tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post5602749120415360337..comments2023-10-10T05:07:13.577-07:00Comments on En Tequila Es Verdad: River Walking Parte the Second: What I Have Against the SkykomishDana Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00890312745525306991noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-2653106200757999632011-07-11T05:17:44.693-07:002011-07-11T05:17:44.693-07:00I think the second, somewhat darker intrusive rock...I think the second, somewhat darker intrusive rock may be more diorite than granite.<br /><br />The green rock looks like a breccia. You'll have to ask it how it got that way!Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131032620978696727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-49666668737527579382011-07-11T05:09:48.586-07:002011-07-11T05:09:48.586-07:00I too collected rocks in the mountain streams in K...I too collected rocks in the mountain streams in Kashmir and around India. I was only 12 though and after lots of crying my mom threw them away. I still miss them.Alex Akessonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06898923315930507861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-42069064375033155452011-07-10T12:32:48.767-07:002011-07-10T12:32:48.767-07:00Oh, and only 18 rocks? You _are_ showing restrain...Oh, and only 18 rocks? You _are_ showing restraint! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-89872781995030722712011-07-10T12:31:05.369-07:002011-07-10T12:31:05.369-07:00Your top rock is either a conglomerate or a brecci...Your top rock is either a conglomerate or a breccia -- pebbles cemented together. It's a conglomerate if the pebbles have been rounded, a breccia if they have sharp edges.<br /><br />Your second rock looks like you could have picked it up on my property in the eastern Sierra Nevada! I'll go out on a limb and guess it's a granodiorite.<br /><br />The rest... well, they're very pretty!<br /><br />Karen, who Google thinks is Minerva Cathubodva...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-41506809383687875532011-07-10T11:41:20.172-07:002011-07-10T11:41:20.172-07:00My husband brought me a green rock once all certai...My husband brought me a green rock once all certain that the vibrant green-ness of it would make it easy to identify. I laughed and told him we had either 1 or 2 full class periods devoted only to green rocks in my mineralogy class... :-)<br /><br />That is a pretty one, though!Jeri Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18064041369260410561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-19752858241476881282011-07-10T05:54:13.312-07:002011-07-10T05:54:13.312-07:00Moving tip from a kindred spirit. In a partially-...Moving tip from a kindred spirit. In a partially-reimbursed company move, it is well worth it to rent a haul for books and rocks.<br /><br />Movers charge by the pound and moving books and rocks yourself will allow your spouse's piano and beloved dining set to also make the trip...Utemikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578504472525149131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6851578517872251953.post-8665039358218283042011-07-10T00:27:47.626-07:002011-07-10T00:27:47.626-07:00i love that green one dana.... dayam, even i wudda...i love that green one dana.... dayam, even i wudda taken that one home and i'm not a rock collectorSuzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10304929560878904921noreply@blogger.com