RockHounding Another Road Cut

Finding Calcite, Chalcedony and chert on this little stop.
#rockhounding #rockhounds #nature #rocks #minerals #calcite #chalcedony #chert #crystals

[@janicegelbhaar7352]

Sweet finds

[@bananaandapple5749]

Cool

[@AvalonDreamz]

Found some nice lookin rocks there! Yes, it is showing really blue! Bet it would look amazing polished.

[@East_TN_Explorer]

Thank you.

[@diggingappalachia954]

Nice calcite specimens for sure, you’re in a pretty good area for it, we had some nice blue celestite in some of the limestone quarries in Pennsylvania

[@East_TN_Explorer]

I'd love to find some of that!

[@diggingappalachia954]

Meckley limestone quarry around Harrisburg used to have a dig every year before msha started cracking down on stuff like that in active quarries

[@East_TN_Explorer]

@@diggingappalachia954 Man, what a shame.

[@korieshannon9645]

Mites? That freaks me out. Literal mites or just little bugs? Is that a TN thing?

[@East_TN_Explorer]

I always thought the little red bugs were mites.

[@JnVrockhounding]

You need to go back there at night with a uv

[@East_TN_Explorer]

So far nothing is really lighting up. A few of the pieces today have a bit of fluorescence.

[@korieshannon9645]

Looks like chalcedony to me

[@East_TN_Explorer]

Yeah. I once had someone tell me that it was just Knox Chert, but he acted like he wasn't interested in really confirming it or not. Lol. So I still lean towards chalcedony.

[@cardmansales9376]

i do same kinda thing. super successful so far

[@vladokovacevic1075]

Do they have value on the market? I have many of them

[@East_TN_Explorer]

If you have really good quality specimens then maybe, but I would not even know where to look.

[@cardmansales9376]

looks blue to me. once u polish it, it will really turn blue

[@East_TN_Explorer]

Hope so

[@cardmansales9376]

split those dark grey layer rocks they have fossils in them :)

[@East_TN_Explorer]

That would be awesome