down and collect on many and any a different hard enough surface, fill cracks in hard rock, or just create a large layer deep under some body of water.

Chert is found all over the world and some of the hundreds of different shapes of the formations are notorious for being called Effigies, Carvings, Relics, and Fairy Stones.
You do not want to "underrate", Chert. Smiley

Here's a Wiki-link and a Geology.com link. Very interesting stuff. I'd read all of both of them as you have time. Wink

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chert

https://geology.com/rocks/chert.shtml

  

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Re: Do You See What I See? (Not Altered)
Reply #3 - Dec 28th, 2024 at 2:56pm
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Well, yes, now that you mention it, I see a perfectly perched bird! Cool
  
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