Hey everyone
I'm here with my friend Jonathan, and we're at Lakeport State Park
near Port Huron, and we're just heading to the beach
kind of a cool bridge here, so I thought I'd show it to you
the parking lot's across the road from the water, and then there's this footbridge
that goes over to the lake, which is over that way
Jonathan has the first find of the day
piece of Charlevoix stone
see the little end parts there
Favosite is the name of that fossil, nice one
(waves crashing)
kind of a cool rock, with the quartz on one end and
whatever that brown rock is on the other
and there's another fossil I just picked up
some nice rocks here
(Jonathan) this is a cool rock, we don't know what it is
it's got little eyes on it
they seem to be harder than the rock that's around it, because the rock that's
around it is sort of worn down
(Jonathan) anyway (Rob) it's cool
(Rob) they almost look like agates, don't they
(Jonathan) yeah, they look like little agates, I don't know if they are, but
(Rob) I'd say that's probably like amygdaloidal, I think that's the one
where you have air bubbles that get filled in later by something else
(Jonathan) yeah (Rob) cool rock
(Jonathan) yeah, pretty cool
(Rob) pretty rock I just picked up
kind of brecciated, I guess
pretty piece of quartz there
my fingers are numb
it was
I don't know if it was quite 30 degrees when we got here
(Jonathan) it's little but you think that's a good one?
(Rob) oh, that's a nice Petoskey
that's a really nice one, cool
(Jonathan) one face at least I feel might polish up
(Rob) yeah, I like that
okay, I just picked this up, and
I'm not at all sure what it is
looks kind of
coral-y or maybe sponge-y
maybe a stromatoporoid
I don't really know, but it's cool
just spotted a little Petoskey stone right there
just a little guy, a little dirty on the back
I don't think that one's a keeper though, we'll leave that there for somebody else
there's a little horn coral
I just found my first little Puddingstone
not exactly awesome, but
it's a Puddingstone, and it's fun to find
beautiful day today
cold, but nice and clear and sunny
nice to get outside
interesting looking rock here
not sure what kind of rock that is, but I like it
(waves crashing)
what you got there?
(Jonathan) it's a purple rock, I don't have more to say about it other than
(Jonathan) it's kind of purple (Rob) it's kind of purple [laughs]
kind of cool, I like the color
here's a pretty one
I think that's a keeper
nice little Petoskey stone
if you're new here, that's our state stone
it's a
350, 360 million year old coral
called Hexagonaria
we call it Petoskey stone
that's a pretty color of green
that's cool
I wonder if that's feldspar
(Jonathan) I don't know, it's got layers
kind of layers to it
(Rob) you said you find some of that at your house?
(Jonathan) yeah, when it's dry it looks like glitter, it's so sparkly
you can't tell right now because it's wet (Rob) yeah, I think that's feldspar
because sometimes feldspar with it's cleavage on it, it has these cleavage
planes on it that kind of glint in the light
(Jonathan) could be (Rob) I think that's what it is
I don't know what the black stuff is in between, but
cool looking rock
pretty little horn coral in there
nothing on the back, but I really like that
(waves crashing)
this sort of looks like banded iron, it's not really banded, but
I think it's jasper and hematite in there
pretty cool
really nice rocks on this beach
look at that, it's got a stripe
and a little red circle
piece of unakite
I think
find a pink Petoskey?
(Jonathan) it looks like it
at least that part
(Rob) yeah, I don't know if it's staining on the outside or not, I don't know what
makes them pink, but pink Petoskeys are a thing, that's pretty cool
(Jonathan) yeah, I like that (Rob) I've never found one quite that pink
I've found pink ones, but they're usually
that's a kind of crummy Petoskey stone
and they tend to be that way, the ones I find, so
it's bad luck I guess (Jonathan) but it's pink
(Rob) yeah, it's pink, put it in the bucket!
I know some of you guys like your
rocks with circles on them, or stripes
kind of looks like Gowganda Tillite down there
that's a neat one
(waves crashing)
nice piece of Gowganda Tillite here
that's a very very old rock
it's like
I think 2.2 billion years old, with a B
that's pretty too
little stripe of epidote in there
it is cold today
pretty little stream coming out here
okay, I think I've found a purpler rock than Jonathan's purple rock
(Jonathan) you beat me (Rob) but Jonathan found a
nicely striped one (Jonathan) something with stripes, yeah
(Rob) that's really cool (Jonathan) you know what it is?
(Rob) stripey rock, that's what I call them
technical term
I just found a keeper
it's a Puddingstone, looks pretty good on this side
Jonathan said he only has the one Puddingstone slab that I brought him
last time we were together
so, he gets all the puddingstones today
in the bucket it goes
saw something here that looked interesting
it is interesting
I don't know if that's Gneiss
probably, but it's got kind of, I don't know if you can see the sparkles
there and
that white part almost looks translucent
cool rock
just found a nice piece of Chert
a really nice piece of Chert
it's got some good color there
oops, just dropped it, but that's a keeper
that's a cool one
what do you think it is? (Jonathan) I think it might be sandstone
I'm not sure (Rob) yeah, probably a good guess
I'm not sure either
neat pattern on it though, I like that
check out that quartzite
at least I think that's what it is
little orange specks, but a couple nice stripes on it
that's going in the tumbler - ooh, what's that one?
the pink caught my eye
(Jonathan) yeah, it looks like my pink one I just found too
(Rob) ooh, nice. Lots of stripey rocks (Jonathan) yeah, and lots of pink
(Rob) well that's a cool rock
that's neat
love the contrast
Jonathan just handed me this piece of Granite and said how cool it looks
but that it doesn't tumble well
but
I might take that one home and try and make a cab out of it
I know it doesn't tumble well but I really haven't tried cabbing it, so that might be
the one
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(wheel grinding)
that's a really cool rock, flip it over that's- that's neat
yeah, I love that one
just grabbed a piece of beach glass
looks like it might be Mountain Dew glass, that's my favorite
nice Puddingstone
I like that
what did you find? (Jonathan) some banded Chert
(Rob) that's going to tumble great
(Jonathan) yeah, these always tumble
(Jonathan) very very well (Rob) love that stuff, that's a really
good one
(Jonathan) it sure is
(Rob) nice find
well if you want to see some of the stuff I make out of Puddingstones and Petoskey
stones, click on one of the videos here
and thanks for coming along